Custom áo dài and dresses are made at Chula Workshop, combining Vietnamese silhouettes with contemporary tailoring and textile techniques. Hội An's A Dong Silk offers bespoke clothing through its own fitting operation, with garments made by in-house tailors. Bebe Tailor measures and fits custom suits alongside dresses and áo dài through its Hội An tailoring teams. Those teams handle cutting as well as fitting, bringing the measured garments through the same company's production process.
Hanoi's custom ao dai atelier — Vietnamese tunic dresses combining traditional silhouettes with contemporary tailoring and ethnic textile techniques.
Best for Custom ao dai and dresses made to order
Chula Fashion operates a workshop and showroom at 43 Nhật Chiêu in Tây Hồ, Hanoi, specializing in custom ao dai production and contemporary interpretations of Vietnam's traditional dress. Founded by Diego Cortizas, a Spanish architect-turned-designer who has lived in Vietnam since 2004, Chula draws from more than thirteen years of ao dai design experience. The atelier emphasizes preservation of artisanal techniques by incorporating textiles and weaving traditions from Vietnamese ethnic minority groups (Mông, Thái, Cơ Tu peoples). Rather than generic modernization, Cortizas approaches ao dai as a historical garment evolving through contemporary design—using materials rarely seen in traditional contexts to create patterns while maintaining structural integrity. The workshop produces custom orders alongside ready-to-wear pieces, with construction emphasizing clean lines and languid draping that prioritizes ease of movement. The studio represents a philosophical shift toward handmade, slow-fashion approaches in Vietnamese design. The practice directly engages with ethnic minority communities to keep traditional weaving techniques economically viable while adapting them to fashion contexts.
Opened in December 2000 facing Hanoi's Temple of Literature, Indigo Store is a fair-trade shop employing around 120 producers, including disabled artisans and members of seven ethnic minority groups. It sells handmade indigo textiles and offers free custom tailoring plus indigo-dyeing classes.
Best for Fair-trade ethnic-minority textiles and custom tailoring near Hanoi's Temple of Literature
Indigo Store opened in December 2000 directly opposite Hanoi's Temple of Literature, positioning itself from the outset as an organic and fair-trade outlet rather than a standard tourist souvenir shop. The store employs roughly 120 producers, deliberately including disabled workers and artisans from more than seven different ethnic minority communities across Vietnam.
Its stated purpose is preserving and promoting the traditional costume culture and handicraft techniques of those communities, translated into clothing — shirts, skirts, pants and jackets — plus scarves, bags, jewelry and home textiles like bedspreads, made from natural materials including linen, cotton and hemp. Custom tailoring is offered at no extra charge and is frequently completed quickly, a detail repeatedly noted by visitors.
The shop also runs an indigo-dyeing class on-site, giving visitors a hands-on introduction to the traditional Vietnamese indigo-dyeing process rather than only a retail experience.
Ho Chi Minh City bespoke tailoring house founded in 1948 by Ly Minh, who held Vietnam's state-conferred 'Tailoring Artist' title; now family-run into its third generation from District 1, with a second office in Hanoi, known for hand-stitched construction and clients including General Vo Nguyen Giap.
Best for Bespoke tailoring from a multigeneration Saigon house since 1948
Cao Minh Tailor was founded in Saigon in 1948 by Ly Minh, who was later awarded Vietnam's state-conferred 'Tailoring Artist' title by the State Council in recognition of his craft. The house has stayed in family hands since, now run by the second and third generations, and is counted among the oldest continuously operating bespoke tailors in Vietnam.
The business became a private enterprise in 1991, a formal status change during Vietnam's post-reform economic opening (Đổi Mới), and went on to become the first Vietnamese tailoring house to export high-end suits to Japan, a market known for exacting quality control. Its client list has included senior Vietnamese historical and political figures, among them General Võ Nguyên Giáp, commander of Vietnam's armed forces.
Cao Minh's reputation rests on hand-stitched construction rather than machine assembly — canvassing, padding and finishing done by hand in the traditional bespoke method. The main house operates from Hai Bà Trưng Street in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, with a second office in Hanoi.
This ceramics studio reworks the household stoneware tradition of Song Be with contemporary glazes and forms suited to modern kitchens and tables. The business ties its production directly to support for the ceramic artisans and workers behind each piece.
A bespoke tailoring studio at 635 Hai Ba Trung Street in Hoi An, founded in 2005, where every garment is cut, sewn and pressed on-site with no outsourcing. Most orders are ready within 24 hours, with international shipping to more than 40 countries.
A bespoke tailor at 117 Phan Chu Trinh in Hoi An offering custom men's and women's suits, dresses, coats and jumpsuits. Garments go through consultation, fabric selection, measurement and fitting stages.
Kimmy Tailor pairs precise measuring with a large in-house fabric library so customers choose cloth and silhouette in the same sitting rather than over several visits. Suits start around $180, a price point the atelier uses to compete with Hoi An's bigger tailoring houses on turnaround and fit rather than volume.
Best for Made-to-measure suits, dresses, and wedding attire
A bespoke tailoring workshop at 127 Tran Hung Dao Street in Hoi An, operating since 1999 and hand-cutting suits, dresses, shirts, trousers and overcoats shipped to over 50 countries. Suits range from $149 to $309 depending on fabric, including wool blends, merino and cashmere.
A made-to-measure tailor at 29 Nguyen Thai Hoc in Hoi An's Old Town, making suits, dresses, blouses, shirts and trousers in linen, cotton, wool and blended fabrics. Turnaround is 1 to 3 days plus one or two fittings.
BeBe’s Hoi An tailoring teams measure, cut and fit custom suits, dresses and áo dài. The service is centred on made-to-order clothing produced in Vietnam, with several Hoi An addresses supporting fittings rather than a single ready-to-wear rail.
Best for Custom suits, dresses and áo dài measured
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