What kind of clothes are embroidered fabrics suitable for?

Jun 29, 2023

Embroidery, also known as "embroidery", is one of the earliest national textile crafts in China, which originated 3,000 years ago. There are four famous embroideries in China: Suzhou embroidery, Guangdong embroidery, Shu embroidery and Hunan embroidery. With the development of modern industry, embroidery has transformed from traditional hand weaving to computer embroidery, inheriting the weaving patterns and methods of traditional hand embroidery.

Modern embroidery fabrics are weave patterns onto the fabric using a machine. Compared with printing, embroidery does not fade when washed, and the materials are mostly pure cotton, lace, etc., which have better breathability and moisture absorption.

In ancient China, embroidery was already used in clothing design, the fabric is basically embroidered birds, beasts, dragons and phoenixes, or auspicious characters, it was mostly used for the royal nobility or official clothing, and has been an important element of Hanfu since its inheritance.

In modern fashion design, embroidery has good post-processing ability and can design distinctive clothing. Most women's clothing adopts elegant flower patterns, using lace to show the embroidery effect. Men's clothing often uses regular geometric patterns, embroidery is more often embellished. Children's clothing uses lively and lovely cartoon images to enhance the three-dimensional sense of clothing.

Embroidery techniques include flat embroidery, color embroidery, three-dimensional embroidery, applique embroidery, bead embroidery, glitter embroidery and so on. Adult clothing often uses the natural color line or similar color line, children's clothing often uses color embroidery, applique embroidery and so on.

Suzhou embroidery