Zhang Ran believes that as long as people who have watched the opening ceremony of the Beiping Olympic Games will have no doubts about using LEDs, but the people in the creative team have not seen it, and they don't know what kind of visual experience the huge LED of more than 100 square meters will bring. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

If there is any way to prove that LEDs can bring amazing effects to the world, and even attract worldwide attention, then the LED matter is easy to decide.

Just when Zhang Ran had a headache, he received a call from Anna Wintour. Wintour's daughter was attending the Cleon ball in November, and she called to ask how the dress was designed.

Zhang Ran has already designed it, and he copied a white princess-style dress from Alice Sabo's memory, which Fan Binbin once wore and received unanimous praise. But at this moment, Zhang Ran was thinking about the LED, and Wintour asked about the skirt, so the LED and the skirt merged into one in his mind, and he suddenly shouted: "LED skirt!"

At the 2007 New York Fashion Week for Fall and Winter, designer Hussein Karajan launched the "Airborne" collection, which included a skirt made of Swarovski crystals and 15,600 LEDs. The whole skirt is like a galaxy, and it expresses spring with concepts such as the changing seasons, the cycle of life and death, and the fragility of human beings. The entire skirt has caused great repercussions in the industry, and is considered to be epoch-making as it crosses the boundaries of stage performance art, product design, and installation art.

Zhang Ran felt that if he could get Wintour's daughter to wear an LED skirt at the Cleon ball, she would inevitably become the focus of attention. Wintour is a queen-like existence in the fashion circle, her daughter appeared in such a dreamy dress, whether it is in the circle or outside the circle, there must be a lot of discussion, then this LED skirt will definitely be popular, and may even become a trend!

Many people may think that the traditional aristocracy in Europe has been declining and no longer has much influence, but in fact this is not the case, and there may be no political influence, but the cultural influence is still great. Many trendy things are often popular among the upper class before they are sought after by the public. There is even a celebrity economy, and what clothes and what is popular for women of wealthy and aristocratic families are often quickly popular once exposed.

For example, Issa (Issa) is a young clothing brand, relatively niche, but because Princess Kate and Prince William announced their engagement to wear Isa's royal blue dress, the blue dress sold out within a few hours, and the brand became famous overnight. After that, because Princess Kate wore the brand's clothes many times, Isha quickly became popular all over the UK. Similarly, Chinese designer Wu Jigang became an instant hit because Michelle Obama wore a one-shoulder white dress he designed to attend the presidential inauguration, and Wu Jigang has since become the first choice for women in the American business and political circles.

If the LED skirt is popular, it can be a good answer to the controversy about LED. Isn't it worth the risk that costumes and LEDs can create a magical effect that can cause a huge response, and the visual impact of a square show with large LEDs is sure to amaze the whole world?

Of course, this is the most ideal situation, and it is also possible that the response to the LED skirt after its launch is mediocre, and not many people pay attention to it at all. But it's better to try at least to have a chance of success than to do nothing.

Anna Wintour couldn't understand Chinese and didn't know what Zhang Ran meant by the phrase "LED skirt", and asked, "What did you say?" Is Catherine's skirt designed?"

Zhang Ran said excitedly: "Ms. Wintour, it was already designed, but now I have a better idea. I'm going to make an LED dress that looks like an ordinary princess dress in the light and sunlight, but as soon as I enter the dark space, the dress will sparkle and become the kind of crystal dress that princesses wear in fairy tales!"

After listening to Zhang Ran's words, Wintour was also very happy, and felt that he had found the right person: "Crystal dress, this is really a wonderful idea, I like this idea!"

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Ran redesigned the skirt for Wintour's daughter, he did not copy Karajan's design, Karajan's LED skirt is a tube skirt, which is not suitable for wearing at the ball. Zhang Ran felt that the Cleon ball was a coming-of-age ceremony for girls, and a princess dress was the best choice.

So, Zhang Ran referred to the skirts of "Frozen" and "Cinderella" to design a set of sky blue princess dresses, the whole skirt is elegant, fluffy, and has a sense of flow, just like a watercolor painting!

The skirt is beautiful enough, but if you add the LED effect, the whole skirt will become extremely dreamy, which can fulfill the wishes of all girls, wear the most beautiful skirt in the world, and become the only girl in the eyes of the prince!

The next night, Guo Pei came to Zhang Ran's hospital room and saw that the door was open. She knocked on the door, and when she heard the sound of "come in", she pushed the door and entered.

"Guo Pei, you're here!" Zhang Ran opened the bedside table, took out the design and handed it to Guo Pei, "I designed a skirt and need your help to make it." Take a look and give me some advice by the way!"

"This is a princess dress, how did you design this?" Guo Pei took the design and looked at it, feeling strange, and then commented pertinently, "The color of the skirt is very beautiful, very fluffy and atmospheric, and the skirt has a sense of flow." However, in terms of style, it is more retro and even a little conservative. The whole dress is beautiful enough, dreamy enough, but not fashionable enough, not like a fashion designer, but like a movie costume designer!"

