On September 13, the finals of the 6th “Snow Lotus Cup” Cashmere Hand-knitting Creative Invitational Competition came to a perfect conclusion in Beijing Snow Lotus Highlights Cultural and Creative Park, with shortlisted candidates in the “Wearing Category” and “Home Living Category” The contestants’ works competed for the “Gold, Silver and Bronze” awards, as well as the Best Craftsmanship Award and the Most Commercial Value Award.
The 6th “Snow Lotus Cup” Cashmere Hand Knitting Creative Invitational Competition is jointly guided by the Beijing Garment and Textile Industry Association, Beijing Fashion Designers Association, and Beijing Fashion Holdings Co., Ltd., supported by the Beijing Tourism Industry Association, and Beijing Snow Lotus Group Co., Ltd. Sponsored by Beijing Fashion Week Co., Ltd., as the official event of Beijing Fashion Week 2022, this competition has been launched since mid-May. As of the deadline, a total of nearly 300 clothing colleges, majors, enterprises in the industry and Talents, independent designers, and folk artists (groups) engaged in hand-knitting crafts submitted 1,286 entries. The scale of entries and the level of entries reached the highest ever.
Art to the future judges all praised
The “Snow Lotus Cup” hand-knitting competition takes culture, fashion and skills as its spiritual core. Through creative innovation, it fully integrates the hand-knitting skills of cashmere material. In the past six years, it has gained more and more scene-based, serialized and in-line products. Weaving creative works with contemporary aesthetic values, this year’s final works won high praise from the judges.
Winner of China’s Fashion Design “Golden Summit Award”, President of Beijing Fashion Designers Association, and Art Director of Beijing Snow Lotus Group Co., Ltd. Fang Ying
I have participated in five competitions in a row, and my level is really getting better year by year. Home life works, such as Animal Music Festival, History of Shoes Development, etc., are warm, cultural, heartwarming, healing, and practical, inspiring us to feel the beauty of life. In addition to keeping up with fashion trends in the clothing category, it can be clearly felt that the contestants have paid more attention to the needs of marketization during the creation and production process, which is worthy of praise. ”
Winner of the “Golden Summit Award” for Chinese fashion design, Liu Wei, artistic director of Beijing Rose Devi Fashion Co., Ltd.
This year’s final works gave me too many surprises. First, they have rich themes, covering traditional culture, social hot spots, literature and art, humanistic care, etc.; second, they span a wide age range, and the innovation of young people and the ingenuity of old craftsmen complement each other. , it can be seen that there are successors to the inheritance of culture and skills; third, the skills are diverse, and the interweaving of various techniques such as needlework, knitting, and pile embroidery gives the beauty of hand-knitting more possibilities. ”
Li Wei, vice president of the Chinese Costume Culture Research Association, professor and doctoral supervisor at the Academy of Fine Arts, Tsinghua University
Being able to present such exquisite ornaments by crocheting with yarn alone shows that the overall level of the contestants in the competition is very high. The final works are very interesting, cultural, artistic and ornamental, and there are also many disabled artists participating, which further reflects the social value of the event. The overall design aesthetic of clothing is very high-end, very fashionable, and very international. I think this is a competition worth promoting and learning from.
Chu Yan, professor at Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology and director of China Academy of Art in the New Era
The overall fashion sense of the clothing category is better, and the home life category highlights the beauty of layers, with the brushstrokes of painting and the blessing of folk skills and crafts. ”
China’s top ten fashion designers Ni Yan
In terms of creativity, theme, scene, and work completion, many works in the home life category are even comparable to those of famous artists. The clothing works are very complete in terms of product matching, craftsmanship, and use of materials.
Cultural and creative value, business and fashion are eagerly sought after
From raising the flag once to six years of hard work, from being unique to being the best in the country, from skill competition to market transformation, from setting off a wave of hand-knitting creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship across the country, to the launch of event cultural and creative products for service trade Conference, Shougang Park, Beijing Fashion Week Fashion Beijing Exhibition, Fortune Shopping Center… The commercial results of the “Snow Lotus Cup” hand-knitting competition are obvious to all.
In this regard, expert judges analyzed that the reason why hand-knitted products with warmth have become more and more popular in recent years is inseparable from the fact that handicrafts can soothe the anxiety caused by fast-paced life and bring consumers from their hands to their hearts. A wonderful experience, integrating joy into life scenes, the cultural and creative products incubated by the competition can have better commercial value and market charm.
