China's Miao embroidery dresses shine at Milan Fashion Week
1 year, 3 months ago

China's Miao embroidery dresses shine at Milan Fashion Week

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Barbara Mazzali, councilor for tourism, fashion and territorial marketing of Italy's Lombardy region, poses with two embroiderers from Guizhou province at a show inspired by Miao embroidery by Chinese designer Zhao Huizhou on Sunday during Milan Fashion Week. A Chinese Miao art exhibition, showcasing Miao embroidery clothing from Southwest China's Guizhou province, was held on Sunday during Milan Fashion Week in Italy. Co-hosted by the Chinese Consulate General in Milan and the Guizhou Provincial Government, the exhibition displayed traditional pieces from local cultural centers, Miao embroidery inheritors and private collectors in Milan's historic Clerici Palace, where other international brands also presented their 2024 spring/summer collections. The Miao ethnic people, who live mainly in Guizhou province, are well-known for the exquisite embroidery on their costumes.

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The article highlights the enduring legacy of traditional Chinese opera costumes, showcasing exceptional craftsmanship and intricate designs. Researchers and performers emphasize the importance of preserving and honoring the legacy of Mei Lanfang's costumes, which carry the weight of generations of artistry and cultural symbolism.

Artisans build more complete picture of China
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Artisans build more complete picture of China

China Daily  

Miao ethnic designer Yang Chunlin and his mother, YangShiying, an inheritor of Miao embroidery skills, showcase a representation of the London landmark Big Ben during the exhibition titled Chinese Design: Harmony in Diversity. For example, Yang Chunlin, a designer from the Miao ethnic group and the founder of the fashion brand Gu Axin, incorporates Miao embroidery into modern garments, keeping …

Threads of the past run into the future
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Threads of the past run into the future

China Daily  

Models wear clothes with ethnic Miao embroidery seal patterns in the 2024 spring/summer collection of Milan Fashion Week on Sept 24, 2023. CHINA DAILY Fresh designs Jiao Hongxiu, who helps promote Miao embroidery through innovation, says it is crucial to tailor Miao embroidery to meet market demand. Cultivating local designers to redesign Miao embroidery plays a pivotal role in empowering …

Threads of the past run into the future
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Threads of the past run into the future

China Daily  

Miao embroidery fashion is displayed in the 2024 spring/summer collection of Milan Fashion Week on Sept 24, 2023. "Miao embroidery is known as 'wearable history', and the stories of the Miao behind these designs down the centuries truly resonate with me," says Zhao Huizhou, a designer who led the Miao-inspired show in Milan. "Through these patterns Miao people record myths …

Threads of the past run into the future
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Threads of the past run into the future

China Daily  

Models wear clothes with ethnic Miao embroidery seal patterns in the 2024 spring/summer collection of Milan Fashion Week on Sept 24, 2023. CHINA DAILY Fresh designs Jiao Hongxiu, who helps promote Miao embroidery through innovation, says it is crucial to tailor Miao embroidery to meet market demand. Cultivating local designers to redesign Miao embroidery plays a pivotal role in empowering …

Threads of the past run into the future
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Threads of the past run into the future

China Daily  

Above from top: Miao embroiderers inspect decorative work at Xiulitao market in Kaili, Guizhou province, on Sept 15, 2023; Miao embroiderers practice skills at a training base in Kaili, Guizhou province on July 5, 2023. CHINA DAILY Fashionable tradition In 2021, when President Xi Jinping visited Huawu Village in Guizhou, one thing that caught his attention was exquisite handmade Miao …

Threads of the past run into the future
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Threads of the past run into the future

China Daily  

Miao embroidery fashion is displayed in the 2024 spring/summer collection of Milan Fashion Week on Sept 24, 2023. "Miao embroidery is known as 'wearable history', and the stories of the Miao behind these designs down the centuries truly resonate with me," says Zhao Huizhou, a designer who led the Miao-inspired show in Milan. "Through these patterns Miao people record myths …

Threads of the past run into the future
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Threads of the past run into the future

