Chinese Elements And National Fashion Culture In The Eyes Of A Foreign Designer

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And the popularity of art is not a subjective assumption, but a result of the culture of different times.

Because of its unique style, Van Gogh's works can now be sold for hundreds of millions of dollars.

But careful study of Van Gogh's creative process is not difficult to find that his style and style is actually a strong "market" factor, that is, according to the aesthetic culture of society at that time and purposeful creation.

Before the industrial revolution in the west, the nations of different regions of the world had their own characteristics, but at the same time they were relatively closed and single.

Through the steam age and the electrical age, the world has further narrowed and integrated, especially in the information age of twenty-first Century. Globalization has become the mainstream of the times.

At the same time, national integration will bring the collision and mutual penetration between national characteristics and culture, thus leading to the trend of fashion culture in the times.

Just as the famous French fashion.

Laurent Vigneron has said that fashion has never been a rule, but it can be seen because fashion can be predicted and created.

This is probably why Laurent chose to come to distant China when it reached its peak in the western fashion design field.

And is committed to absorbing the fashion quintessence of this era in the ocean of Chinese Oriental Art and culture, so that fashions can be fashions between popular elements of the West and Chinese national culture.

Color and symbol can best represent the fashion culture of a nation or era. China advocated black in the Qin Dynasty more than two thousand years ago, and its clothes and flags are still black.

But in the Han Dynasty, they advocated red.

To women's makeup and so on, they all have a liking for red pornography.

Coincidentally, black and red have also become the classic color of fashion design.

China has a long history and culture, and many elements can represent the symbols and culture of the nation. Among them, paper cutting is one of the household names.

Paper cutting is a kind of hollowing art, which gives people a sense of pparency and artistic enjoyment.

Paper cutting carrier can be paper, gold and silver foil, bark, leaves, cloth, leather.

Such an ancient and fashionable art makes it impossible for all designers to conceal their desire and impulse to create.

Butterfly has many beautiful meanings in Chinese national culture.

Like the story of Chuang Chou's dream butterfly, it contains romantic thoughts and emotions and rich philosophical thinking on life, which resonates with many writers of later generations. The Butterfly Lovers' love story is pformed into butterfly's symbol of good wishes in people's hearts.

Therefore, butterfly elements are also present.

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Laurent is now the artistic director of Hongkong fashion brand LETABOU, and the creation idea of "Forbidden to Forbid" has created more creative space for him and his brand.

From the perspective of a Western designer, it combines the quintessence of Chinese culture and art, and uses design works to interpret the national fashion culture in a foreigner's eyes.