Down jackets: How to combine functionality and artistry?

As the global warming climate gradually takes shape, China's winter comes especially early and is especially cold, which also makes Down Jackets, which have not been seen for many years, regain vitality. However,down jacketsat this time are no longer "bloated" in the traditional sense. Down jackets are in full bloom in various styles, and fashion, leisure, nobility, elegance, and avant-garde are all reflected in the design of down jackets. How do designers bring functionality and artistry to the fullest? When designing A Down Jacket, we must first consider its basic performance-warmth.

Warmth Functionality

Compared with man-made materials, down has three times the warmth of general man-made materials. At present, more than 50% of the world's down comes from China. Down is composed of (down) and feathers (feather). Down (down) is a feather without a hair rod. Many clusters of filaments grow on its feather branches, and the filaments on the down are intertwined to form a stable thermal protection layer. Therefore, down is the main material for down warmth. There are about two million filaments in one ounce of down.

The filaments of better quality down are longer, and the down clusters formed are also larger accordingly. Feather is a small feather with a feather rod on the back and tail of a duck or goose. It can also be formed by breaking long feathers. The content of feathers cannot be too high, but because it has the function of increasing the fluffiness of down, it must contain a certain proportion.

Common fillings for down jackets are: white duck down, gray duck down, and goose down. Compared with duck down, goose down has better warmth retention, but this difference is difficult for ordinary consumers to feel in daily wear. In addition, the unit price of goose down is relatively higher than duck down, so filling with goose down will also increase the cost of down jackets. Goose down is used in Russia.

In terms of color, of course, white duck down will appear more upscale than gray duck down. In the cost of down jacket manufacturing, filling accounts for a large proportion, becoming a key factor that directly affects the cost of clothing. It is also an important criterion for reflecting the quality of down jackets.

There are three important indicators for measuring down:

Filling volume: Filling volume is not an indicator for measuring down quality, it refers to the weight of all down filled in a down jacket. Generally, the filling volume of outdoor down jackets is about 250-450 grams depending on the target design.
Down content: Down content is the proportion of down in down, generally expressed as a percentage. The down content of outdoor down jackets is generally above 80%, which means that the down content is 80% and the down content is 20%. The higher the down content, the better the warmth retention. Similarly, the higher the down content, the lighter the weight of the clothing. Most regular down jackets in China generally use 90% down content, while export orders mostly use 70%-85% down content. The warmth retention of down jackets with a down content below 50% cannot be guaranteed. The filling of the lining of down jackets is done by hand.
Fill power: Fill power is an important indicator for measuring the warmth of down. It refers to the value of the volume cubic inches occupied by one ounce (30 grams) of down under certain conditions. For example, if one ounce of down occupies 600 cubic inches, the fill power of the down is 600. The higher the fill power of the down, the larger the volume of air layer can be fixed to keep warm and insulate with the same filling amount, so the warmth of the down is better. Fill power is not a hard indicator in China, and the relative error of measurement is also large.
Diversified fabric application

Down jackets are usually processed in four layers in production and processing. The fabrics must undergo strict anti-down treatment before production. Therefore, in the traditional production process, the materials for down jackets are provided by special cold-proof clothing fabric suppliers. With the introduction of the concept of fashion and the fierce competition in the market economy environment, designers of various brands have broken the traditional concept and applied fashion and structuralism to the design of down jackets. The first change is reflected in the choice of fabrics.

Down Jacket Design began to use light and transparent fabrics as the outer fabric of down jackets. In order to avoid the fleece, 6 layers of processing are required. However, such processing methods are too complicated and greatly increase the processing cost of down jackets. UNIQLO, a famous Japanese clothing brand, has made innovations in fabrics and developed thin but fleece-proof shiny down jacket fabrics. Only two layers are needed in processing and production, which reduces the weight of the clothing and simplifies the processing procedures, thereby reducing the production cost of down jackets, which has become a major selling point of down jackets.

Fashionable and personalized styles

The design of clothing requires the selection and combination of colors, fabrics, styles, and looseness. When these elements are harmoniously matched together, the charm of the appearance of the clothing is enhanced, which can attract consumers to buy.

Traditional down jackets always give people the impression of being "bloated". The reason is that in the processing method of down jackets, down jackets rely on pressing lines and grids to fix the position of the "fleece". In the design process, we should consider the inherent form of these "lattices" and change them to meet the needs of the structure to make corresponding "lattices". We can change the size, shape, and even the processing technology. For example, many down jacket designs now make the down jacket S-shaped through waist pleats; the longitudinal compression of the fabric is combined with the horizontal division of the structure, and the fashionable leather waist seal makes the down jacket a dress; the loose A-shaped outline, the bud-shaped hem, the structure of the surface fabric is not bound by the inner structure, and the down jacket presents a deconstructed style.

There are many such designs. Generally speaking, the design of down jackets pays more attention to the research on human body slimming, and the research direction is also what consumers have always hoped for, "I hope that down jackets can make me look slim and fashionable when I wear them, instead of bloated."

As the climate warms and material conditions continue to improve, consumers' dressing styles are also changing. More people don't want to wear too much. Down's warmth and lightness are matched with T-shirts, shirts, dresses and other single wings, which has become a major way of dressing. In this way, the matching of down design is very important. The cuffs and collars of the five-point sleeve down jacket are matched with beautiful fox fur.

In every season, there will be a special agency to predict the fashion. In the clothing industry, this information has become the wealth of merchants and enterprises. Grasping the key points of fashion is also the key to down jacket design. The vitality of fashion comes from its eternal change. The design of down jackets incorporates fashion elements, making the practicality and wearability of down jackets more in line with the aesthetic tastes of today's consumers, and closely linked to the individual tastes and lifestyles of consumers.

Design needs innovation, and innovation is tested by the market

We often say that the lifeblood of design is innovation, and innovation is also called change in the field of clothing design. The scale of this change needs to be just right, and this important factor is determined by the market economy. We have entered the consumer era, and this market is a market where supply exceeds demand. The value of design lies in being chosen and accepted by consumers. If the design of down jackets is to be targeted, it must consider the needs of consumers for creativity.

The annual fashion release is very important information, but we will also find that after the fashion consultations in the fashion capitals of Paris, London, New York, Milan and other countries are transmitted to the domestic market, its form is changing. In the consumer era, consumers are an important factor in the huge dominant market. In this way, designers should pay attention to the value ranking of consumers. The design of down jackets should have both functionality, diversity, comfort, fashion sense and quality and other factors.

At present, the down jacket supply stall network combines the aesthetic requirements of domestic consumers for clothing, combines the jacket short style with the down jacket, introduces the details of the Korean fashion budget into the down jacket, and divides the dividing line according to the rhythm of the chest shape of the sample. The design of the pocket takes into account the daily dressing habits of consumers, which is both a pocket and a windproof glove. The trial effect of the sample has been recognized by the pattern designer and the agent.

Down jackets are a very special type of clothing, which includes many factors to be considered. In the market economy, the consumers faced by designers have begun to have their own independent choices, so the humanization of design is particularly important. The vitality of design lies in innovation. How to make your design innovation become a work with realistic meaning? In the process, you must use your "heart" to consider consumers. In the words of many stall network agents, it is summarized:

"We especially hope to see clothes with popular trend elements, which are different from previous clothes and make people look beautiful when worn..."

Although this sentence is not gorgeous, it points out the focus of the current down jacket design.