China Daily  

Miao embroidery fashion is displayed in the 2024 spring/summer collection of Milan Fashion Week on Sept 24, 2023. "Miao embroidery is known as 'wearable history', and the stories of the Miao behind these designs down the centuries truly resonate with me," says Zhao Huizhou, a designer who led the Miao-inspired show in Milan. "Through these patterns Miao people record myths …

Threads of the past run into the future
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Threads of the past run into the future

China Daily  

Miao embroidery fashion is displayed in the 2024 spring/summer collection of Milan Fashion Week on Sept 24, 2023. "Miao embroidery is known as 'wearable history', and the stories of the Miao behind these designs down the centuries truly resonate with me," says Zhao Huizhou, a designer who led the Miao-inspired show in Milan. "Through these patterns Miao people record myths …

Traditional ethnic Hainan crafts a hit at US exhibition
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Traditional ethnic Hainan crafts a hit at US exhibition

China Daily  

A staff member introduces CCHUN's Li brocade and Miao embroidery products at the Affordable Shopping Destination exhibition in Las Vegas, which is held from March 10 to March 13. Traditional ethnic crafts and products from South China's Hainan province have drawn interest from exhibitors and visitors at the Affordable Shopping Destination exhibition in Las Vegas, United States, which was held …

Stitching together the strands of culture
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Stitching together the strands of culture

China Daily  

An artist demonstrates cloisonne making to an international visitor at the Beijing International Week of Intangible Cultural Heritage in late October. Hundreds of tiny white pearl and coral beads became delicate tea flowers on a costume of Qing Dynasty style under embroidery artist Bi Hong's magic touch. "They were 1.1 to 1.2 millimeters in diameter, and had holes drilled into …

Stitching together the strands of culture
1 year, 1 month ago

Stitching together the strands of culture

China Daily  

An artist demonstrates cloisonne making to an international visitor at the Beijing International Week of Intangible Cultural Heritage in late October. Hundreds of tiny white pearl and coral beads became delicate tea flowers on a costume of Qing Dynasty style under embroidery artist Bi Hong's magic touch. "They were 1.1 to 1.2 millimeters in diameter, and had holes drilled into …

Miao embroidery makes Milan Fashion Week debut
1 year, 2 months ago

Miao embroidery makes Milan Fashion Week debut

China Daily  

Miao embroidery makes Milan Fashion Week debut, Sept 24, 2023. Over the past week, far away from Milan Fashion Week, Wang Rongbi, a resident of Xiaogulong village in Guizhou province, has been glued to her cellphone, eagerly awaiting updates about the Italian show. Their intricate, kaleidoscopic embroidered costumes, featuring unique patterns inspired by nature and their ethnic history, are recognized …

Miao embroidery makes Milan Fashion Week debut
1 year, 2 months ago

Miao embroidery makes Milan Fashion Week debut

China Daily  

Miao embroidery makes Milan Fashion Week debut, Sept 24, 2023. Over the past week, far away from Milan Fashion Week, Wang Rongbi, a resident of Xiaogulong village in Guizhou province, has been glued to her cellphone, eagerly awaiting updates about the Italian show. Their intricate, kaleidoscopic embroidered costumes, featuring unique patterns inspired by nature and their ethnic history, are recognized …

China's Miao embroidery dresses shine at Milan Fashion Week
1 year, 3 months ago

China's Miao embroidery dresses shine at Milan Fashion Week

China Daily  

Barbara Mazzali, councilor for tourism, fashion and territorial marketing of Italy's Lombardy region, poses with two embroiderers from Guizhou province at a show inspired by Miao embroidery by Chinese designer Zhao Huizhou on Sunday during Milan Fashion Week. A Chinese Miao art exhibition, showcasing Miao embroidery clothing from Southwest China's Guizhou province, was held on Sunday during Milan Fashion Week …

