INTEGRATING EGYPTIAN AND JAPANESE COSTUMES AS A SOURCE OF INSPIRATION IN INNOVATIVE FASHION DESIGNS FOR WOMEN.

Every country has its own unique culture, which is different from others.This makes an incentive to know how different cultures are. Culture of Egypt and Japan Are different. They represent a challenge for designers to integrate both cultures in innovative fashionable designs. The present study aims to explore the characteristics of Sinai dress (Thoub) and Japanese Kimono, and create fashion designs for women at the age group (25-40 years) inspired by both. As a result, Historical study of Sinai and Japanese costumes is useful to create fashion designs for women. It reflects the characteristics of both costumes and integrating the cultures of both countries. The present study creates a new method to design outfits for women, which reflects the Egyptian and Japanese cultures by using the intersection areas that results from overlaying the technical drawings of both Sinai dress (Thoub) as a source of inspiration of proposed designs.


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Int. J. Adv. Res. 6(12), 650-659 651 Clothes of Bedouin women are characterized by decorations with beautiful stitches related to the desert environment. As the Bedouin women have a great role in decorating clothes with traditional decorations inherited from mothers and grandmothers. [1] When Bedouin woman decorates her clothes, she records artistic motifs in simple geometric lines that hold artistic symbols. These symbols are inspired by the surrounding environment, such as mountains, trees, palms, plants, flowers etc. [1]The Bedouin Dress (Thoub) is a distinctive dress for the people of this region and is characterized by the abundance of decorations embroidered on the neck, sleeves, and the sides and on the front and back tail. Neck hole is round with a front slit of about 10 cm in length. However in some cases, it may be squared or v-shaped. Sleeves are long but mostly straight or narrow at the wrist. This narrow sleeve is also featured by a small opening at the end of the sleeve at the wrist for comfort while moving and working.
Sinai dress is made of black cotton fabric and satin in black color. Sinai dress ishand-made by using a stencil stitch with the same embroidery threads because Bedouin women have not yet acquired sewing machines. [2] The Japanese Kimono: The kimono (着物, きもの) is a traditional garment in Japan. The word kimono in Japanese means "clothing" in general, where "着" is an act in the sense of "wear", "mono" means "something." Thus "kimono" means "the thing that wears". [11] Kimono also T-shaped Japanese clothes with rectangular sleeves and the accessoriesunder-garments, the obi (sash) and han-eri (collar)that are essential in holding the ensemble together. [12] Kimono is an ankle-length T-shirt with a wide collar and sleeves. The kimono is wrapped around the body so that the left limb is above the right side except in the case of death and burial. The right side is on the left side. [13] And wrapped in a belt called an obi, tying from the back to tighten it. Kimono is usually associated with wearing a pair of traditional shoes called Zori or Gita, with a pair of thumb socks called TAPI. [14] All kimono are the same shape and are of a standard size that can be worn by anyone, man or woman, regardless of height or weight. This gives the kimono versatility not found in typical western dress. [15] Unlike western dressmaking with its varied and sometimes individual patterns, the kimono is made from a single basic pattern. When kimono cloth is being woven or cut from whether they are worn by married or single women and the kind of occasion on which they are worn. [15]  Mofuku -Tomesode -Furisode Homongi-Coats-Haori Jackets Shiromuku -Iro Muji -Komon Tsukesage -Omeshi -Yukata Kihachijo -Satsuma Ramie [16] 4-Shapes Costume It takes A shape [2] It takes H shape [15] neck It is V neck opening [2] It is X neck opening [15]  It is not different from the design above except whether in terms of the main part of the dress or side cuts "banayeq" [2] big dress (Thoub) This Dress is distinguished with large triangular sleeves whose edges may reach the ground. Bedouins call these sleeves "Mataweeh" or "Abuerdan" because these sleeves move like wings [2] Mataweeh or Abuerdan

Komon
The name "Kihachijo"means yellow fabric produced in the Hachijo Island near Tokyo, but thename also covers other colors like blackand brown. The Tobi The bright yellow color is produced from a dye extracted from the kariyasu grass found in abundance on the island. [15] Kihachijo I ts kimono for town wear is Satsuma ramie, one of the most luxurious of summer materials. [16] Satsuma Ramie It is a summercasual kimono worn by both men and women. They are made ofunlined cotton or linen making them very light and comfortable compared to traditional kimono. [15] Yukata

Materials and Methods:-
The present research used different silhouettes of traditional Costumes from different Culture; Sinai in Egypt and Japan as a source of inspiration to create fashionable designs for women. Models were drawn for the age group (25-40 year).
Models poses have been matched to designs, which reveal the shape and style of the designs and enhance the dramatic effect desired by the designer.
Ideas are sketched out in rough sketches, then reworked and redrawn, starting with a really quick pencil drawing and then being revised and redrawn into a full-color sketch that has all, or most, of the final design elements incorporated into the drawing. Felt-tip marker pens are used to color design sketches. Markers used to produce an instant wash across a wide range of colors. In this study, the main Idea is a combination of Sinai and Japanese outfit. Costumes was integrated as an inspiration, aesthetically and artistically to merge between both cultures and different civilizations. 2019 color trend are chosen to color all designs, which is suitable to inspiration colors. To create the proposed designs, Adobe illustrator program are used to draw and overlay the technical drawing of Sinai (Thuob) and Japanese kimono. The intersection areas between both technical drawings are used a main inspiration for all designs. Arabic and Japanese calligraphy are used to add aesthetic value for designs.

Results:-
Proposed designs carry the main features of Sinai dress (Thoub) and the Japanese Kimono. They reflect the culture of Egypt and Japan by integrating the characteristics of Sinai dress and Japanese kimono.
The following is a presentation of technical drawing of Sinai and Japanese costumes, and overlay them to have intersection areas, which are used as a main inspiration of all designs.

Kimono
Sinai dress (Thoub)  Colors: 2019 color trends that are suitable to the inspiration colors.

Decorative Motifs:
Arabic and Japanese Calligraphy.