The use of decorative trim in clothing collections of designers from around the world

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of the use of clothing decorative trim in the collections of designers from around the world. The analysis of women's clothing models has been carried out in the collections of designers from Europe, America, Asia, Australia, and Africa, presented in the Resort, Pre Fall, Spring/Summer, Fall/Winter seasons 2020/2021. The frequency of using the most common types of the decorative trim in designers' collections has been estimated, the use of embroidery in the models of collections has been analyzed according to the total number of collections and the number of collections with flat trim, the most common embroidery techniques used by designers have been identified (satin stitch, goldwork, whitework embroidery, Luneville embroidery, Richelieu, drawn-thread work, machine embroidery with the use of additional materials) as well as the trendy colors. It has been determined that the three-dimensional clothing decorative trim is relevant and will be popular for several more seasons in a row, as fashion is cyclical, but flat trim consolidates its position. The largest number of different embroidery types is used by designers from European countries, the smallest – by designers from Africa. The results of the research can be used by designers in the development of clothing collections with decoration and fashion retailers, as well as in the education of designers. Further research will be devoted to the analysis of other compositional and constructive features of clothing models in the collections of designers, namely, the definition of fashionable silhouettes, divisions, proportional ratios, colors.