Research On The Pressed Pleat Apparel

The pressed pleat apparel which was born in the early days of last century has undergone the flexuous development of nearly one hundred years. Finally, it has been learned and accepted gradually by people in the 1970's to 1980's. The pressed pleat apparel is an outcome of the textile and clothing technology and the clothing's sense of beauty, it has a characteristic of Chinese and Western clothing of every dynasty. By the influence of art thought "advocating nature" and casual life style, the pressed pleat apparel caters for the personal dressing psychology and satisfies people's applied need to clothing in the modern society and the quick rhythem life. Then, it gradually develops and becomes a fashionable apparel.Being of "no darts" sewing technology and the variational formative design of pleat, the pressed pleat apparel represents the vital force and the limitless potential. The innovation of style and texture is the emphasis on the design in the pressed pleat apparel.The method of designing texture is flexible, and "the character and expression" of pleat is dissimilar in vision according to the different methods. At the same time, the apparel's looks are diversiform: the geometric design means nonobjective, the flower and plant means representational, and some texture is both nonobjective and representational. Design in the pressed pleat apparel runs through the whole course of production, so designers should exert their imagination and creativity. Use of multifold material and innovative technology can increase the rich and colorful visual impact.This paper aims to conclude and settle the history and development of the pressed pleat apparel, meanwhile to analyse and research the component elements, sense of beauty and texture , dressing quality, the fashion and design methods by the numbers, and to emphasize the idea of the reforger in clothing and textile. Pleat is the pressed pleat apparel of the formative cell and design source, and productive craft is the enforceable precondition and the technical guarantee. So, it is much important to comprehend and grasp the formative character and the fashion of the pressed pleat apparel. This theme put the pressed pleat apparel in a singlehanded clothing realm from the devolpment of clothing culture and pleat art to analyse, study and summarize the designpoints and fashionable elements. As well as, it can be helpful to the development of the pressed pleat apparel in clothing in the future.