Decoration And Visual Illusion Of Strip Pattern And Their Application In Fashion Design

This paper gives an overview of the history of the stripe pattern application and the previous studies of the stripe decoration/visual illusion effect in fashion designing; the concept, type, and feature of both the stripe decoration and the visual illusion effect are summarized; examples are also shown and analyzed for the utilization of the stripe decoration and the visual illusion effect in the fashion design area. The external beauty of the stripe decoration is analyzed based on the influence of the proportional relation between the “pattern” and the “base”, and the color on the stripe decoration/visual illusion effect. Under the background of the Western Art Nouveau, Art Deco and Op Art Movement, theories of multiple art masters are reviewed and used to analyze the inner beauty of the line and stripe pattern, as well as the relationship between the stripe decoration/visual illusion effect and body/clothing. Next, the applications of stripe pattern in two fashion brands are depicted and analyzed, including Yves Saint Laurent which mainly uses single stripe pattern and Missoni which mainly utilizes composite stripe pattern. On this basis, this work uses the combination of stripe pattern and clothing type, style, visual effect and fashion trend as the design concept. This work also uses the application and technique of both single and composite stripe as the design methods to illustrate the application of stripe decoration and visual illusion in fashion design and complete a designing practice. This paper will provide some references for improving the decorative beauty of stripe and its visual illusion effect in fashion design.