APEC Costume Designer Set Chu Yan To Tell You About The Birth Of The New Chinese Dress.

At the APEC meeting in 2014, the new suit was sensational with the appearance of leaders.

In March 7th, "innovation link reinventing tradition" canal heritage culture salon was held at the pier of Qingming bridge ancient canal scenic spot in Wuxi. Chu Yan, the new designer of APCE and the national intangible cultural heritage, asked for the birth of the new Chinese dress.

When he was invited, Chu Yan led his team to launch four series of designs in just a few months.

Finally, the "standing collar for the cardigan" scheme was won from more than 1000 design works of 136 top domestic clothing enterprises and brand designers, and was identified as the 2014 leader of the APEC banquet etiquette dress scheme.

For each leader, the team members have found many pictures and dynamic videos to watch and design from time to time, from design to production.

"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 said.

In the same time, Chu Yan also tried to innovate.

APEC leaders and spouses are made of traditional Chinese weaving boutique song brocade and Zhang satin.

She went to the fabric factory of Suzhou and Changzhou for more than 10 times, and tested the fabric repeatedly in the textile workshop.

After being improved by modern technology, traditional fabrics are breathable and comfortable.

Chu Yan believes that "with the fading 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 alone. I think Chinese style clothes with innovative spirit in our era can be called new suits.

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