Hanfu Elements in Modern Fashion Design and Innovation

Abstract

Combining with Chinese traditional Han costumes and modern fashion, this paper expounds the relationship from the aspects of fashion styles, garment structure, patterns, fabrics, etc. And with different concrete examples, every aspect was made a detail analysis to discuss how Hanfu elements are used in modern fashion design, and we may come to a conclusion that traditional Chinese costume culture is an important source of modern fashion design. Accordingly, we carried on a research on modern fashion design, with having important cultural inheritance value and design significance for modern dress.

9th Kansei Engineering and Emotion Research Conference. KEER2022 : Barcelona. 6-8 September 2022 : proceedings

“…The definitions of Hanfu (Hu, 2014). Na (2019) pointed out the new definitions and characteristics of Hanfu: Hanfu refer to the clothing that appeared and became popular in the 21st century and borrowed from the traditional costumes of the Han nationality in history before the late Ming and early Qing dynasties.…”

The Influence of Chinese Traditional Costumes on Contemporary Trends --Taking Horse-face Skirts as an Example

“…Among these, Hanfu, which includes the Horse-face skirt, has garnered significant attention, with ancient designs and elements finding their way into modern garments. Existing literature has shown the influence of traditional Chinese clothing on modern trends, with modern skirts bearing a resemblance to "Shang" in Hanfu, as well as other garments adopting basic styles from Hanfu [1]. In addition, some scholars pointed out that the inheritance of traditional "things" in contemporary design should focus more on the understanding and communication of the concept of "things".…”