| As a carrier of culture, Yi nationality clothing fully reflects the regional specialties of the Yi culture, their clothing pattern in the development and heritage of cultural characteristics also plays an important role. Yi clothing patterns reflect the ancient people’s spiritual needs and aesthetic emotion, and express their good wishes and the pursuit of beauty life. Meanwhile dress patterns in the molding and combination arrangement are highly artistic and decorative, which have great importance and value in the research of national culture and art design. Yi clothing patterns in the process of development and evolution, are subtly affected by the nationality substance, environment and cultural life, and show the rich pictorial themes and unique modeling skills, and reappear the Yi people’s folk style, cultural beliefs and life’s delight with distinctive and lively decorative forms. However, the environment of modern people’s chase of personalization and innovation hinders the survival and development of Yi clothing patterns. In this context, we should look for new development approach which can give Yi dress patterns new manifestations, and make it retain and extend the rich cultural connotations, and make it meet the modern aesthetic and market demand.Firstly, this article lists and analyzes the history of Yi clothing patterns and its craft; secondly, according to the material and modeling features of Yi clothing patterns, people categorize them, and in the aesthetics and cultural practices of Yi clothing pattern, people analyze and study its aesthetic features and law of formal beauty; then, according to the theoretical basis of this article and analysis of the patterns modeling, composition and color, we summarize the design and application methods of Yi dress patterns in scarves; finally, Through market research and positioning, I use Yi nationality clothing patterns and modern clothing pattern as the design material, and conduct practice of scarves patterns design, and effectively grasp the design practices of the combination of Yi clothing patterns and modern elements.It is evident that the design and application of Yi clothing patterns in scarves is feasible, the design patterns style meets modern people’s aesthetic demand. Innovative design ideas of Yi clothing patterns have a certain value, which will help to find new breakthroughs for the national cultural heritage and development. |