China's Miao embroidery dresses shine at Milan Fashion Week
1 year, 3 months ago

China's Miao embroidery dresses shine at Milan Fashion Week

China Daily  

Barbara Mazzali, councilor for tourism, fashion and territorial marketing of Italy's Lombardy region, poses with two embroiderers from Guizhou province at a show inspired by Miao embroidery by Chinese designer Zhao Huizhou on Sunday during Milan Fashion Week. A Chinese Miao art exhibition, showcasing Miao embroidery clothing from Southwest China's Guizhou province, was held on Sunday during Milan Fashion Week …

Yi embroidery art a sensation in Milan Fashion Week
1 year, 3 months ago

Yi embroidery art a sensation in Milan Fashion Week

China Daily  

Designer Ji Cheng, Li Wenjuan, head of the publicity department of Chuxiong Prefecture Party Committee and fashion models attend a fashion show highlighting Yi embroidery art at the Milan Fashion Week on Saturday. Ding Lanying, an embroiderer from Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan province, was overexcited when the Milan Fashion Week held a show on Saturday of 2024 spring/summer …

Miao embroidery art to draw spotlight at Milano Fashion Week
1 year, 3 months ago

Miao embroidery art to draw spotlight at Milano Fashion Week

China Daily  

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Miao embroidery art to draw spotlight at Milano Fashion Week
1 year, 3 months ago

Miao embroidery art to draw spotlight at Milano Fashion Week

China Daily  

The "Chinese Miao Art Exhibition" will be held in Milan, Italy on Sept 24. The "Chinese Miao Art Exhibition", co-hosted by the Chinese Consulate General in Milan and the Guizhou Provincial Government, was held in Milan, Italy on Sunday. Guizhou's exquisite Miao embroidery clothing appeared alongside international fashion brands at the 2024 Milano Fashion Week Spring/Summer collection. The Siyin Miao …

Yi embroidery art a sensation in Milan Fashion Week
1 year, 3 months ago

Yi embroidery art a sensation in Milan Fashion Week

China Daily  

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Miao embroiderer takes ethnic intangible heritage to world stage
1 year, 5 months ago

Miao embroiderer takes ethnic intangible heritage to world stage

China Daily  

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Miao embroiderer takes ethnic intangible heritage to world stage
1 year, 5 months ago

Miao embroiderer takes ethnic intangible heritage to world stage

China Daily  

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Vision helps shape village’s future
1 year, 5 months ago

Vision helps shape village’s future

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Seen from afar, low-rise buildings featuring white walls and grey tiles huddle together amid stretchy green farmlands across which a river meanders through a valley. “All the rural architecture and natural landscape scenery has been very well preserved,” says Yi, who was born in the prefecture and has practised Miao embroidery for more than a decade. The village conditions are …

Vision helps shape village's future
1 year, 6 months ago

Vision helps shape village's future

China Daily  

Yi Hua demonstrates and explains Miao embroidery to local young women in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao autonomous prefecture, Hunan province. CHINA DAILY Embroidery skills allow Miao people from Hunan province to bring delicate needlework alive and enable visitors to have an interactive experience with traditional ethnic culture during their stay, Yang Feiyue reports. The village conditions are perfect for what …

Flourishing handicrafts sector kicks off rural revamp
1 year, 7 months ago

Flourishing handicrafts sector kicks off rural revamp

China Daily  

Embroiderers participate in a Miao ethnic group embroidery competition in Ma'an village in Congjiang county, Guizhou province, on August 1. Wei Zuying, a 43-year-old woman from the Miao ethnic group, learned Miao embroidery, a traditional folk craft, from her grandmother and mother at an early age, just like many other Miao women. Like Wei, an increasing number of Miao women …

Traditional embroidery promotes ‘China chic’ in global fashion
1 year, 8 months ago

Traditional embroidery promotes ‘China chic’ in global fashion

China Daily  

Pan Yuzhen, a 77-year-old embroiderer, hails from Taijiang county, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture. Pan Yuzhen, a 77-year-old embroiderer, was thrilled to do the catwalk show in her hand-made Miao costumes last week in Guiyang, capital of Southwest China's Guizhou province. At the opening ceremony of the 17th Guizhou Tourism Industry Development Conference held on April 6, a fashion …

