Designers / Vietnam · Slow and sustainable
Kilomet109
Vũ Thảo
Kilomet109 is a slow and sustainable label based in Hanoi, started in 2012. Behind the label: Vũ Thảo. It is known for cloth woven, naturally dyed and beeswax-printed with ethnic-minority artisans. Latest milestone on record (2024): Begins a residency as an Asia Center artist in residence at Harvard.
Quick facts
Kilomet109 at a glance
- Behind the label
- Vũ Thảo
- Based
- Hanoi, Vietnam
- Since
- 2012
- Focus
- Slow and sustainable
- Makes
- Clothing made from artisan-woven, naturally dyed textiles
- Official site
- kilomet109.com ↗
- @kilomet109 ↗
The person and the label
Who is behind Kilomet109?
Vũ Thảo makes Kilomet109’s clothes from fabric that ethnic-minority artisans in Mai Châu and Cao Bằng weave, dye with natural dyes and print with beeswax, the British Council reported when she won its Young Creative Entrepreneur award in 2014. The Hanoi label exhibited at the London Design Biennale in 2018, and she was an artist in residence at Harvard’s Asia Center in 2024–25.
Timeline
Kilomet109, dated
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- Sĩ Hoàng Textile heritage
- Chung Thanh Phong Couture and eveningwear · since 2013
- GIA Studios Ready-to-wear · since 2014
- BACH MAI Couture and eveningwear · since 2019
- Môi Điên Ready-to-wear · since 2016
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Quick answers
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Who is behind Kilomet109?
- Vũ Thảo. Kilomet109 is a slow and sustainable label based in Hanoi.
When was Kilomet109 founded?
- 2012, according to the sources listed on this page.
What does Kilomet109 make?
- Clothing made from artisan-woven, naturally dyed textiles. It is known for cloth woven, naturally dyed and beeswax-printed with ethnic-minority artisans.