Three designers. Three opening walks. And one young idol who
is quietly becoming a familiar face at the front of Vietnam's fashion runways.
At Vietnam Wedding Week 2026, Dylan of UPRIZE stepped out as
the first face for Luu Viet Anh's FALVAON presentation, VÀNG ẢNH VÀNG ANH. It
was a brief moment in the spotlight, but not an isolated one. Before Luu Viet
Anh, Dylan had already opened shows for Chung Thanh Phong and Tran Hung. Three
first-face moments later, the pattern is becoming difficult to ignore.
For a performer best known for the stage, music and the
world of idol entertainment, the runway is opening up a different kind of
spotlight. There is no microphone. No choreography to hide behind. Just the
music, the lights and the first few seconds in which everyone in the room
decides to look.
At Vietnam Wedding Week 2026, Dylan did more than make a
celebrity appearance. He became the first image through which the audience
entered one of the event's most story-driven collections.
THREE
DESIGNERS. THREE FIRST FACES. ONE RISING RUNWAY STORY.
Chung Thanh Phong. Tran Hung. Luu Viet Anh.
The three names belong to different corners of Vietnamese
fashion, but they share one recent connection: Dylan was chosen to walk first.
That matters because the first face is not simply the person
who happens to leave backstage before everyone else. The opening walk sets the
temperature of a show. It gives the audience its first clue about the mood, the
attitude and the world they are about to enter.
For an idol making his way into fashion, that kind of
position says more than a guest appearance ever could. Familiarity may get
people talking, but a first-face moment asks for something else: presence.
And Dylan appears to be building a reputation for exactly
that.
WHEN THE
IDOL PUTS DOWN THE MICROPHONE
On stage, Dylan already knows how to perform. As a member of
UPRIZE, he works in a world built on music, movement, camera awareness and
audience connection. An idol learns how to hold attention even when there is a
lot happening around him.
The runway strips much of that away.
There is no chorus to carry the moment. No dance break. No
chance to explain who you are. A walk has to do the work. The pace, the
posture, the expression and the way a performer enters the light become the
entire message.
Perhaps that is why the transition from idol stage to
fashion runway feels less surprising than it first appears. Both worlds demand
control of presence. They simply speak different languages.
For Dylan, fashion is beginning to look like a second stage.
THE NIGHT
HE OPENED LUU VIET ANH'S STORY
That second stage took on a particularly cinematic quality
at Vietnam Wedding Week 2026.
For FALVAON designer Luu Viet Anh, VÀNG ẢNH VÀNG ANH drew
inspiration from the emotional world of Tam Cam, one of Vietnam's most familiar
folk tales. The collection brought cultural memory into a contemporary fashion
setting, turning the runway into more than a sequence of bridal looks.
It needed an opening.
Dylan was the one who gave it to the audience.
As the first face, he became the first movement in the
show's visual story. Before the audience encountered the full world of gowns,
details and references that followed, they encountered him.
It was a different kind of performance from the idol stage,
but it was still performance: one entrance, one look, one moment to make the
audience curious about what comes next.
A BRIDAL
COLLECTION, A VIETNAMESE FOLK TALE AND ONE MALE LEAD
What made Dylan's appearance even more distinctive was his
place inside the story.
VÀNG ẢNH VÀNG ANH entered Vietnam Wedding Week as a bridal
fashion presentation, yet Dylan's appearance introduced a male presence into
its narrative world. Rather than feeling like a random celebrity cameo, his
walk gave the show another character and another point of view.
That is where the entertainment element becomes interesting.
Dylan was not asked to sing. He was not there for a special performance. His
role was quieter than that, but perhaps more unusual: to help set the scene.
In a collection inspired by story, the first face became
part of the storytelling.
And for an idol whose public identity is already built
around performance, the crossover made sense.
MORE THAN
A CELEBRITY WALK
Fashion loves a famous face. It creates buzz, photographs
well and gives audiences another reason to watch. But there is a difference
between inviting a celebrity onto a runway and giving someone a real place in
the rhythm of a show.
Dylan's growing list of first-face appearances is what makes
his fashion story more interesting than a one-off moment. The same position has
appeared again and again, across designers with different aesthetics and
different creative worlds.
That does not make him a full-time model, nor does it need
to. The appeal may lie precisely in the fact that he brings something different
to the runway.
He arrives with the instinct of a performer.
The fashion world gets the confidence, timing and visual
awareness of an idol. The entertainment world gets another side of Dylan to
watch.
INSIDE
THE LOVE CITY
Vietnam Wedding Week 2026 provided the perfect setting for
that crossover. Developed through the collaboration of YEAH1 and LIVEN
Technology, the event transformed White Palace Hoang Van Thu into The Love City
– a shared destination where bridal fashion, wedding brands, experts, vendors
and experiences came together.
Across two days, seven designers and brands presented
different visions of contemporary wedding fashion. There was couture drama,
refined romance, cultural storytelling, sensuality and modern menswear. The
runway was not built around one idea of what a bride or groom should be.
Dylan's appearance added another layer to that mix.
He arrived from the world of contemporary entertainment and
stepped directly into a designer's fashion narrative. It was exactly the kind
of collision that makes an event like The Love City feel larger than a
conventional bridal showcase.
WHEN
FASHION MEETS THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE IT MOVE
Some runway stories end when the lights go down. Others
travel further – through media, audiences, creative communities and the
conversations that follow a show.
As Promotional Partners of Vietnam Wedding Week 2026,
Italian Atelier Asia-Pacific and CjC Marketing Agency supported the wider
communication and industry outreach surrounding the event, connecting its
fashion and lifestyle stories with broader creative and professional networks.
For CjC Marketing Agency and Italian Atelier Asia-Pacific,
the Dylan and Luu Viet Anh crossover is also a reminder of what makes creative
platforms valuable. A fashion event can bring together people who might not
normally share the same stage: a designer and an idol, a bridal collection and
a folk tale, a runway audience and an entertainment following.
Sometimes the most interesting stories begin exactly where
those worlds overlap.
SO, IS
DYLAN A SINGER, AN IDOL OR A FASHION FACE?
Maybe that is the wrong question.
Dylan does not have to stop being one thing in order to
become another. The more interesting story is that his identity appears to be
expanding.
Three first-face appearances are still only the beginning of
a fashion journey. But beginnings are worth paying attention to – especially
when three different designers have trusted the same performer to take the
first step.
From Chung Thanh Phong and Tran Hung to Luu Viet Anh's VÀNG ẢNH
VÀNG ANH at Vietnam Wedding Week 2026, Dylan is beginning to build a runway
story of his own.
He may have arrived from the idol stage.
But if these first walks are anything to go by, his fashion
moment is only just getting started.
