2018 Final Project Release of Minzu University of China Academy of Fine Arts 

"Inches of Cloth work Miracles" 

The 2018 Final Project Release of Minzu University of China Academy of Fine Arts wad convened in 79 Tank of Beijing 751D·PARK on May 16^th, 2018, which is themed of "Inches of Cloth work Miracles". It means that the colorful creativities of students are all originated from every single inch of cloth. Inch is an exclusive unit of measurement of China, which also implies the inheritance of traditional culture. The 75 suits of attires made by 21 designers take the Chinese minority costumes as souse of inspiration and touch upon the essence of 20 minority costume cultures including: the rainbow sleeves of the Tus; apparel with shell sets of Gaoshan nationality; fish-skin clothes of Hezhe nationality; colorful pompons of De'ang nationality; sunflower of Dong minority; baby sling of the Shui nationality; brocade of Li nationality; mats of the Tajik nationality; Tujia brocade; blanket of the Yi nationality; Iderice silk of Uyghur nationality; and batik patterns of Miao nationality; every single suit reflects designers' artistic interpretation in ethnic cultures. Every single needle or thread of abundant hand-made works is filled with the designers' creative enthusiasm and profound comprehension in ethnic costume cultures. The designers separated, rearranged, and organized the design elements, etc.; combined modern concepts of fashion and popular colors; applied traditional minority dyeing and printing techniques; utilized new materials in innovative designs; and brought forward the artistic style with corresponding modern and traditional features and integrated ethnic and fashionable characteristics. Through various attempts in distinctive fabrics, color collocations and outlines, etc., they explored various possibilities of design. They presented the connotation of Chinese ethnic costume culture, so as to not only promote the joint development of fashion culture and ethnic costume culture, but demonstrate the young designers' splendor and passion.  

We uphold the concept of ready-to-wear for this release. Students flexibly utilize ethnic cultural elements and created works approaching market demands, which not only lay the groundwork for students' innovation, entrepreneurship, employment and future development, but also can be accurately applied in today's social and fashionable demands. The process of design stimulated every single designer; sufficiently respected students' designing style; pursued diversified styles including oversize, neutral and Cosplay features, etc.; boost students' initiative of design; pushed forward ethnic cultural elements through the application of diversified designing styles; and reflected the influence of ethnic culture in terms of patterns and details. Students utilize costume originality to present the connotation of Chinese national costume culture, so as to promote the integral development of fashion culture and ethnic costume culture. This release sufficiently presents the school's ethnic characteristics and proves to be the practical result of characteristic teaching.