Art of combination design about mechanical and manual pleats

This article classified mechanical and manual pleats from the perspective of morphological characteristics,expounded the texture characteristics and design features of various pleat,and studied in depth the design principles and forms of mechanical and manual pleats in the design process via case analysis,emphasizing that the combination design of this two kinds of methods into pleats forming helps to enhance the aesthetics of clothing. This paper selected ten products with H-shaped pleats from Janetwear 2013 spring / summer as the research object,and analyzed the combination design forms of H-shaped pleats and all kinds of manual pleats,as well as the clothing style formed after the combination. Based on the response of the brand's fixed consumer groups as standards to make evaluation. The results showed that: the styles of apparel products using combination design of mechanical and manual pleats become more diversified. This kind of apparel has greater popularity than that using only one type of pleating design and has market potential and commercial value.