Traditional embroidery promotes ‘China chic’ in global fashion
1 year, 8 months ago

Traditional embroidery promotes ‘China chic’ in global fashion

China Daily  

Pan Yuzhen, a 77-year-old embroiderer, hails from Taijiang county, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture. Pan Yuzhen, a 77-year-old embroiderer, was thrilled to do the catwalk show in her hand-made Miao costumes last week in Guiyang, capital of Southwest China's Guizhou province. At the opening ceremony of the 17th Guizhou Tourism Industry Development Conference held on April 6, a fashion …

A heritage of unity and color
1 year, 10 months ago

A heritage of unity and color

China Daily  

Miao embroider Jiang Laoben Jiang Laoben remembers fondly celebrating traditional ethnic Miao festivals as a girl in her home village. Born and raised in Baibei, Rongjiang county, Southwest China's Guizhou province, which is home to more than 2,000 Miao people, she is 60 years old now, but her early impressions of the festival are still vivid. "What I loved most …

A heritage of unity and color
1 year, 10 months ago

A heritage of unity and color

China Daily  

Miao embroider Jiang Laoben Jiang Laoben remembers fondly celebrating traditional ethnic Miao festivals as a girl in her home village. Born and raised in Baibei, Rongjiang county, Southwest China's Guizhou province, which is home to more than 2,000 Miao people, she is 60 years old now, but her early impressions of the festival are still vivid. "What I loved most …

A heritage of unity and color
1 year, 10 months ago

A heritage of unity and color

China Daily  

Miao embroider Jiang Laoben Jiang Laoben remembers fondly celebrating traditional ethnic Miao festivals as a girl in her home village. Born and raised in Baibei, Rongjiang county, Southwest China's Guizhou province, which is home to more than 2,000 Miao people, she is 60 years old now, but her early impressions of the festival are still vivid. "What I loved most …

Love for embroidery has Miao villagers in stitches
2 years, 7 months ago

Love for embroidery has Miao villagers in stitches

China Daily  

Senior citizens practice Miao embroidery at a workshop in Hejiayan village, Youyang Tujia and Miao autonomous county, Chongqing, in October. Such is the scene in Hejiayan village, Youyang Tujia and Miao autonomous county, Chongqing, where elderly people from the Miao ethnic group are continuing their age-old cultural tradition of embroidery. Hu Lan, 55, works at the Miao embroidery workshop in …

Love for embroidery has Miao villagers in stitches
2 years, 7 months ago

Love for embroidery has Miao villagers in stitches

China Daily  

Senior citizens practice Miao embroidery at a workshop in Hejiayan village, Youyang Tujia and Miao autonomous county, Chongqing, in October. Such is the scene in Hejiayan village, Youyang Tujia and Miao autonomous county, Chongqing, where elderly people from the Miao ethnic group are continuing their age-old cultural tradition of embroidery. Hu Lan, 55, works at the Miao embroidery workshop in …

China to hold 5th textile cultural heritage conference in Nov
3 years, 2 months ago

China to hold 5th textile cultural heritage conference in Nov

China Daily  

Miao embroidery has a history dating back more than 2,000 years and was listed by the Chinese government in 2006 as a national Intangible Cultural Heritage. The 5th China Textile Intangible Cultural Heritage Conference is scheduled to kick off on Nov 11 in Guiyang, capital of Southwest China's Guizhou province, local authorities said on Thursday. Themed "Develop the Miao embroidery …

China to hold 5th textile cultural heritage conference in Nov
3 years, 2 months ago

China to hold 5th textile cultural heritage conference in Nov

China Daily  

Miao embroidery has a history dating back more than 2,000 years and was listed by the Chinese government in 2006 as a national Intangible Cultural Heritage. The 5th China Textile Intangible Cultural Heritage Conference is scheduled to kick off on Nov 11 in Guiyang, capital of Southwest China's Guizhou province, local authorities said on Thursday. Themed "Develop the Miao embroidery …

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