Zhou Xiaojun: Fashion Is A Little Bit Different From Tradition.

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Zhou Xiaojun lived in the city of Guangzhou in March P.

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< p > for the question of how to become leather "a href=" http://www.91se91.com/news/index_c.asp "designer < /a" in the opening speech, Zhou Xiaojun bluntly: as a fashion designer, she is not a design major.

He said that he had been fond of painting since he was young. He went to television station to practice at that time. The leader of the unit was a veteran soldier. He loved leather products bags and began to make things. Under this influence, he began his hand-made leather career.

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In P, 2008, he began to design semi professional leather products, and created his own leather brand "horse handwork".

In 2010, it became independent and became a full-time leather handicraft.

Now, five years.

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< p > five years, the design of "a href=" "http://www.91se91.com/news/index_c.asp" > Zhou Xiaojun < /a > has always been the conciseness and simplicity of personal preference, which coincides with the international trend.

He said: "in hand-made leather products, the main tradition is the luxury style of flowers, such as flowers and carvings, flowers and so on. These leather products mainly focus on leather carving, and I prefer the overall shape to attract you."

He believes that the old sense of cowhide feeding in the years is the most attractive, and only when there are no designs and patterns on the surface can people notice the changes of these changes.

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When P changes, does the design concept change and diversify? For journalists, he gives his answer: "this is basically not going to change."

He said that the cowhide will gradually change its old effect because of the use and friction of human beings in the years. The process is called "cattle raising". In fact, it is the two processing process of a natural form, a natural change. This natural change can only be applied to the extreme with the most concise form.

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< p > < strong > a simple interpretation of a monkey < /strong > < /p >.

< p > this simple beauty has also earned Zhou Xiaojun an honor.

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< p > 2012, Zhou Xiaojun won the Bronze Award in the "leather logo Cup" China bag and suitcase Design Competition sponsored by China Leather Association.

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When p mentioned the contest, he said he was also trying to see what his level was in the industry.

Manual and merchandise compete with each other, positioning and aesthetic form are different. Manual products to participate in such competitions must be like commodities, and can not lose their manual style.

Fortunately, his work was recognized by the judges.

"It was a wish," he said with a smile.

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After P, he never participated in similar competitions again.

He devoted himself to his own leather brand "horse handwork", and in 2012, he set up his own Leather Handmade studio.

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< p > for the question of why the LOGO of the horse handicraft is a monkey, Zhou Xiaojun told reporters that because he was rather thin, his friends called him a little monkey, because in Guangzhou dialect Ma's pronunciation was monkey, and he appreciated the image of monkey's unruly and intelligent, so the brand name and logo came into being.

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< p > Zhou Xiaojun's team is not big, only 3 people, making him and Xiao Ming two people.

He is responsible for designing and cutting and sewing large parts, while Xiao Ming takes the rest of the sewing work.

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"P > professional sewing is very important," a process of 37 division of labor.

This needs experience accumulation, and at present it can only take its own lead, "he said.

In daily leisure, Zhou Xiaojun will also undertake small handmade leather classrooms. In order for beginners to further understand, he calls the hand-made leather "cloth made of cowhide". It is not complicated. The general steps are divided into making design paper, cutting, and then punching holes with fixed spacing tools.

Because the skins are thick and do not perforate in advance, they can not be crossed by needle. This is the only difference. Finally, it is suture.

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< p > production is on the one hand. What he personally values more is the overall sense of the work. "Handmade leather, thick needle and big thread, sometimes broken 1-2 needles will not affect the work."

It's the charm of hand-made leather that makes the overall shape and simplicity look good.

Of course, the details are also very important. The rounded processing and edge polishing of the edges will enhance the whole leather quality. "

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< p > besides making, manual selection of raw leather is also very particular.

"As long as we have good leather on the top, import is better."

Zhou Xiaojun introduces that he usually chooses the raw leather from the wholesale city of peeling materials, where there are many varieties to meet the demand.

The best choice is imported raw leather. In order to get a better leather, "often die shameless and rub the wholesaler's first hand source."

Over time, those wholesalers also established a good relationship with him, so long as the container arrived, they would tell him that he would go to the stalls immediately, preferentially selecting the imported raw leather.

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< p > Zhou Xiaojun's time is free, and he arranges all his own. This is what many 80's like him envy.

But freedom does not mean that there are no rules. He will make monthly, weekly or even daily tasks for himself, and then execute them according to the task table. If the progress is successful and the completion is fast, the rest of the day will rest or go out to play for inspiration.

If the progress is slow, such as the cold weather, the shortage of leather and so on, the objective factors are delayed. It is also common to do morning work from 8 in the morning.

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The works produced by < p > mainly rely on the electronic business platform to sell, and the entity stores basically cooperate with each other.

But because hand made, slow, gradually can not keep pace with the rapid sale of entities, and now evolved into customized services.

Now it will take one month to complete a wallet.

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"P > China International Leather Fashion day, which was first held by China Leather Association, is very interested in Zhou Xiaojun. He said that he had never had such an event before, and heard that Italy designers released the trend of leather. He expressed his desire to learn from the scene, and more importantly, to learn some ideas of international fashion masters on handwork.

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< p > he said he liked the name of designer because design is like article, everything can reflect people's heart.

For what is fashion, he thinks it is a difficult and controversial topic.

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< p > "fashion is to deviate from tradition and spread more points, but not to go too far. The key is whether we can grasp this yardstick.

Just subverting tradition and being accepted, it is fashion; if deviating too much is not for acceptance, it is weird.

I think only through market reaction can we get a relatively accurate answer.

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No P designer dares to say that he has always been at the forefront of fashion, but one thing that must be admitted is that design has always been the product of designer's willpower, and the difference is whether the public can taste this loneliness together.

Zhou Xiaojun's answer is very philosophical.

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