APEC Fashion Designer: Pay More Attention To Chinese Cultural Heritage

"When I saw on TV that all the leaders were wearing this APEC leader costume, I was moved to tears." Ceng Fengfei, a fashion designer, said that this is not just because of the design of his clothing, but also because of the fact that Chinese culture and Chinese elements have been affirmed.

On the afternoon of 11, Ceng Fengfei reviewed the course of his APEC costume design in an interview with his office in Ma long, Xiamen. In this year's APEC leaders' costume design, the use of Jiangya Sea Grain on the costumes and song brocade on the fabric contain Ceng Fengfei's contribution.

Ceng Fengfei told reporters that at the beginning of this year, he received an invitation letter from the 2014 Beijing APEC informal leadership conference office of the preparatory work group of APEC, and was invited to participate in the costume design of APEC leaders with more than 300 outstanding designers nationwide.

From March to August, after more rounds of screening, more than 60 people were screened out of over 300 designers, and then more than 20 people were selected. Until finally, Ceng Fengfei was selected as the leader of fashion design and development team of APEC, and became one of the designers of APEC leaders clothing menswear.

From the beginning of the design, Ceng Fengfei organized the fabric development and design team to ponder over the dress of all the APEC leaders' informal meetings, especially the clothing of the Shanghai conference.

He took out a large and large design book. "This is only the first draft," Ceng Fengfei said. He finally decided on the design plan in September 10th and changed three or four times.

Ceng Fengfei said that this is the train of thought of the leading group of the preparatory work for this fashion design. In his understanding, this requires that APEC leaders should have Chinese characteristics and incorporate more inclusiveness.

In terms of the decorative patterns on clothing, Ceng Fengfei said that at first, including his own design, there were plans for horses and Chinese dragons in the year of the Chinese Zodiac horse, but the religious beliefs and daily customs of some countries were eventually negated.

The last selected river cliff Sea mark It is also a traditional pattern of Chinese Dragon Robe and official uniform. It is also evaluated by experts. "It reflects the beautiful implication of 21 economies in landscape and dependency."

As for the selection of song brocade as a fabric, Ceng Fengfei said that he has traveled extensively in Jiangsu and Zhejiang in recent years, and has been promoting and excavating song brocade. He said that the APEC leader's costume was selected in Song brocade and improved on the fabric. He mixed the wool into the silk of song brocade. It had the texture of silk and the warmth of Beijing at that time.

Ceng Fengfei, who has won the Golden Summit Award for Chinese fashion design, said that when he first participated in the selection, he was motivated by a designer's instinct. After entering the design and development team, the biggest feeling was a "political mission".

" Design "We must accept all the leaders' opinions spanmitted by the organizing committee, and then exchange and refine them," Ceng Fengfei said. Clothing design It is to pay more attention to prudent, more image, and to consider all aspects of the element.

He told reporters that from the beginning of the design, taking into account the blue background of the water cube, in the final selection of peacock blue, red wall and other colors, we must fully consider the background color matching with the water cube.

2001 Shanghai APEC leaders informal conference clothing, once set off for many years of Tang costume craze. Ceng Fengfei said that this new Chinese fashion design believes that designers can pay more attention to the "heritage of Chinese culture" and make him stronger in the clothing design to uphold the strength and confidence of Chinese culture.