About the Vincolors
The Vincolors is a Team who are passionate about the quintessence of national culture, especially brocade products made by skillful hands of ethnic girls in mountainous areas of Vietnam. Pride and passion have motivated us to be determined to bring the unique quintessence of brocade into life products such as wall art, tablecloths, plate mats, pillowcases, skirts, bags , scarf, masks, …. The products of The Vincolors are a perfect combination of brocade materials, exquisitely handcrafted under the skillful hands of ethnic girls and unique designs of The Vincolors team which will bring to you and your home an artistic style imbued with Vietnamese ethnic identity.
Special feature about brocade
The image of women sitting engrossed in the loom, quietly weaving brocade cloths has been imprinted in the minds of travelers during the journey to visit and discover Sapa. It is not known when Sapa brocade weaving has existed, but it has been passed down from generation to generation. Bringing in a unique beauty, many tourists have chosen for themselves souvenirs made from Sapa brocade as gifts for relatives and friends.
Brocade weaving is one of the long-standing traditional professions with the sound of the Northwest mountains. Brocade is a hand-woven fabric with embossed textures on the surface, diverse colors such as birds, flowers, plants… Practical products in life are made from fabrics. Brocades such as clothes, scarves, hats… The girls of the Dao, Mong, and Tay ethnic groups have been handed down by their mothers and grandmothers since they were young.
Brocade weaving brocade
A sophisticated brocade product must go through many stages, requiring meticulousness and meticulousness. That is:
+ Go to the forest to find a tree to bring back, dry it, and remove the bark so that it is even.
+ The bundles of shells are rolled up, pounded and stripped of all the threads, while the fibers are tough.
+ Boil tough fibers through a few times of kitchen ash water and 1 time of beeswax water.
+ Ask to boil white and soft yarn.
+ Use the belt door frame to weave each piece of fabric.
The finished woven fabric does not have to be brought out to be sewn into fashion products, but also has to go through the process of washing and washing many times to achieve whiteness. The cloth is spread by the woman on a round log, is slid back and forth with a beeswax stone so that it has a flatness to the desired standard, then stops.
An important step, requiring patience, is the process of dyeing brocade fabric, to get the right color as you want, without smearing…