A fashion show dedicated to Vietnamese and Italian beauties and featuring four collections by designers from Hanoi will kick off on Sunday night, the Vietnamese Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism said Thursday on its website.

The 2014 Italy-Vietnam fashion show entitled “Nhung Ve Dep Deu Dan Toi Thanh Rome” (All Beauties Lead to Rome) is scheduled to start at 8:00 pm tonight, October 5, at Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi, 15 Ngo Quyen Street, Hoan Kiem District.

Aimed at promoting Vietnamese and Italian culture through fashion, the event, with support from the Embassy of Italy in Vietnam, will present the latest collections of four fashion designers from the Vietnamese capital city.

It is expected to be a mixture of Vietnam’s traditional beauty and Italian elegant, classy fashion standards.

The show will open with the collection “Tro Lai” (Come Back) by local designer Thieu Ngoc, which is inspired by the children’s paintings on the four-kilometer-long Hanoi Ceramic Mosaic Mural, recognized as the world’s longest by the Guinness World Records in late 2010.

The collection, based on the world fashion trends, harmoniously combines both Italian and Vietnamese culture, the Vietnamese culture ministry said.

The second part of the show will present the collection “Da Khuc Dem Dong” (Winter Night Melody) of Vietnamese fashion designer Nguyen Cao Bang Tam, inspired by chrysanthemums – typical flowers of the Vietnamese capital city.

Vietnamese designer Trang Cherry is slated to showcase her collection, “Ky Uc” (Memory), in the third part of the night.

With a retro style, the collection drew its inspiration from the paintings of the ladies in the 1950s whom Trang had met when she traveled to Italy. Via this collection, Trang wants to tell an Italian culture story.

The show’s final part will be the presentation of Do Trinh Hoai Nam’s collection, “Colosseum,” in which he describes the beauty of Europe through the eyes of a Vietnamese.

Nam created his designs after his tour to Europe, as he was impressed by the longstanding cultural background of Italy.

According to the organizer, the 2014 Italy-Vietnam fashion show will bring audiences a chance to contemplate a cultural combination between the two countries through fashion.

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