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Among the many high-end fashion fabrics, there is a fabric with both historical heritage and modern functions that is highly respected by designers-that is the lace fabric from Fujian, an important production area in the southeast coast of China. It stands out with its exquisite patterns, supple feel and excellent ductility, and has become an indispensable core material for women's clothing, wedding dresses, underwear and even customized pajamas. This article will take you into this ancient and rejuvenated art fabric world, revealing the story behind it and the possibility of the future.
From traditional craftsmanship
Fujian has been an important place in traditional Chinese embroidery and hand-weaving techniques since ancient times, and is especially good at making lace decorative fabrics with fine and complex patterns. As early as the Ming and Qing dynasties, local craftsmen had mastered complex crochet techniques and gradually improved them into modern technological processes suitable for mass production.
Although today's lace is assisted by mechanized equipment, it still retains a lot of the essence of craftsmanship. Each process is checked by experienced technicians to ensure that the finished product has a uniform quality and a very hierarchical three-dimensional pattern. It is this spirit of inheritance from generation to generation that makes the four words "Fujian products" become a symbol of quality assurance.
High-grade texture in details
When the sun shines through the curtains and falls on a dress full of lace, the looming contours of the skin emit an irresistible feminine flavor. It is precisely because the lace itself has the characteristics of hollow light transmission, coupled with the scattered relief pattern arrangement, to create such a charming visual effect.
Whether it is a low-key but attractive embellishment on the cuffs of the dinner dress, or the design technique of skilfully sketching the heart-shaped lines on the chest of the dress, it can make the whole work unique immediately. More and more new designers begin to try to use large area of lace on the professional suit with concise and neat tailoring, so as to break the stereotype image in regular impression and create a new era of workplace beauty with more personality tension.
The secret weapon of elastic design and comfortable fit
if ordinary cotton and linen materials focus on natural skin-friendly properties, Fujian lace with the addition of a proper amount of spandex fiber has achieved a breakthrough in another dimension-that is, extraordinary tensile recovery ability.
Thanks to the successful development of this innovative formula, most of these products on the market today are able to expand horizontally more than twice their length without breaking; at the same time, they can quickly rebound back to their original form. Because of this advantage, the appropriate application at the edge of the corset or the waist line of sports casual pants can greatly improve the binding discomfort caused by the center of the wearing process.
Multiple application scenarios create exclusive style
Although it was originally mainly used in the gorgeous dress required for formal occasions, in recent years, with the change of people's aesthetic concepts and the progress of technical means, the application scope of Fujian lace has been greatly expanded. From the tassel spike at the end of the bride's trailing white dress on the wedding day to the gentle fold around the neck of the silk camisole worn on the weekend at home... Almost every fragment of life has a chance to leave its shadow.
Several young entrepreneurs who are running their own brands revealed to us: "I chose this raw material as the main component of the main product, on the one hand, because it can well interpret what we want to convey. The delicate balance between retro and modern; on the other hand, it also takes a fancy to its relatively high cost-benefit ratio." Facts have proved that their judgment is correct. These limited edition series with distinctive regional characteristics were sold out soon after they were launched, and the response was enthusiastic and abnormal.
Future trends lead the new direction of the industry
standing at the current time node, reviewing the performance on the catwalks of major fashion weeks around the world in the past ten years, it is not difficult to find that lace, which was originally regarded as a supporting role, is quietly transforming into the main character in its own story. Especially in the environment where the concept of body curve expression prevails, the dual task of blocking the privacy area and revealing the charming scenery has attracted unprecedented attention.
At the same time, concerns about environmental issues are also driving relevant manufacturers to accelerate the pace of transformation. It is reported that manufacturers have begun to develop new alternatives based on plant-based raw materials, and plan to complete preliminary testing in the next two years. It can be predicted that under the guidance of adhering to the inherent value system and actively embracing the power of change, the "Fujian model" will continue to play a pivotal role in the world.