On The Utilitarian Consciousness Of Men'S Clothing Design

It is very sad for designers to keep a close eye on the ever-changing phenomenon of fashion.

Before understanding the utilitarian consciousness of men's clothing design, we first need to discuss what qualifications and consciousness the fashion designer should possess.

We divide the formation of fashion culture into five levels: human culture, race culture, national culture, regional culture and fashion.

Designers should stand on the fashion of the real society. When designers think about designers, their cultivation and consciousness only stay at the level of fashion, it will be superficial, and their works are also unbearable.

On the contrary, if his design consciousness and accomplishment can be deeply and radiated to the cultural level of all mankind, he is a great designer and his works will also be immortal.

We call this recognition method the radiation effect of design.

It is the embodiment of modern system cognition theory in design.

It tells us that designers have to pay huge sums of money to create epoch-making works.

At the same time, it also tells us that studying a rule and cultivating a consciousness is not limited to its today, but more importantly, its past and future.

In order to establish a sense of utility in men's clothing design, it is a kind of savvy summing up from the inevitable and objective laws of the development of social history.

It does not belong to any region or nation. Although it may arise from a certain nation, it belongs to the objective law of truth itself, and it is likely to be beneficial to any nation in the world.

The utilitarian nature of clothing is the product of the perfect combination of clothing culture and use, and the utilitarian nature of men's clothing is built on the basis of "function".

In other words, the use function of men's clothing determines its form and constitutes the basis for stylization of men's clothing.

Then, the utilitarian nature of men's clothing is the beauty of "function" itself, which does not require a little false and camouflage.

This is the true meaning of the sense of utility of men's clothing.

In this way, the utilitarian consciousness of men's clothing is very abstract.

We can get a full understanding from the analysis of concrete design.

In men's wear design, this principle is followed: no practical decoration should be applied as long as the decoration is practical.

Take suit sleeves and buttons as an example. The suit is evolved from the ancient British gentleman's riding suit (the predecessor of the dress). In order to reduce the resistance and the convenience of movement, the upper body is tailored to a large extent. But for the convenience of wearing and washing, the sleeves are naturally formed, and the buttons with fixed sleeves are also generated.

When this function is determined, the beauty of its function comes into being.

To this day, although the effect is not, and the sleeves are not all the same, this basic form has become the symbol of suits.

The technology of sleeve sleeves, the position and number of buttons become the language of men's etiquette.

The number of buttons not only indicates the function of buttons, but also implies the character of the wearer.

Three buckles are neutral, and are used more frequently in daily suits. One button and two buttons are optional and are used in casual clothes. The four buttons show the elegance and nostalgic style and are used in dress suits.

The button conveys men's style and beauty with practical utility.

If the function of sleeve slits is turned into purely decorative, the buttons will also break its program combination, and the style of men's clothing will disappear completely.

This is not the impression produced in the form of the change from beauty to non beauty, but instead of replacing the discomfort created by a contradictory factor in the established habits and images of people's minds.

From the perspective of windbreaker design, this problem can be explained more clearly.

People often regard these designs as symbols and decorations that distinguish them from other coats, and few people can tell their effectiveness.

In fact, the original form was evolved from the trench coat of soldiers, and the shoulder loop was not set off as a fixed armband. The collar and cuff were set up as a shelter against wind and heat. The shoulder cloth was only located on the right shoulder because the men's door was left and right. It could be a left and right overlap structure in the left door to prevent any wind and rain from attacking in any direction. After the shawl was designed as a suspended structure, the rain could not penetrate quickly, obviously it was a bionic design.

However, as the outer space of men's daily life, these functions obviously have few opportunities to apply, but their basic functions and forms still remain.

Admittedly, it uses this unique function to spread men's special information.

In view of this, as a man's clothing design, it is difficult to succeed without such practical utilitarian consciousness.

Here is another interesting example worth mentioning.

On the collar of the suit, if the flat collar is collar, the buttonhole is only located at the left collar collar (collar); if it is a tack collar, there are buttonholes on the left and right collar collar.

This is inexplicable to the general explanation of the insertion of the brooch and the hanging tag, because the two buttonholes of the barge collar will not insert two brooches, nor will they be tied up with two tag plates, which is obviously related to the function of their original suits.

This utilitarian symbol almost becomes the identification of a genuine suit.