The Influence of Traditional Costume on Costume Design

China is known as "the country of dress etiquette". China's costume art is an important part of China's profound humanistic tradition. It has developed for thousands of years or even longer, and has made remarkable achievements.

Due to the thousands of years of dynasty changes in ancient Chinese costumes, different environments, different regions and different nationalities, China's traditional costumes have different characteristics in different dynasties, different regions, different nationalities and different classes, and have formed their own styles, costume systems and customs with the characteristics of the times. Whether it is simple Qin and Han costumes, exquisite Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties costumes, or rich Sui, Tang and Five Dynasties costumes, elegant Song costumes and luxurious Ming and Qing costumes, they all have their unique charm.

China's traditional costumes have a profound cultural background. It can be simply described by stylized wide-body style, flat-cut structure, decorative clothing materials, exquisite clothing accessories and implicit social aesthetics.

In terms of decoration, because the traditional clothing is cut in a straight plane and presents a two-dimensional effect, the decoration is also based on the two-dimensional effect, emphasizing the plane decoration. Decorative means are traditional Chinese techniques such as embedding, embedding, rolling, winding and embroidery. The clever use of these techniques makes Hanfu simple in shape, but colorful and beautiful in pattern. The decorative patterns of clothing mostly use animals, plants and geometric patterns. The expression of patterns has gone through several stages, such as abstraction, standardization and realism. The patterns before Shang and Zhou Dynasties, like the original Chinese characters, are concise, general and abstract. From the Zhou Dynasty to the Tang and Song Dynasties, the patterns became more and more neat, balanced up and down, symmetrical left and right, and tightly laid out. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, realism was emphasized, and all kinds of animals and plants were often portrayed delicately, realistically and vividly, as if they were all picked from real life without any processing, which fully showed the diligence and wisdom of the people.

There are many elements in ancient clothing that can be applied to modern clothing design, such as patterns. Things in nature are unconscious, and people give clothing patterns a certain symbolic meaning according to the concept of consciousness at that time. Therefore, it also has the significance of celebration, blessing and beauty. Modern clothing design can be refined and simplified by learning from the forms of ancient clothing patterns. At the same time, decorative patterns with religious totem significance are also precious materials.

From this point of view, many local characteristics of ancient clothing can be applied to modern clothing design. Common collar, piping, lapel, lapel, buckle, slit and Chinese knot ornaments can be used. The neckline is inspired by the dress characteristics of the collar. One point one world, a good designer should start with small elements and details, and you will find the beauty of this world!

There are strict rules on the colors of ancient costumes, and many colors are still popular today. These colors can be used in the creation of new material clothing. Through these colors, we can not only express bold and modern design, but also express subtle and gentle style, which provides a richer form for modern clothing design.

China's long history provides rich materials for modern design, and many elements can be applied in modern design, which requires designers to have a spiritual understanding of China's clothing culture and make continuous efforts to explore it.