A/W 21/22 Chinoiserie Theme Fabric Trend for Womenswear

 

At present, Asian culture, especially Chinese culture, has become an important force attracting worldwide attention. In 18th-century France, a style amazed the world with its gorgeous colors and complicated designs. That is named as Chinoiserie in 19th-centuary, expressing Europeans' imagination for the oriental culture. It is the Europeanized Chinese style, full of mystery, romance and adventure. In modern times, it is common to blend oriental characteristics into the works of various styles in art. Nowadays, local designers are rising, and they hope to inherit and connect oriental and western cultures. Therefore, complicated jacquard and luxurious velvet become key fabrics, opening a new chapter of future clothes.

Chinoiserie is a dream, expressing Europeans' imagination for the oriental culture. Therefore, this theme conforms to the increasing influence of oriental culture, integrate oriental and western classic tones together, and presents a novel nostalgic palette. Classic Chinese Lychee and Smoke blend with Europeanized oriental colors such as Bel Air Blue and Cherry Mahogany, complemented by modern pastel Yarrow and Peachy Keen. Dark Mysterioso shows the surreal power and gives a girly romantic touch to the retro palette. This palette echoes young consumers' desire for nostalgia and the return to localization, inherits Chinese classical charm and displays the charming modern aesthetics.

In the past, oriental culture attracted the Europe, and many western countries mixed Chinese elements with arts, clothes and homeware. As time passes by, this Europeanized Chinese style is kept to this day. With the rise of vintage, designers take inspiration from the essence of Chinoiserie, subtle details, intense colors and elevated texture. Chinoiserie combines Chinese culture with western artistic sentiments, quite appealing. Therefore, oriental glamorous velvet, luxurious retro jacquard, embossed textured fabric and classic boucle will be featured fabrics of this theme.

Velvet is a kind of Chinese traditional textile and has been produced and used since the Ming Dynasty. In recent years, the popularity of retro looks and Gucci drive its prevalence again. Velvet textiles are calm yet passionate and displays lavish color layers on different textures. It has been a key fabric for A/W 21/22.

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The Special Trend for Yarn and Stitch of Knitwear

 

Recent events drive us to reflect on how we should live in the future. This is also a key direction this season. For scientists, 2050 is the base year for predicting what will happen to the environment, the atmosphere and humans. During exploring new stitches, we try to imagine how future knits meet our needs. Key elements of this trend include water-proof coating, technical material layer, soft sheen and 3D weaving. Fabrics are plain or strongly stretchable. Technical and functional yarns are employed. Clothes are loose. (This report, 2050, is one of yarn trends for A/W 21/22 SPINEXPO.)

Colors of 2050 draw on the cold blues found in the early generations of computer graphics, which are anchored by warm greys. Pure white and light orchid help to popularize the geometric shapes and 3D stitches that are embraced in this trend. Novel points include transparency, glowing and iridescent elements.

Science and the fashion industry continue to co-invent concepts for wearable technology. Designers promote stitch development, hoping in the future filament works as not only decoration but also providing real technical protection.

Conventional checks and check fabrics deliver a futuristic feel with the matte surface and high performance stretch yarn. Current chaos is testing the stability of our emotions. We turn to symmetric and even patterns or textiles for comfort.

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