The use of patterns in clothing design

The use of patterns in clothing design

This paper briefly describes the patterns of indoor and outdoor objects, and then relocates to the characteristics of clothing patterns, and describes the effect of different patterns in clothing, which is highly decorative and appreciative.

What is pattern?

Simply put, pattern is a fine decomposition of the pattern that the laws of form and beauty constitute a certain anthropomorphic or deformation, symmetrical or balanced, separate or combined with a certain program and a sense of order of the graphic pattern or surface decoration.

We can see patterns everywhere in life, whether you are indoors or outdoors, such as: indoor home textiles (curtains on the walls, sofas, carpets, etc.) on top of the different patterns, decorative in monotonous solid colors to the fabric to add a few points of vitality. Tea table on the tea set (ceramic kettle, cups, etc.) printed or engraved with different patterns, to the tea drinker to bring the mood of relaxation and joy. Look at the tiles on the floor they have a square pattern, geometric patterns and other patterns; the list goes on. Out of the indoor, outdoor you can see outside the towering buildings, some of the surface also has a geometric split surface to do pattern to decorate the garden plants are pruned into a variety of geometric, animal shapes to create a "lively" scene. We will take the line of sight back, look at the people coming and going in the clothes worn by the body, some of the clothes above the pattern, the pattern style, according to the composition of the form is divided into point dress pattern, surface dress pattern and comprehensive dress pattern, according to the process can be divided into printing and dyeing dress pattern, weaving dress pattern, collage dress pattern, embroidery dress pattern, hand-painted dress pattern, and so on. First look at the point pattern it has a round, triangular, square, etc., it is the smallest unit of visual form, it can play a cohesive vision and embellishment in the design of clothing, we can see that the buttons in the clothing is a row or double rows from the top and down to form a string of strips from the front placket of the clothes or clothes after the back of the back of the slit, or less often use the side of the slit, to play a sewing and embellishment effect, the buttons can also be in the Large areas of fabric to go up to decorate, so that the simple fabric enrichment. Then look at the line pattern it has the length, direction, shape of the characteristics of the line closely arranged to produce the feeling of the face, clothing modeling line has a long, short, thick, thin, thick, thin sense, different shapes give a different visual sense, such as: straight line shape to give a person a sense of smooth upward extension of the men's clothing in the design of the wider, curved shape to give a person the characteristics of movement, soft, feminine, children's clothing in women's clothing in the design of the more commonly used. Then look at the pattern of the face with the length, position, shape of the characteristics of the face and the above lines have similarities, curved face is suitable for performance in women's and children's clothing, with a soft, elegant visual effect; straight line face is suitable for men's clothing, with a calm, power visual effect.

Clothing design patterns and geometric patterns, geometric patterns are not a simple combination, it carries a special rhythm, common triangles, dots, squares, stripes, stripes, etc., and then irregular graphics with the formation of new pattern elements. Let's talk about the triangle element, with different sizes, different angles and different colors of the triangle combined together by a circle 360 degrees around, it will form a pattern like flowers, if each piece of the triangle face we fill in different colors, such as a colorful flowers, such a pattern we can design some parts of the clothes in solid colors, designed in white clothes full of compositions, such as Spring wildflowers bloom, so that the wearer. The person looks more energetic. Such a pattern designed on the dark clothes, will make the inconspicuous clothes suddenly brighten up. Designed in the hem of the skirt around a circle, each pattern and then have a colorful line extending upward to do decorative, as if the peacock feathers are generally beautiful, in order to coordinate with the hem of the skirt, and then the top of the clothes placket and cuffs of the clothes can also be used to do the same pattern to embellish, of course, if you use a different pattern in a set of clothes in too many types of styles will give a sense of messy, practical clothing, it is best one to two patterns to decorate a set of clothes! It looks more stable.

