The fashion trend in autumn and winter 2024 is characterized by warm and profound colors, comfortable fabrics, simple and restrained tailoring, and modern and fashionable design elements. In the selection of design elements, three-dimensional decoration, sequins, check patterns and other elements are reflected in the design of many brands. They add unique charm to clothing, not only showing the ingenuity of designers, but also revealing the respect for classic design in details. The trend analysis in this issue will start from these popular design elements in the autumn and winter 2024 series of major brands to analyze the popular trend of design elements in this season.
3D fantasy
The design of three-dimensional decoration can often enhance the visual impact of fashion, giving the overall shape a lively, flexible, complex and gorgeous artistic beauty. This trend will shine brilliantly on the runway of Autumn and Winter Fashion Week 2024. Soft feathers, playful bows, romantic flowers, elegant tassels, rough needle wool and other elements will appear on the catwalks of major brands in three-dimensional shapes.
Louis Vuitton's Autumn/Winter 2024 women's wear series is a special series full of memories and homage. This season, Nicolas Ghesqui è re, the designer, reviewed the challenges and growth he had experienced with the brand, and created a series of clothes full of stories. He skillfully cut the light and thin fabric into the shape of feathers, which not only reproduced the decorative highlights of the brand's early spring 2019 series, but also created a rich sense of hierarchy and flowing beauty through the layers of feathers. The model swayed the flowing beauty between walks, conveying the design theme of light and freedom.
Prada Autumn/Winter 2024 women's wear series uses multiple fabrics to create a three-dimensional bow, adding layers and three-dimensional sense to the overall shape. The bow tie dress with ribbons sways with the body to show flexibility and elegance; Flocked bowknot and mercerized printing fabric show the unique beauty of Prada girls.
Valentino's autumn and winter 2024 series, with the theme of "Le Noir" (meaning "black" in French), was designed by Pierpaolo Piccioli, who gave new life to black through the re conception of Valentino's iconic elements. He used reflective tassels, patent leather fabrics and sequins and beads to make black reflect different lights, light up the clothes and endow them with more gorgeous qualities. In addition, Piccioli also used the "Altorilievo (three-dimensional flower stacking process)" to present the fabric arrangement and combination of three-dimensional effects cut out on the tulle, so as to enrich the layers of fashion.
Stella McCartney's autumn and winter 2024 collection is the most eye-catching of these large silhouette fashion clothes made of three-dimensional terry. The designer first weaves the yarn into a cylindrical shape, then fixedly weaves both ends on the base fabric, and creates a fur like warm and fluffy visual effect by stacking the terry. Instead of using real animal fur, the designer simulates similar effects through the innovation of materials and processes, conveying the brand's sense of responsibility and mission to implement the concept of environmental protection and sustainability.
Colorful
Shining sequins have been widely used in design since the spring and summer of 2024, and this trend has spread to fashion shows in autumn and winter.
Gucci's autumn and winter 2024 series has changed the brand's previous extremely complicated design. The designer Sabato De Sarno reinterpreted the brand's sexy gene through simplified silhouette and precise tailoring. The gorgeous and retro sequin element has been applied to many pieces in this season's design. The neck hanging dress gradually composed of sequins of different sizes, the coat whose sequins spread from the corner to the top in the form of "growth", and the knitting suit which weaves silver into the yarn... sequins give the clothes a dynamic aesthetic feeling, which not only conforms to the gorgeous feeling in autumn and winter, but also is lightweight and modern.
In addition to the three-dimensional feather cutting fabric, the use of sequins is also a highlight of Louis Vuitton's Autumn/Winter 2024 women's wear series. In this season, sequins are not only used as a decorative element to decorate clothes, but also endowed with a rich sense of hierarchy and texture. The designer combines sequins with design elements such as metal thread embroidery, tulle, tassels, etc., and the semi transparent sequins skirt is folded and knitted inside, adding a rich visual experience to the overall shape.
Stella McCartney's autumn/winter 2024 series also demonstrated its dual commitment to fashion and environmental protection in the use of sequins. The designer uses recyclable hammered aluminum sequins and lead-free crystal ornaments to ensure beauty while minimizing environmental pollution. The layout of sequin elements takes into account the overall structure of the clothing and the dynamic effect of the wearer, so that the clothing shows different aesthetic feelings between the dynamic and static. The silver sequin jeans show the harmonious contrast between sequin and other fabrics, highlighting the sense of hierarchy and richness of the design.
Versace's Autumn/Winter 2024 series not only continues the brand's traditional luxury and sexiness, but also pushes the sequin element to a new height through unique design concepts, material applications, cutting techniques and accessories. Unlike other brands' extensive use of sequins, in Versace's overall design, sequins only appear in some parts of the clothing. By combining modern technology with traditional handicrafts, the designer created a unique sequin effect, such as using special reflective materials to make the sequins show different colors and effects under different lights. In addition to traditional plastic and metal sequins, Versace also tried new materials, such as 3D printed sequins, to increase the three-dimensional and futuristic sense of design.
Lattice variation
Chanel's autumn and winter 2024 high-end ready to wear series is themed and inspired by the resort Duviere. Checker elements are skillfully integrated into it. Through different arrangement and combination forms, color matching and sizes, combined with the brand's classic soft cloth materials, it not only shows the classic style of the Chanel brand, but also presents a unique sense of fashion. The matching of plaid pieces with boots and wide brimmed hats adds a bit of holiday style to the overall look.
Inspired by the British culture and nature, the Burberry Autumn/Winter 2024 series is endowed with a new form by Daniel Lee, the creative director, in the design of the grid element engraved in the brand gene. Pieces such as plaid dress, work jacket, tweed bodice skirt, woven tassel scarf, etc. show the classic British style on the basis of practicality.
