Behind the hit drama "Heirloom": Post-85 Suzhou designers turned cheongsam into poetry
In the hit drama "Heirloom", those cheongsams with peerless elegance or modern fashion have attracted the attention of many audiences, some of which are from Suzhou cheongsam designers.
Zhou Liyan, a cheongsam designer born in 1985, told the Yangzi Evening News reporter that she is a Suzhou beauty who wears a cheongsam to the Milan World Expo and Shanghai Fashion Week. She loves to wear cheongsam and retro dresses in her life. She is also good at incorporating the inspiration of ancient poetry into the design of cheongsam. , let everyone wear a cheongsam that conforms to the aesthetics of the times.
Yangzi Evening News/Ziniu News reporter Zhang Nan
Film and television "bring goods" to empower the classical culture of Jiangnan
The TV series "Heirloom" takes the late 1920s as the background, tells the story of the three sisters of the Yi family who have grown up and made choices, joined hands to inherit the family, and interprets the wonderful story of "small family love" and strong family and country feelings.
The cheongsams of the three sisters in the play have both classical beauty and modernism integration, which is pleasing to the eye.
Some of these works are from the hands of Suzhou designer Zhou Liyan.
For example, the black cheongsam with pan gold embroidery that Wu Jinyan tried on before his big wedding in the play came from Zhou Liyan's team and was embroidered with happy brows.
The traditional Chinese dress, cheongsam, shows women's independent, confident, elegant and firm temperament and temperament.
As early as the preparation stage of the TV series, the crew of "Heirloom" sent an invitation to Zhou Liyan.
She told reporters, "The design of the cheongsam in the play respects historical development to the greatest extent, which is an important guarantee for the quality of the TV series. The story happened in Shanghai in 1920, and the cheongsam in that era was more loose." Zhou Liyan said, so the cheongsam that appeared in the play Mostly straight.
During the interview, she told reporters, "The style of cheongsam is constantly evolving and changing, and it is connected with the current aesthetics. In life, everyone can wear fashionable and comfortable clothes. Now the group of people wearing cheongsam is getting younger. And don't think that wearing cheongsam. You have to be in good shape, and the most important thing is to do a good job of the version, so as to avoid weaknesses." Zhou Liyan revealed that the star models cooperating with the "Heirloom" crew have been improved to retain the essence of the original version and more in line with the aesthetics of contemporary people. It has become one of the best sellers in the store.
Incorporate ancient poetry inspiration into cheongsam design
Zhou Liyan, a Suzhou woman born in 1985, has appeared in the Milan World Expo, Edinburgh Art Festival, Venice Biennale Chinese Culture Exhibition, Shanghai Fashion Week, etc. with her works, and has also been invited to participate in many national style and national trend variety shows. "The champion, also boarded the "Chinese Poetry Conference".
On the stage of the sixth season of "Chinese Poetry Conference" last year, Zhou Liyan from the Hundred People's Group integrated the inspiration of poetry into the craft design, produced a traditional cheongsam, and designed exclusive clothing for the host and five teachers, which amazed the audience. .
In her opinion, combining the inspiration of poetry with traditional Chinese silk handicrafts and contemporary design, she describes her work as "making the lotus as clothes, and gathering hibiscus as clothes."
"What I want to do most is cultural dissemination, and let the world fall in love with Chinese beauty through clothes, so that everyone in the world can recognize the greatness of Chinese culture and Chinese handicraft through this clothes." She insisted on "putting poetry on the body. ”, the corresponding ancient poems can be found in almost every cheongsam design.
On July 22, 2015, at the China Pavilion of the Milan World Expo, she appeared with 20 pieces of Su embroidered cheongsam of the "Beautiful Purple" series, which attracted the attention of the world.
Since then, she has gone abroad to participate in exhibitions every year, including "Green Bamboo Yiyi" and "Luo Shen Fu" series, etc. Each cheongsam is named after ancient poetry or classical literature.