Capn Jack wrote in post #17799425
Is it possible that is a local style?
I thought the images possibly creepy as well, but I reflected that during my single visit to Shanghai, many women wore short skirts and shorts as well. I wonder if some of the style is from Manga?
Manga? In Viet Nam? No ..
The fashion in Viet Nam is not strikingly different from most Asian countries. Teenagers favor print Tee's and Jeans, but will dress for the occasion more so than in Western countries. Adult women favor comfortable conservative clothing, for men white shirts and slacks are common. The exceptions are for weddings and going to a café or club (very popular in Viet Nam). Younger women will wear the sexy short skirts and heels (like pictured) for those type of events. There are also a huge number of girls in major Vietnamese cities employed as 'Promotion Girls'; these girls are paid to hand out flyers, and to look pretty standing next to a new car (or whatever) under promotion, etc ... They are sort of a cross between the 'sample ladies' at Sam's Club and a Hooter's Girl, although the job is considered more respectable than in the US. Shorter skirts also, much more so than in the US, are still acceptable in an office environment in Viet Nam, as in much of Asia.
Back to the argument, guess I will ride the fence to some extent.... A few of the shots are ok; one shot look like a bunch of promo girls, and that kind of thing goes with the job. However, generally snipering legs shots of stray women on the street is rather creepy, and that same thing goes for Viet Nam. Most Vietnamese women are not going to make a scene, but if you look at some of the women's faces in several shots you can tell they are either annoyed or suspicious.
I'm all for freedom of expression and don't want to ride the high horse, but please just take the time to ask (when in doubt) before taking a shot.
The creative artist seems to be almost the only kind of man that you could never meet on neutral ground. He sees nothing objectively because his own ego is always in the foreground of every picture. - Raymond Chandler
