~Ethnic Influences on Apparel Design~

A persons ethnicity has a direct influence on the way they choose to dress or create different garments. For example a designer who is hispanic would probably choose to incorporate specific colors in their designs because of what they represent in their culture. It is very important that people incorporate different aspects of their culture into their designs because of how unique the designs will be. By incorporating cultural influences into design, designers are able to express to consumers just how important their culture is to them.
Apparel design is also affected by cultural influence because trends change all the time due to the fact that designers want to market to certain people. For example one season the inspiration for a person collection might come form the trends seen on the streets of china. The trends seen on the streets of china would probably be incorporated for designs made to target the urban communiteis in the USA.
Apparel design will always be affected by cultural influences because of how diverse the world is. People always want to express themselves through the way they dress.I feel as though it is awesome when you can go into a store and find something that reminds you where you have come from an where you are going. In Ghana the colors and patterns seen on kente cloth tells a person social status as well as other important facts. When people in the USA by garments from foreign countries they probably dont realize the deper meanin behind the design.