Xungenwen traditional clothing

When it comes to national batik clothing, the first thing that comes to mind is to take off the big sleeves of the coat, heavy fabrics, traditional quaint patterns and other unique ethnic clothing forms, and most of them are only sold in tourist attractions. It is true that batik clothing carries a long history of decorative patterns with its simple and calm colors, unpredictable ice patterns and ancient totems, flowers, birds, fish and insects, and exudes an ancient charm with the help of coarse cloth and plain cloth; With the original tension of self-expression and simple and fresh visual effects, they closely cater to the ever-changing psychological trends of people living farther and farther away from traditional civilization in modern society, such as returning to nature and seeking roots in the East, thus gaining people's deep love.

However, I don't know if you have another feeling, especially young people: for ethnic batik clothing, it feels more like a beautiful handicraft for people to watch, but it is not suitable as a fashion that caters to the modern trend while wearing comfortably and showing personality, because its styles are mostly fat and not too delicate; Fabric permeability and comfort are poor; Easy to decolorize after washing, not easy to take care of; In particular, clothing patterns are mainly based on pure traditional themes and styles, and the layout is complex and too regular. The "earthy flavor" from the people is too strong, giving people a feeling of "stage costume" and lacking the flavor of the times. Isn't this contrary to the idea that modern people advocate elegance, lightness, simplicity, comfort and nature? Perhaps the designer of batik clothing aims to express and retain the unique advantages of traditional and authentic ancient batik technology and the profound cultural connotation of national totem. Of course, the authentic tradition must be preserved, but the appropriate scale must be mastered. In the rapidly changing modern society, if we are stubbornly bound by this concept of "tradition and authenticity" and don't inject the spirit of the times, it will be difficult for batik clothing to impress hipsters with fashionable styles and intuitive pattern language, and it will be difficult to integrate into the consumption of modern mass clothing. We can only wander on the edge of modern life as a curiosity and cannot gain new vitality. For consumers, batik clothing needs to be subdivided into a broader market: for some foreign consumers, they like authentic national costumes of other nationalities, heavy homespun, homemade plant dyes and pure hand-made; For domestic consumers, if we stay on the basis of homespun, homemade dyes and traditional patterns that are familiar to our nation, there is definitely not much market. And in the whole consumer group, relatively speaking, older consumers like wider styles and more traditional patterns; Young consumers are attracted by fashionable and exquisite fashion styles and decorative patterns with modern charm. So this requires designers to design different styles of clothing according to the psychological needs of different consumers. It requires batik clothing not only to maintain and inherit the essence of tradition, but also to innovate, to integrate and reorganize the essence of traditional culture with modern fashion concepts, and to make batik clothing change from "ornamental" to "practical" and from "minority consumption" to "mass consumption". Only in this way can it be regarded as a traditional national batik clothing.

Batik pattern is the essence of batik clothing and a unique symbol that distinguishes it from other special clothing. It has distinct regional and national characteristics and rich forms. After a long period of washing and tempering, it is permeated with a strong sense of historical dignity and contains profound cultural connotations. We should respect this sense of historical dignity, inherit and learn from it and reproduce it. However, we need to inherit and carry forward more than just a few formal traditional symbols. The key is to find what is eternity in the traditional context culture. More importantly, it inherits the essence of the traditional spirit behind the symbols. On this basis, through mastering, deconstructing and reorganizing, the traditional graphic expressions are eclectic, and the clothing patterns rich in national traditional cultural charm and strong modern aesthetic feeling are designed. So as to borrow the formal language of traditional graphics and specific cultural connotation, deepen the cultural heritage of batik clothing and give it new vitality.

In addition to deconstructing and reorganizing traditional graphics, we can also: first, use the plane composition theory of art design to explore the abstract form of "formal beauty" of points, lines and surfaces, or directly use batik ice texture to cooperate with modern painting concepts and borrow modern painting techniques to explore, study and create new texture effects to strengthen the fashion "functionality" of fabrics and clothing; Second, seek creative inspiration from the styles, patterns and colors of different countries and nationalities, such as totem culture of primitive tribes in Africa, Japanese ukiyo-e art, Scottish plaid, ancient Egyptian patterns, etc. The blending of different customs, styles and cultures of these different nationalities makes the design world more colorful. Designers constantly explore creative inspiration from all corners of the world, find the starting point of creation, and integrate the sense of the times into the national style. Only in this way can we meet people's aesthetic requirements for simplicity, lightness and diversity of patterns.

In addition, in the layout of the pattern, we can break the traditional neat and symmetrical form and change it into a dynamic and lively balanced structure; The traditional decorative parts are changed into collars, plackets and cuffs. Based on the principle of formal beauty, we boldly conceive, give full play to the designer's whimsy, and organically combine the soul of batik patterns with modern composition to make batik clothing look brand-new.

Reforming batik clothing is not the same as completely abandoning tradition, but refining the essence of tradition, closely combining modern design elements, improving some parts that are not suitable for market demand, such as backward technology and complex patterns, and increasing the scientific and technological development of batik dyes, on the one hand, making traditional plant dyes more perfect in chromatography and dyeing fastness, on the other hand, developing more green chemical dyes; And will adapt to the market demand, such as: magical and changeable, psychological needs that meet people's curiosity and personality, ice cracks and mysterious and quaint national graphic symbols.