"Round" element design in the clothing we need to grasp how? Circle has a bright circle (hollow circle) has a dark circle (solid circle), hollow circle is relatively monotonous, so in order to make it look not "thin" in the design of the design can be designed as a circle like the wheel of the year, a large circle within a small circle within a small circle within a smaller circle, a circle a circle as such as a line like the circle embellished with a decorative effect in the clothes of localization. Such overlapping circles are more common in ethnic costumes (batik murals, batik suits). Hollow circles can also be designed with a slightly larger circle in the center surrounded by smaller hollow circles, and then designed so that the circle in the center is solid and the other circles around it are hollow circles, and then can be designed so that the circle in the center is solid and the circle around it is also solid, but not around a week but only around a half-week. The middle of the circle is slightly larger than the extension of the circle, such a pattern seems to be a kitten and puppy footprints in general, it seems very cute, such a cute pattern design in children's clothing is more in line with the cute nature of small children, the design of the circle can also be a combination of different hollow and solid, the angle of different out of the effect is different.

"Square" elements, in fact, whether it is a triangle, circle, or square, they have **** the same principle can be used in the form of hollow and solid to design, square design with the above described "round" elements and the "triangle" elements. "Triangle" elements of the general design can be, just give people a different sense of vision, square we know that it is in fact in addition to the square and rectangular, these shapes after the design of a combination of patterns, square patterns give a feeling of generosity, stability, dignity, this type of graphic design is suitable for more simple, generous, solemn style of the This kind of graphic is suitable for designing in the style of simple, generous, solemn and other styles.

"Stripes" elements in the use of clothing, stripes are divided into three categories: horizontal stripes, vertical stripes, and diagonal stripes; stripes have dark stripes, wide and narrow points, wide stripes for the more robust body, thin stripes for a little

slightly thin or normal body type. The normal body type of the person. Clothing design is more common:

1) Horizontal stripes, this stripe can be thick or thin, thick horizontal stripes for thin people to wear, it can give a person a sense of visual expansion, thin people wearing up not show too thin, but too thick and wide stripes are not suitable for too thin people, too thin people to choose the design of the horizontal stripes of the thin and narrow more suitable. Body fat people best not to choose whether the horizontal stripes thick stripes or horizontal stripes thin stripes of clothing, horizontal stripes will appear to be more full of body, is not suitable for fat people to wear.

2) Vertical stripes, will give a person the feeling of elongation, such stripes put the human body vertical to the perception, so it is suitable for short and fat people to wear, skinny and tall people are not suitable for vertical stripes will appear to be thinner and higher.

3) oblique stripes, left and right oblique can have a sense of dynamics, not more in clothing design, design in dance clothing or sportswear is more suitable.

"Stripe" element in the clothing design of how to express? It's not a bad idea.

We have designers in the clothing design will use the natural material composition of the pattern to find design inspiration, such as floral patterns, animal patterns, landscape patterns, etc., can make the simple clothing enrichment. There are many elements of floral patterns, such as peonies, roses, lotus flowers, peach blossoms, etc. and some deformed flower shapes that are used in women's clothing to emphasize the softness of women's clothing. Animal pattern elements are cats, dogs, rabbits, monkeys, bears and other animal images of the pattern, usually designed in children's clothing, accessories, more because the animal image is more cute, cute children to wear up more coordinated; little boys and girls backpacks, bags, shoes, etc., there are more animal patterns highlighting the lively character of small children. Scenic pattern elements in clothing design is not much, it is generally designed in a place of scenery as the theme of the concept of clothing, for example: a student to participate in the costume design competition, the design of the title: to the Huangguoshu scenery as the theme of a series of women's design, then the design of this series of clothing, each set of clothing to be seen in the Huangguoshu Scenic Area, the "shadow". The design of this series of clothing should be seen in each set of Huangguoshu scenic area "shadow". In China's ethnic minority places, it is not difficult to see there are many folk patterns, such as the Chinese national folk costume art of auspicious patterns, dragon and phoenix patterns, face painting, picking, embroidery and craft tie-dye and batik patterns and other multi-process materials have been used by designers at home and abroad in the design of modern clothing, wear the characteristics of the nation and personality.

In the final analysis, no matter which kind of clothing pattern, it has different characteristics, which also need us to constantly try to explore them, so as to make the design of the clothing vivid, not simply just to make clothing fit can wear on the line, we need to have a unique design concepts, to develop the habit of collecting a variety of patterns, in different clothing styles, different styles of clothing using different patterns, so as to make the clothing with the different style of clothing, so as to make the clothing with the different patterns, so as to make the clothing with the different style of clothing. We need to have a unique design concept and get into the habit of collecting various patterns and using them in different styles of clothing and different styles of clothing, so as to make the clothing and patterns become one.

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