I learned about the talented young fashion designer Diễm My, who is based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on a recent visit to Not Just A Label, my favorite site dedicated to showcasing young designers in contemporary fashion.
Diễm My is from a family of tailors. As a child, she helped out in the family’s shop where she came to love fabric and hand-crafting. She later went on to graduate from Vietnam's Mod'Art International.
Just look at Diễm My's gorgeous hand-made dress, below, made by crocheting and knitting techniques. This design (like all of the dresses shown here) has two halves: in this case, it's an orange outer dress and a bleeding green knitted brief with two red fabric roses inside.
The elegant Babylon Dress (below) is made in two sections: the top is made of crocheted transparent silver polyester fibres and the bottom made of grey, man-made fur.
The stunning red dress, below, is made of wool and cotton fibres which are connected with a crocheting technique.
The dress below is made up of a net of fibres, fabric rounds and big pleated fabric roses. Every detail in this dress is connected together using crochet. Like the other dresses, it has two parts. One is the long see-through dress and underneath are black briefs.
All of these pieces are electric because Diễm My combines crocheting techniques with fluffy, highly textured materials and stunning colors to create drama and sex appeal. You can see more of her exciting work at Not Just a Label.
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