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This beautiful social enterprise shop are selling beautiful, quality textile products using natural materials that display traditional handicrafts, original works that related to ethnic minorities in Vietnam.
Their products are full of native flavor yet modern. Cute, beautiful, interesting, quality yet reasonable price. I say quality because from the first touch of these product, you'll know that these are not a mass production.
they told me that all products are using natural/ environmentally friendly materials (no plastics are used) found from the forest and mountain like woods, cottons, hemp... The softness of the textiles says it all. And by the 2nd glacé to see these things, you'll find the heart of these skillful maker - they are making these things with their heart... each loom, each stitch, each design ... are full of eye details...
Product range are from small accessories like button, small note books with nice cloth covers, small sling bags, handbags, more bags (with different ethnic group design), then clothings, table cloth, table runners, small soft display toys, shawls, jewellery ... many-many more.
On 2nd floor they also have a space where they are running workshops, tea corner to taste their flower tea...
This is a beautiful space as well...
If you need to find locally made souvenir and care about quality, come and check out this place... every penny you spend is worth the quality you get. Plus you can help them to preserve this traditional skills that is so valuable in the now world where everything is technologily made.
If you are interested to learn some of the cultural skills like natural dyeing, cultural hand sewing... chk out with them on the different, available cultural experience workshops they have and its schedule... maybe you can experience one of it while you are in Hanoi...
Enjoy your shopping while do good in contributing to reserve the culture imprints and helping these minority etnical women and family ❤️
Lastly, I'm very happy with my purchase of small beautiful sling bag that enough to carry phone, small wallet, keys, tissues... worth buy for sure! Then is a horn made hair pin, horn necklace and some beautiful buttons 🤗
One more thing, staff are friendly and knowledgeable 👍