Excuse me, how are different ethnic elements used in the modern clothing industry? Can you elaborate?

(1) Style elements

Our country is a multi-ethnic country, and the prototypes of ethnic clothing styles include cheongsam, Manchu costumes, Han costumes, etc. Current designers mainly use addition, subtraction and conceptual methods when applying these style elements. The so-called addition and subtraction method is to retain the style prototypes and add or subtract them appropriately; the conceptual method is to fully understand these style prototypes, and based on this, extract the typical logo elements among them and carry out conceptual design, so as to obtain effective design. Clothes that are distinctly modern.

(2) Craft elements

The traditional Chinese ethnic clothing manufacturing processes include printing and dyeing, embroidery, bronzing, etc. When designers use these craft elements, the key thing to consider is the combination of modern science and technology and traditional manufacturing techniques. In the context of the development of informatization, modern science and technology have effectively made up for the shortcomings of traditional manufacturing processes with low output. Take embroidery as an example. Embroidery on modern clothing is completed with the assistance of computer embroidery technology. By selecting traditional auspicious patterns for embroidery and innovatively transforming them, the designer not only retains the auspicious meaning of the patterns, but also maintains harmony and unity between the patterns and modern clothing. For example, Figure 3 shows the Kenzo 2018 autumn and winter series. Through modern printing combined with computer embroidery technology, the traditional Chinese dragon totem is expressed on clothing in a symmetrical manner, fully reflecting the effective integration of tradition and modernity.

(3) Color elements

Chinese traditional national color elements combine nature, ethics, philosophy and other concepts to form a unique color culture, specifically Chinese red, glazed yellow , emerald green, Great Wall gray, blue and white and other colors. There are five main ways to apply it to modern clothing design: First, apply one color in a large area as the main color of clothing. As shown in the picture, the work of Dior designer John Galliano uses glazed yellow as the main color in a large area; secondly, one color is used in a small area as clothing embellishment; thirdly, a variety of colors are used to coordinate the dosage ratio of different colors; Fourth, change the brightness and saturation of colors to obtain new colors; fifth, combine any colors to generate new color groups, considering the transition from high brightness to low brightness.

(4) Fabric elements

Chinese traditional ethnic fabric elements are reflected in the material and mechanism of the fabric. From the material point of view, there are silk, brocade, cotton and linen, etc.; from the mechanism point of view, there are hollowing, pleating, weaving, bead strings, etc. When designers use traditional ethnic fabric elements, they emphasize the effective combination of fabrics with color, craftsmanship, style and other elements to enrich the layers of the clothing itself. When necessary, different fabrics can also be mixed and matched. Figure 5 shows Louis Vuitton's 2016 spring and summer men's clothing. The clothing itself is made of silk fabric, and the central embroidery is a crane dancing on white sand. The designer chose to combine the traditional crane pattern with the plum blossom pattern, which not only presents an unrestrained feeling, but also expresses Louis Vuitton's cultural attributes of comfort, nobility and elegance.