Pingchang Beijing Olympic Winter Games "8 Minutes" Performance Costumes

In February 25th, the Pingchang Winter Olympic Games officially closed.

With the mayor of Beijing Chen Jining taking the Olympic flag, the Winter Olympic Games entered Beijing time.

In the "8 minutes" performance of Pingchang's closing ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games, the performance of "light and warm, windproof, breathable and athletic" has attracted much attention. The costume design and production work has been completed by the team of teachers and students from Beijing Institute Of Fashion Technology led by Chu Yan and Zhou Shaoen.

Innovative design of lightweight and thermal insulation

The rehearsal venue of the "Beijing 8 minutes" performance team is in Changping, Beijing.

Because of the need for lights, nearly two months of intensive rehearsal are basically carried out at night.

Beijing is very cold in winter, and it is understood that during the Winter Games in Pingchang, the outdoor temperature is even below zero 20 degrees Celsius.

The actor's performance clothing needs to be light and thin, and also to keep warm. At the same time, it also needs to show a large amount of performance and carry out light-emitting devices. How can these requirements be achieved? For designers, balancing contradictions is the first meaning of design.

Beijing Institute Of Fashion Technology, Chu Yan and Zhou Shaoen two teachers challenge impossible, innovative design, let "Beijing 8 minutes" performance clothing made "light and warm, fit and windproof, sports and shine".

Science and technology help to shine

There are three main characteristics in the 8 minutes of Winter Olympic Games. One is to protect the cold, two is high technology content, and the other three is fashion matching.

The futuristic style design, nylon soft shell material, wool floc filling, graphene active heating, 3D sports version, and flexible LED luminescence create a complete set of modular equipment for the actor.

For the "8 minute performance costumes in Beijing", it is necessary to combine technology with traditional technology of fashion design.

Craftsman spirit is hard to pay.

22 sets of light-emitting clothing, from design drawings to production completion, over three months of intense work, from dimming technology to nail lamp scheme, have undergone many modifications and adjustments, especially when each garment is manually stitched on more than and 800 beads, plus more than 100 lights on the helmet.

During the dozens of rehearsals before the closing ceremony of the Pingchang closing ceremony, due to the strenuous exercise and large stretching movements, each garment needs to be rechecked and repaired after each training.

Until the last moment before the performance, the inspection work was still intense, and the high fashion custom craftsman spirit helped the sports technology products.

"Beijing 8 minutes" is the main AI. It tells the Chinese story in the context of the world. Beijing Institute Of Fashion Technology, through its own clothing works, fully expresses the core idea and Chinese passion of "2022, Beijing see", highlighting the personalization, emotion and technology.