Chinese Design: Appreciate The Combination Of Traditional Embroidery And Fashion Design

Embroidery is a general term for embroidering various decorative patterns on fabrics and silks with needles and threads. It is one of the traditional Chinese folk handicrafts.

In the long years of precipitation, exquisite embroidery techniques have been handed down to this day, from simple flowers and animals to colorful flowers, the ups and downs of a needle, embroidered is a wonderful beauty, bringing out a delicate life.

Embroidery as one of the early decorative elements, its unique exquisite feeling can be seen everywhere in the clothing collocation, from the large area of tile to the decoration of small details. As far as three-dimensional decoration is concerned, it is more full than embroidery.

In ancient times, those who could wear embroidered clothes must be high-ranking officials and nobles. Because at that time, clothing embroidery had a set of strict standards. The emperor embroiders dragon, Queen embroiders Phoenix, civil official embroiders crane, military official embroiders tiger. Different embroidery symbols represent different status, and thus distinguish the rich and the noble. It can be seen that embroidery once represented prosperity.

Of course, the best Chinese embroidery products have the patience and skill of embroidering women.

No matter which dynasty, the imperial dragon and Phoenix robes and civil and military officials' gowns made for the ancient royal or noble officials were embroidered for more than a year or more. It is said that the current international auction price of a yellow robe embroidered in the Ming Dynasty can be US $100000 or higher.

Hand made embroidery has obvious distinction between high and low, color, workmanship, conception and so on have become the most basic elements to judge an embroidery. A good embroidery has a clear needling method, and those dense threads and knots are hidden without a trace, and the independent and beautiful verve determines the soul of the embroidery itself. Therefore, the value of an embroidery has its own corresponding rigid standards: scarcity, preservation state, aesthetic value and historical retention time.

After the formation of a system in the East, embroidery spread to the west through trade, and once became popular in the upper social circle of European royal families. European fascination with embroidery products also led to the development of European embroidery technology.

The biggest difference between European embroidery and Oriental embroidery is that Oriental people are good at expressing flowers and birds, characters and scenery with various stitches. The main embroidery material is silk thread. The Europeans, on the other hand, paid more attention to various embroidery materials, such as pearls, polished shells, precious stones and even gold chains. Thread was not limited to silk thread. Flax, cotton thread and wool were common embroidery materials.

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