APEC Fashion Designer: Innovative Chinese Style Clothes Can Be Called New Suits.

When it comes to Chu Yan, people may be a bit strange. But when it comes to the clothing of leaders of the APEC conference in Beijing, that is, "new suits", you will never be strangers. Chu Yan is the chief designer of APEC leaders' clothing. On the 7 day, Chu Yan, who was invited to Wuxi's Nanchang canal area, came here to participate in the "innovation link and reinventing tradition" canal salon culture. Talking about what is "new suit", Chu Yan thinks that nowadays, Chinese style clothes with innovative spirit can be called "new suits".

It is understood that at the 2014 APEC meeting, the "new suit" featuring "standing collar, pair of cardigan, shoulder sleeves, Song Jin, Zhang satin, swan print and sea water cliff" features the world with the appearance of leaders. At the same time, "new suit" excavated and reproduced a large number of traditional Chinese dress elements, and on the basis of inheritance, it has created a number of world-class, national intangible cultural heritage projects.

"The goal at that time was to produce distinct national elements. Contemporary clothing with a great power style is not going back to ancient times, nor can it copy or imitate national costume of a dynasty or a region. The core of the design is to find cultural genes, artistic symbols, and refine and innovate." Chu Yan believes that with the extinction of the APEC incident and the more in-depth consideration today, from the perspective of the development of Chinese traditional dress, the new suit should not refer to the clothing of this APEC. Any Chinese costume with innovative spirit in this era can be called new suit.

In the field of costume design, domestic carding and modernization of traditional handcraft have just begun. Chu Yan introduced that the color system and dyeing techniques in Chinese clothing were the result of cultural blending. Before the silk road was opened up, the color of Chinese clothing was not so rich. Later, it was gradually changed from the influence of western culture, including Buddhist culture and Islamic culture. Therefore, in 2015, Chu Yan and his team will go to India, Japan and other countries to start a natural dyeing handicraft tour.

"With technological improvement and innovative design, more people can pay more attention to intangible cultural heritage and pay attention to traditional handicrafts. The unique aesthetic spirit of culture can be highlighted. This is a benign cycle, and the domestic garment industry can be more attractive." Chu Yan jokes that in the Tang Dynasty, China was the fashion center of the world at that time. At that time, people from other countries came to Changan to learn "dress classics".

Chu Yan also pointed out that only through innovative means and modern lifestyles, new innovative designs can be made, so that Chinese traditional clothes that mix traditional elements are suitable for the aesthetic habits and consumption habits of the current people, and that more people will be able to accept and consume and make them into an industry.

It is reported that "innovation link reinventing tradition" canal heritage culture salon is the "2015 Chinese hand Carnival and ancient canal cultural tourism year" series of activities. In addition to Chu Yan, the chief designer of APCE's new interior design, Qian Xiaoping, the representative of the national intangible cultural heritage brocade brocade, and the non heritage inheritors and handicraftsmen of the cities along the Grande Canale were invited to participate in the above activities. At the meeting, we explored the path of heritage and innovation of traditional handicrafts, and explored the links and cooperation between different industries in the revival of Chinese handicrafts.