According to the person in charge of the competition of Snow Lotus Group, after six years of accumulation and two years of commercial testing, the outstanding works and cultural and creative products of the Snow Lotus Cup Hand Knitting Competition have gradually matured, and there will be more integrated into the Snow Lotus brand in the future. Cultural and creative products, hand-knitted accessories, and household items meet consumers, making more and more people love hand-knitting and feel the enjoyment brought by hand-knitted culture.
Not only that, the competition has also received more and more continuous attention and pursuit from the fashion industry. At the 2022 Beijing Fashion Week first show “Xuelian·Fang Ying Haute Customization” conference, designer Fang Ying creatively added three sets of clothing with hand-knitted elements created by Li Yifang, the winner of the “Xuelian Cup” hand-knitting competition, which was in line with the conference’s haute couture The clothing complements each other, highlighting traditional culture, craftsmanship and modernity.The perfect blend of contemporary fashion.
Designer Fang Ying guided the contestants in the competition to hand-weave their works, which appeared in the “Xuelian & Fang Ying Advanced Customization” show
On September 16, designer Liu Wei selected the hand-knitted work “Feng Laiyi” by Wu Zhouxin/Chen Hairong, the gold medal winner this year, as a match for the show with the theme of “Feng Lai Yi”. Through the use of traditional Chinese folk craftsmanship, it reflects the designer’s in-depth exploration of traditional culture based on the perspective of national cultural confidence.
Designer Liu Wei’s model’s hand-held gold medal in the home life category of this year’s competition in the show “You Feng Lai Yi” appeared on the T stage, complementing the press conference
“There are many fashion design competitions, but there are very few hand-knitted ones. In view of the unique ontological language of woven materials, and the wider application and favor in the international and domestic markets, this competition is very promising and sustainable.” Professor at the Academy of Fine Arts, Tsinghua University Li Wei said.
The response of the platform has become increasingly prominent
Start with a new beginning and keep innovating. “Through the competition, the time-honored brand Snow Lotus can continue to promote the inheritance and promotion of handicrafts and traditional culture, so this competition is particularly respected and promoted.” Teacher Liu Wei said.
“The Snow Lotus brand carries the beautiful ‘skills’ of generations. The hand-knitting competition highlights the social responsibility and obligation of the time-honored state-owned enterprise Snow Lotus to inherit classic skills, and the talent incubation channel of the competition also injects a steady stream of knowledge into the Snow Lotus brand. Design tension, as the influence of the competition becomes stronger and stronger, Xuelian’s pace of returning to its peak era is obviously accelerating, so the competition is of great significance,” said teacher Fang Ying.
The competition allows more talented designers to enhance their value on this platform, giving time-honored brands a richer connotation and extension. It has long-term significance for attracting and cultivating designer talents and upgrading brand power. Through hard work and continuous innovation, hand-knitting skills and aesthetic ideas can be spread and carried forward, giving hand-knitted designers a better breeding ground, and allowing the innovation of the time-honored brand Snow Lotus to go further.
In addition to the event itself, Snow Lotus is broadening the boundaries of innovation through continuous upgrading, showing a Chinese fashion brand with more fashionable atmosphere, cultural connotation and the spirit of the times.
List of winners
Clothing group
Gold Award
Wang Xiyan’s “Unity” Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology
Silver Award
Wang Yuandong’s “PORCELAIN” Jiangxi Institute of Fashion Technology
Bronze Award
“Interstellar Travel” by Chen Yuhang, Yang Liu and Sunjing
Suzhou University College of Applied Technology
Craftsmanship Award
Chen Xin’s “Dream Weaving” Quanzhou Textile and Clothing Vocational College
Business Award
Yu Yue’s “collioure under the bright sun” Beihai College of Art and Design
Home life group
Gold Award
Wu Zhouxin, Chen Hairong, “Feng Lai Yi” Inner Mongolia University of Technology
Silver Award
Zhu Fangyun “Beautiful China” Zhejiang Science and Technology University
Bronze Award
Zhang Chunhua and Zhang Yufan “Animal Concert”
Bayannaoer Huixing Qiaoshou Cashmere Products Co., Ltd.
Craftsmanship Award
Hou Yajie’s “Flying Song of the Earth” Shandong Institute of Arts and Crafts
Business Award
Fan Yaoqian’s “Natural Symbiosis” Lanzhou City University
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