Happy Lunar New Year & Tet Festival at the OC Fair!

Happy Lunar New Year! The Vietnamese are celebrating the new year known as T?t in which festivities take place for three days with friends and family. The temples in particular are filled with people ready to welcome prosperity, fortune, and success for the new year. I especially love this Thai Nguyen Collections traditional Vietnamese dress, �o d�i ,  that I'm wearing because of the classic silhouette, but vibrant colors and patterns. Pick up your own TNC �o d�i for up to 70% off at the showroom:

Showroom Address
8907 Warner Ave #166
Huntington Beach, CA 92647
Tel: (714) 766-4370
Fax: (714) 312-5904

Showroom Hours
Tuesday - Saturday 10AM - 6PM PST
Appointment Recommended

Stylist: Andrew Philip Nguyen
Photographer: Kevin Wong 

If you're in the OC area and are looking to celebrate, the T?t Festival at the OC Fair & Event Center this weekend is a must! Check out the site below for more info:

5 Traditions for T?t / Lunar New Year

With T?t / Lunar New Year just a day away on February 19th, I wanted to share five traditions that the Vietnamese practice in order to prepare for and celebrate the Lunar New Year which marks the beginning of Spring:

1.Clean the home prior to T?t to clear out the bad energy or luck, you don't want to clean on T?t because in doing so could sweep away the good luck

2.Fill the house with symbolic plants and flowers such as the yellow apricot blossoms, hoa mai; reddish, pink peach blossoms, hoa dao; or kumquat trees.

3.Cook three days worth of food since celebrations last three days

4.Pay off all debts so you are debt free by T?t

5.Parents buy their children new clothes to wear on T?t while visiting family to give their elders and family members new years wishes and receive red envelopes filled with money (Li Xi)

I shot the above look wearing a Thai Nguyen Collections '�o d�i' for our style series in which stylist Andrew Philip Nguyen put together a more modern, street-wear look, and I was photographed by Kevin Wong. See all my ao dai looks here, and there's still time to shop for your own traditional Vietnamese dress up to 70% off at the TNC showroom:

Showroom Address
8907 Warner Ave #166
Huntington Beach, CA 92647
Tel: (714) 766-4370
Fax: (714) 312-5904

Showroom Hours
Tuesday - Saturday 10AM - 6PM PST
Appointment Recommended