The Cost Of Making A Cheongsam In Song Brocade Is Over 600 Yuan.

On the 10 day, leaders, representatives and spouses of the member economies attending the twenty-second leaders' informal meeting of the APEC (APEC) attended the "Water Cube" of the Beijing National Aquatics Center dressed in Chinese costumes and attracted worldwide attention.

Among them, song brocade, the main fabric of the costumes, is also concerned by women in Ji'nan.

Reporter survey found that song brocade in Ji'nan mainly used for painting and calligraphy mounting, in clothing production less.

Song Jin was listed in the world's intangible heritage in 2009, but its appearance in the world is the appearance of APEC.

Ms. Zhang said that she did not understand Song Jin, but the leader's clothing was made of song brocade as the main fabric. This kind of fabric is valuable. "When you make Tang costume, you should pay special attention to song brocade, but you don't know where Ji'nan sells such fabric."

Many Jinan people are strange to Song Jin.

"Almost all of the fabrics we make are woven brocade, and we haven't heard of Song Jin."

Through the four road civil air defense mall, a shop owner of cheongsam said.

And in a large shop near Silk Road near the four road, several staff members also said they had never heard of song brocade.

The citizens of Song Jin are only a few.

"There are ten, eight clothes in the year for the laundry.

After six weft two road, a laundry owner said that Song Jinduo, who came to deliver the washing, was a ladies' Tang suit and shawl.

Yu Renqian, head of Ji'nan jade Qipao shop, said that the brocade fabric is more heavy and suitable for wearing in autumn and winter. "The brocade of the song brocade without flowers is made of plain satin, which makes the garments more stable and generous. If the customers have needs, they can also make jacquard."

Yu Renqian said, but at present, there are few customers in the shop to make costumes with song brocade fabrics.

Manufacturer

Song brocade is used for painting and calligraphy in Ji'nan.

On the afternoon of 11 th, the reporter contacted the Song Jin Sheng producing area of Suzhou, which is called Suzhou Industrial Park Cross Hong star song brocade workshop. Mr. Kim, director of the manufacturing plant, said that the main business of the factory is to produce Song Jin and supply it to the outside world.

According to the work and quality of song brocade, the price difference of song brocade is quite different.

"In general, the song brocade for mounting is priced at 35 yuan / meter, and the price of the color is much higher, which is priced at 40 yuan / meter."

Mr. Kim said, "there are more people in Shandong and Ji'nan who buy this kind of song brocade, mainly for mounting."

"Song brocade for making clothes is worth the price of all silk silk brocade."

Mr. Jin said that the price of this song brocade is 180 yuan / metre. "Wholesale silk silk brocade needs to be booked in advance, and the necessary color is sent."

He said that the wholesale high price of silk silk brocade is not many businesses, "Shandong is not, only Shanghai over wholesale."

Mr. Kim reminded.

Zhang, who is the main business of painting and calligraphy in the vicinity of Cha Lu street, says that most of the shops in Ji'nan are equipped with song brocade.

"Mounding with song brocade is divided into two kinds:" scroll "and" mirror frame ". According to the size of calligraphy and painting, the price of mounting is different.

Ms. Zhang said that with a 2 metre long and 0.8 meter wide calligraphy and painting as an example, if the Song Jin scroll was mounted, it would cost about 150 yuan. If the Song Jin frame was mounted, it would cost about 350 yuan.

To calculate and make a cheongsam of song brocade

"In ancient times, Song Jin used mainly to mount screens and paintings, but not to wear."

Xie Xiaohong, a teacher of Textile Engineering Department of Shandong light industry Career Academy, said that song brocade would only involve in the course of history, but did not understand later uses.

Ren Xueling, a professor of visual communication at Academy of Fine Arts, Qiingdao University, said that the application of song brocade in modern times is more extensive, involving clothing, clothing accessories, tourist supplies and mounting, binding and other fields.

"Song brocade is different from other brocade. Its firmness is stronger."

Ren Xueling said that song brocade is a weft brocade with two layers of warp. The fabric can not only control the thickness, but also can make the color change more colorful and increase the expressive power of the pattern. The APEC conference clothing this year is not silk silk brocade. Instead, it uses the technology of the song brocade innovatively, changing the silk into wool and keeping it warm.

She said that Song Jinhua and not gorgeous, more low-key, the APEC will be a great promotion to Song Jinqi.

It is understood that a woman with a height of 1.65 meters, for example, needs 3.5 meters of cloth to make a cheongsam or Tang suit.

According to the quotations of 180 yuan / meter of silk silk brocade brocade in Suzhou Industrial Park Hongxing song brocade workshop, it will take about 630 yuan to make a cheongsam cloth.

"In 2001, Shanghai APEC made the brocade fire. It is estimated that this year's Beijing APEC will make song brocade popular."

Yu Renqian predicted.

News links have no leader size. "New suit" is "look" out.

"We design a variety of colors, leading people can choose their own collocation", Zhao Huizhou, one of the leading designers of APEC's clothing, told reporters that the color of clothing was chosen with a heavy and generous traditional tone, "each garment can see the shadow of Tang suit and Han suit".

According to the introduction, the leaders' costumes are not and will not be given detailed dimensions. This requires designers to guess and observe a lot, and to search for a large amount of information, including text and video.

Zhao Huizhou said she received an invitation letter in late December last year, when the preparatory group sent 71 such invitations to the country's 259 enterprises, 259 designers and 18 universities.

Zhao Huizhou introduced that after 4 rounds of design modification, the core design team of the finalists was only 12, consisting of designers, Brand Company, fabric suppliers and accessories suppliers.

Guoli pajamas are also customized.

Apart from the "new suit" of song brocade, Guoli pajamas are also Seiko.

China's famous fashion brand NE TIGER (northeast tiger) after receiving the task, in order to ensure the rest quality of all the key officials, the brand specially selected the 40M silk and heavy satin fabrics made of fixed dyed fabrics to make pajamas. The environmental friendly skin is also good for the human body to sleep.

Handmade Suzhou embroidery technology will peony, vase, Ruyi stripes needle on silk, male meaning "peace and happiness", female meaning "only peony true national color", which shows the profound cultural implication of China's "grain is expensive".

APEC is a precious gift from the Beijing municipal government, which is presented to the honorable leaders and ladies of the 21 economies.