Xiangxi Miao Nationality'S Cross Patterned Blue Dye Clothing Shines In Wuhan Fashion Week

On November 22, at the annual fashion event - 2024 Wuhan Fashion Week, a creative intangible cultural heritage project based on the national intangible cultural heritage project of Xiangxi Miao cross stitch, Xiangxi Miao cross stitch blue dye clothing, became the focus of the event. It is reported that the 2024 Wuhan Fashion Week will be grandly opened in the Red T Fashion Creative Street in Wuhan, the Jiangcheng City. The event will last for four days. In this fashion and cultural feast, the national intangible cultural heritage project "Miao cross stitch" in Luxi, Xiangxi, Hunan Province, shows a brilliant style.

This intangible cultural heritage event led by Wuhan, Jiangcheng, adheres to the concept of combining tradition and fashion, and takes the T platform as the carrier to display. Models wear exquisite intangible cultural heritage costumes, showing the beauty of integration of tradition and fashion. These dress designs not only have strong ethnic customs, but also have a sense of fashion, bringing a feast to the participants. The Miao people's cross stitch blue dye clothing in Xiangxi has become the highlight of the audience. The cross stitch pattern is exquisite. Every flower and every bird seems to tell the ancient legend of the Miao people, hoping for innovation and development. It is reported that the works of Xiangxi Miao ethnic group's cross cut blue dye clothing series presented this time were designed by a team led by associate professor Wang Ni from the School of Fashion of Wuhan Textile University. With unique creativity, the designer integrated the traditional techniques of Miao cross stitch, Jingchu blue dye and modern dress design in Luxi, western Hunan, and gave a perfect interpretation of the traditional techniques.

At the banquet, Tang Jingrong, the ambassador for the promotion of intangible cultural heritage of China's textile industry and the provincial representative inheritor of Miao cross stitch in Luxi, western Hunan Province, cooperated deeply with Wang Ni's team, and used two continuous stitches to draw a clear outline on fashion clothes, elaborately creating creative Miao cross stitch clothing trimmings. The shawls, tops, skirts and other cross stitch and blue dye embellishment designs on these clothes, with their unique technology and exquisite patterns, fully demonstrate the charm of the combination of ancient folk techniques and modern fashion innovation. It is worth mentioning that the fashion week also launched the "show and buy" mode, during which the Miao cross flower earrings, necklaces, rings and bracelets were displayed, so that the audience can not only enjoy the taste, but also buy in real time.

The appearance of Xiangxi Miao's cross cut blue dye clothing not only shows the profound heritage and unique charm of Chinese traditional culture, but also makes more people see the infinite possibility of traditional skills in the field of modern fashion. The ancient intangible cultural heritage skills, through the combination with technology and creativity, will certainly radiate new vitality and vitality on the contemporary fashion stage.

(Source: Intangible Cultural Heritage Office of China Textile Federation)