Zhang Ran nodded slightly, Guo Pei's vision was really good: "This is the skirt for the Cleon ball, which is worn by the girl at the adult ball." I think every girl has a princess dream in their hearts, longing that they are the innocent princess who is envied and blessed by the world, and this ball is an opportunity to realize their dreams, so I chose a more retro princess dress. ”

Guo Pei immediately understood when he heard the Cleon ball: "It turned out to be a dress prepared for the Cleon ball, that is very suitable! Some time ago, Chen Xiaodan came to me to see the skirt, but unfortunately people didn't like it, I didn't expect her to come to you, this skirt is quite suitable for her!"

Zhang Ran was stunned when he heard Chen Xiaodan, he knew that Chen Xiaodan had participated in the Cleon Ball, but he didn't expect it to be this year, so he waved his hand and said: "I don't know the Chen Xiaodan you said, and she doesn't know me either, how can she ask me to help her design a dress." It's Anna Wintour's daughter Catherine who is going to the Cleon ball, I don't know what Wintour thinks, Galliano, Tom Ford didn't look for me, they actually looked for me with these two knives!"

Guo Pei laughed: "Although Galliano and Tom Ford are great, they have designed clothes for too many people, and their designs are not unusual, and you are different, you are not a designer, you are famous enough, you are still a billionaire, you can design clothes for her daughter, that is the first." Many people who claim to be tasteful don't like to wear big brands like Chanel and Dior, but prefer to wear niche brands!"

Zhang Ran thought about it, it was really like this, and said with a smile: "I do plan to design a unique costume for Wintour's daughter, and I plan to blind the eyes of everyone present." "I want these areas to glow, and I want to have LEDs in the skirt that emit light, so that the whole dress will sparkle like the fairy tale Cinderella crystal dress!"

Guo Pei's eyes lit up, and this effect can indeed be achieved by setting LED dots, and the whole skirt will be as sparkling and dazzling as the legendary crystal skirt. However, she feels that although the idea is good, it is difficult to realize: "Your idea is very good, and the skirt is beautifully designed, but if there are too many LED dots on the skirt, it will increase the weight of the skirt, and even if you use the skirt to support the skirt, it will be difficult to keep it fluffy, it will look bulky, and you will not have that sense of elegance!"

Zhang Ran felt that this was indeed a problem: "Then do you have any solution?"

Guo Pei groaned and said, "I think you can use luminous cloth to make skirts, and arrange LED dots in key areas, such as the waist, so that the effect may be better!"

Zhang Ran felt that it made sense and asked, "Is there just a cloth that can shine now?"

As a fashion designer, Guo Pei knows the information of fabrics well: "Last year, the University of Michigan in the United States developed a cloth that can emit light, which can absorb solar energy during the day, and shine at night, and even illuminate people!"

When Zhang Ran heard that the fabric could be illuminated, he suddenly thought of the program "Dream Five Rings" in his memory. The stars flying down from the bird's nest magically gather in the field and converge into a silver ring of five rings, which are beautiful and full of magic as they fly from the sky and pick up rings on the ground, floating in the night sky with the five rings.

However, unfortunately, in order to achieve the best effect of the five rings, the lights of the whole audience must be turned off, and Feitian can't arrange too many lights, so he can't see the beautiful movements of the Feitian fairy clearly. Later, Xie Nan, the choreographer of "Dream Five Rings", said frankly that the girls who performed flying in the sky practiced in the air for ten months and suffered a lot, and their performance can be said to be the best flying in all the flying performances in China, but because of the lighting, the audience could not enjoy their performance, which is a huge pity!

If the Flying Fairy's costume was made of luminous cloth, would this regret be avoided?

Think about it, the flying fairy flies from the sky, with a faint light on her body, just like an elf, the whole picture will be more dreamy, and the visual impact of "Dream Five Rings" will be stronger!

Zhang Ran decided that when he went to the United States in August, he must get a luminous cloth to see the effect, but this whole luminous cloth is not suitable for the skirt of the Cleon ball: "What I want is not a cloth that can be bright as a whole, the whole piece is too rigid, what I want is a starry effect, and there are many small bright spots on the large blue cloth, like a starry sky, similar to a smeared phosphor pink, shining feeling, so that it is dreamy enough." ”

Guo Pei felt that this was a bit difficult, and frowned: "There should be no such cloth, it can only be customized according to needs!"

Zhang Ran said, "Then can you order this kind of fabric?"

Guo Pei said with a smile: "Let me find someone to test out the fabric you want, I'm afraid it will take a long time, and it will definitely not be able to catch up with the Clion ball, I think you'd better find Wintour, as long as she says hello, those clothing companies will try their best to make the cloth she wants." ”

Zhang Ran thinks this is indeed the best way, I will help your daughter make skirts, if you don't provide cloth, it will definitely not be reasonable. So, he took out his mobile phone and dialed Wintour: "Ms. Wintour, I have already designed your daughter's dress, but to achieve the effect I want, I need two special fabrics. One is a whole piece of cloth that glows, and the other is a cloth that glows a bit like a starry sky. You know I'm a director, I don't know where to find this particular fabric, so I can only find you!"

Finding a piece of fabric is really nothing to Wintour: "Of course you can, but you can't tell you the specific requirements for the fabric on the phone, it's better to let the fabric dealer talk to you!"

Zhang Ran thought for a moment and said, "That's it, I'm going to come to the United States every few days, and we'll talk when we meet!"