18 Clothing Styles Designers Must Know

Clothing style refers to the value orientation, intrinsic character and artistic characteristics of an era, a nation, a genre or a person's clothing in terms of form and content. In the final analysis, the realm pursued by fashion design is the positioning and design of style. The fashion style expresses the designer's unique creative thinking and artistic pursuit, and also reflects the distinctive characteristics of the times.

Common specific clothing styles include: Ruili, hippie, all-match, lady, Korean, ethnic, European and American, college, commuter, neutral, hip-hop, pastoral, punk, OL, Lolita, street, simple, bohemian and so on 18 species.

1. Ruili style:

Ruili is a famous Japanese fashion magazine, divided into three categories. The main audience of "Cute Pioneer" is student MM; the main audience of "Yiren Fashion" is young white-collar workers; and "Clothing and Beauty" can be seen by everyone. But overall, Ruili's main style is still deeply rooted in sweet elegance. Its exclusive model Reika Hashimoto is the best interpretation of Ruili's style.

2. Hippie style:

Hippie (the transliteration of Hippie in English) was originally used to describe young people in Western countries who rebelled against customs and the politics of the time in the 1960s and 1970s. The hippies reflected their opposition to nationalism and the Vietnam War with a communal and nomadic lifestyle, they promoted unconventional religious culture, and criticized the values of the middle class in Western countries.

In terms of details, intricate prints, round pockets, meticulous waist stitching, rough edges, jewelry accessories, etc., will all become expressions of personalized wear; in terms of color, red, Yellow and orange, green and blue in cool tones will all be popular; from the style point of view, in order to show the beauty of body curves, women's tights are made of light and easy-to-wear fabrics; while men's shirts and even outerwear are widely used Influenced by the exotic style, it is not surprising to bring the Hawaiian beach style into the office.

3. Versatile style:

Versatile, generally a single product, can be matched with all kinds of clothes, a very practical single piece of clothing, and other styles and colors of clothing can produce a certain effect. Generally more basic, classic styles or colors. Such as solid color clothing, jeans and so on.

4. Ladies style:

Natural fresh, elegant and pleasant is the summary of lady style. Lace and frills are the two fashion icons of the feminine new lady style.

5. Korean style:

Korean clothing abandons simple tonal stacking, but shows taste through special contrast of light and shade. The designer of the clothing emphasizes the impact through the texture and contrast of the fabrics and the rich changes in the styles. The rich, complicated and superficial things are replaced by delicate and even a little shy display, so simple that even pockets are saved. The slender trousers, the irregular skirt hem, and the very style pleated lace all express its beauty and popularity.

6. National style:

The ethnic styles in the Taobao category tend to be more Chinese ethnic styles, including pure ethnic costumes, performance costumes, improved ethnic costumes that are suitable for daily wear, and costumes with ethnic elements. Clothing is mainly made of embroidery, blue printing, batik and tie-dyeing. The fabrics are generally cotton and linen, and the styles have ethnic characteristics, or the details have ethnic styles. At present, the popular classic Tang suits, cheongsams, and improved national costumes are the main styles. Of course, there are also national costumes such as Nepal and India.

7. European and American style:

It advocates atmosphere, simplicity, natural fabrics, more casual, more simple and strong sense of collocation and design.

8. College style:

Maybe you are living on campus, always trying to find opportunities to dress up sexy and mature, but as soon as you step out of the school gate, you will soon be obsessed with the simple yet rational academic style. Knitted hat, navy skirt, striped shirt, white shirt...

9. Commuting style:

The biggest difference between commuting and OL is that commuting is more casual. It is a semi-casual clothing for fashionable white-collar workers. Leisure has become a theme that cannot be ignored in this era. It's not only a holiday outfit, but also at work and at parties. Flat shoes, baggy trousers, and knitted jumpers are leniently accepted, because these clothing items make the wearer look gentle, more natural, and exquisite workmanship, focusing on creating a capable, concise, and refreshing image.

10. Neutral style:

At the beginning of the 20th century, the surging feminist movement cleared the way for the popularity of unisex clothing. The "skin-covered look" that prevailed in the 1960s and 1970s brought unisex dress to a popular climax, so that you couldn't tell the gender at all just by looking at the back. In the early 1980s, domestic youths with long wavy hairstyles, floral shirts, skinny flared jeans, and imported tape recorders were once regarded as bad elements of society and became the subject of various comics. In the late 1990s, neutrals became the darling of fashion. Society is also increasingly unable to define roles for both genders in terms of occupations. T-shirts, denim, low-waisted pants are considered unisex clothing; black, white, and gray are neutral colors; dyed hair and short hair are neutral hairstyles... The change of neutrality in the next century will be more active.

11. Hip-hop style:

Although hip-hop is very liberal, there are certain dress codes, such as baggy tops and pants, hats, headscarves, or fat shoes. If you want to subdivide, hip-hop can also be divided into several groups.

Shirts, white-washed jeans, mission boots and bucket hats, hip-hop also has a sense of style.

12. Pastoral style:

The pastoral style design is to pursue a kind of beauty without any frills, primitive, simple and natural.

The design characteristics of the pastoral style are advocating nature and opposing false ornate, cumbersome decoration and the beauty of carving.

Pure cotton texture, small squares, uniform stripes, floral patterns, cotton lace, etc. are the most common elements in the pastoral style.

13. Punk style:

The typical look of early punk is to use hairspray to raise the hair, wear a pair of skinny jeans, add a buttonless white shirt, and put on an earphone connected to a walkman pinned to the waist, listening to punk music in the ear. After entering the 1990s, a post-punk trend appeared in the fashion industry, and its main indicators were bright, tattered, concise, and metallic.

14. OL style:

OL is the abbreviation of office lady in English, usually refers to office workers, ol fashion generally refers to skirts, which are very suitable for office wear.

15. Lolita style:

What Westerners call "Lolita" girls are those girls who wear miniskirts and mature makeup but have girly bangs. But when "Lolita" spread to Japan, the Japanese regarded it as a synonym for innocent and cute girls, and uniformly called girls under the age of 14 "Lolita generation", and the attitude became "girls forced to wear girls' clothes" , that is, a mature woman's yearning for a young girl.

16. Street Style:

Streetwear is generally loose, almost exaggerated, T-shirts and pants. Many people like to wrap headscarves. Another typical clothing is basketball uniforms and sneakers, which are also loose-fitting.

17. Simple style:

The silhouette is the first element of the design, considering not only its own proportion, rhythm and balance, but also the harmonious relationship with the ideal image of the human body. Such elaborate silhouettes often require delicate materials to express, through precise construction (patterns) and meticulous craftsmanship.

18. Bohemian style:

Bohemian-style clothing actually does not simply refer to the national clothing of local Bohemia people, and the "appearance" of clothing is not limited to Bohemian national clothing and gypsy-style clothing. It is a product of modern multiculturalism that is based on the costumes of various ethnic groups in the Czech Republic and integrates multi-ethnic styles.

Typical of this style are layers of lace, collarless tops, large prints