What do you mean by accessories?

Accessories are materials that play an auxiliary role in product production. Refers to the auxiliary raw materials in cooking or the auxiliary materials of clothes or down jackets.

Materials that play an auxiliary role in product production: many raw materials and auxiliary materials needed for light industrial production have to rely on agricultural supply. Auxiliary raw materials in cooking, such as onion, coriander, fungus, etc. Accessories also refer to the accessories of clothes or down jackets, such as zippers, buttons, pocket labels, etc. In addition to the main fabric, accessories play the role of connection, decoration and function.

Accessories have been widely used since Ming and Qing Dynasties. This is mainly the reason why people pursue the complex and exquisite decorative effect of clothing. At this time, accessories are mainly embodied in embroidery, and Suzhou embroidery is the peak of the development of clothing accessories in Ming and Qing Dynasties. Usually feathers and jade are often sewn on clothes as decoration. Since modern times, western clothing has been introduced into China. Accessories become extremely rich. People began to widely use buttons in clothing. At the beginning of this century, the invention of zipper was the most important event in the history of accessories.

Development of auxiliary materials industry

After the reform and opening up, accessories have become an industry. Until the reform and opening up in China, the auxiliary materials were just buttons, corn and rubber bands in chicken feathers for sugar. With the development of clothing after the reform and opening up, button enterprises began to produce buttons in Jiashan, Qiaotou and other places in Zhejiang, and enterprises from Taiwan Province Province and Hongkong also came to China to invest and build factories to produce accessories. The accessories driven by small buttons began to be legendary.

Accessories markets have been established in major cities in China, such as Zhong Da and Shanghai Chenghuang Temple. For example, Qiaotou Town has built a professional button market. Some large auxiliary materials companies, such as Wei Xing, have also become listed companies. Since 2005, jewelry companies have started online business, such as clothing jewelry online wholesale network, jewelry network and so on. The development of auxiliary materials is not what it used to be.