The Chinese team led by Zhu Ting and Zhao Shuai made a "stunning" appearance in etiquette costumes with the theme of "good start", adding a touch of Chinese red to the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics. The dresses of Chinese athletes and Chinese teams were also "splashed" on social platforms.
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Do you know what "details" are hidden in Chinese athletes' dresses, and which university designed them?
As we all know, athletes' appearance at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games has attracted much attention, and clothing design is the top priority. At this Olympics, the Chinese team's etiquette clothing colors were red and white. Do you know why?
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Red is one of the highest-level colors of traditional Chinese etiquette and is the embodiment of etiquette and civilization possessed by the great country in China. Red represents the passion and joy of sports, noble and passionate, and our national flag is red, and choosing red is what everyone wants to see.
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White represents light, purity, and sacred, plays a harmonious role in clothing, red and white matches, making it brighter and more jumpy in the environment in the main venue of the opening ceremony.
▲appearance etiquette clothing renderings
The costumes of the Chinese team can convey the visual characteristics of the nation in color, and also add ethnic patterns to convey the information belonging to China more accurately.
▲Women's dress Peony pattern deepening process
The hem of the women's white dress has elements of national flowers and peony flowers. The source of the selection is the pattern on the Ming Dynasty Hongwu "underglaze red tangled peony bowl" in the Forbidden City. The peony branches and leaves exposed on the neckline echo up and down with the hem of the dress, making the women's clothing more layered.
▲appearance etiquette clothing renderings
Men's shirt design is inspired by the most symbolic five-star national flag pattern, reflecting the spirit of the Chinese Olympic team uniting and fighting for national honor.
▲The five-pointed star on men's shirt
The combination of national flag and national flowers highlights the strength of male athletes and the beauty of female athletes.
outer coat fabric is made of mail-patterned jacquard, making the red top more textured. The mail is linked together and has the meaning of being unbreakable, symbolizing the warriors going to war.
▲Jagua mail pattern for coat fabric
Men's buttons are patterned with five-pointed stars. The women's buttons are peony patterns, originating from the tile pattern from the Warring States Period, which is simple and elegant.
▲Buttons on women's clothing
Do you know? The Chinese team, which was flooding the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, their dresses were designed by Beijing Clothing Academy. Several design teams of the school participated in Olympic clothing design. In the end, the works of Professor He Yang's design team, director of the Ethnic Clothing Museum of Beijing Clothing Academy and Associate Professor Yang Hui, teacher of the School of Clothing Arts and Engineering of Beijing Clothing Academy, were selected as formal plans.
▲Beijing Clothing College
When you see the name of Beijing Clothing College, you may be able to guess the strengths of this university. That's right, it's clothing and clothing design. 2008 Beijing Olympics , Paralympic design uniforms, torch relay uniforms and Paralympic athletes' admission uniforms were also designed by the design team of this university, demonstrating its strong strength.
Beijing Clothing College is a fashionable university with a deep historical accumulation and distinctive school characteristics. Its predecessor was the Beijing Textile Engineering Institute, founded in 1959. Its current school name was launched in 1987. It is the first public clothing university in my country.
▲ Students of Beijing Clothing College
In recent years, the school has taken design as the leader and has gradually formed the school-running characteristics of "art-oriented, clothing-led, and art-integrated". Currently, there are 9 full-time undergraduate teaching colleges and 2 teaching departments, including the School of Clothing Arts and Engineering, the School of Apparel Arts and Engineering, and the School of Materials Sciences and Engineering.
In the clothing school, ten universities including Beijing Clothing Academy, Donghua University, Tsinghua University Academy of Fine Arts , China Academy of Fine Arts, Zhejiang University of Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Suzhou University, Tianjin University of Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Wuhan Textile University, etc. are all very well-known clothing schools, and Beijing Clothing Academy ranks high.
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According to the admission scores for each specific major in 2021 announced by the Beijing Institute of Clothing. Clothing and clothing design are popular majors in this university, with a score of 191.857 points, and the painting major ranked second, reaching 191.603 points. The third place is visual communication and design, which is 188.538 points. The admission scores for other majors can be viewed directly from the table below.
▲The major admission score line announced by Beijing Clothing Academy
At the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics, the "good start" series of etiquette clothing designed by Beijing Clothing Academy for the Chinese team won unanimous praise from everyone. This is a manifestation of strength.
The dresses of the Chinese team designed by the school combine tradition with modern beauty and represent the culture and connotation of China. The theme name "Good start", which means wishes and expectations for Chinese Olympic athletes to go to war.
is here. We also hope that Chinese athletes will succeed in triumph. Everyone likes and cheers!
