Editor's note: The team of skilled workers is an important force supporting China's manufacturing and China's creation. In recent years, Henan has deeply promoted the construction of "everyone with certificates and skills in Henan", and has initially formed a vocational skills competition system with Henan characteristics based on the World Championship National Competition as the guide, the provincial competition as the leader, the special, industry and local competitions at all levels as the main body, enterprise post training and college technical competition. The second National Skills Competition was held in Tianjin from September 16 to 19, with the theme of "Skills to Become Talents, Skills to Serve the Country", and Henan sent a total of 141 players to participate in 108 competitions. During the competition, Dahe.com launched a series of reports entitled ""Yu" to See Unique Workers", focusing on professional and skilled talents who have shown their skills on the stage of the national competition, take a look at their "unique skills" and listen to their stories.
How long does it take for a haute couture dress to go from design drawings to cut ready-to-wear? In the second national vocational skills competition, Ren Gege, a player from Henan Technician College, completed four sections in two and a half hours and 18 hours, including style design, three-dimensional cutting, skirt plate layout, and women's clothing design, and finally became the youngest medalist in the second national skills competition.
"Seeing the clothes I made with my own hands is full of accomplishment"
At just 16 years old, Ren Gege was the youngest contestant in the competition, and she was delighted to have won the bronze medal in the fashion technology category. "I have been exposed to this project for a short time, and it takes more effort than the average player, and I am grateful to the instructors and seniors for passing on a lot of valuable experience and skills."
When talking about why he chose the path of fashion technology, Ren Gege said, "The road of competition began with contact with the school's young men's class."
Wang Mingfei, Ren Gege's instructor, said: "The school is a BIBS class established in 2021, mainly to cultivate some talented students, Ren Gege's results during the BIBS class have always been among the best, and the basic skills have been very solid, which once again laid her future competition path." ”
"Under normal circumstances, designers only need to design, and pattern makers are only responsible for plate making, but in the fashion design competition, the contestants must not only be able to design, but also know how to make plates, and at the same time need to cut and make samples, which tests the comprehensive quality ability of the contestants." Wang Mingfei told reporters.
Wang Mingfei introduced that the fashion technology project of the competition mainly assesses the application of clothing design, pattern making and production skills, and during the competition, through the use of high-speed flat sewing machine, seam locking machine, iron, man-table and drawing tools to complete the style design, three-dimensional cutting, industrial pattern production and women's dress production tasks of clothing.
Among them, in the three-dimensional cutting module, the contestants got a picture of a collarless and sleeveless dress, and a three-meter-long grey cloth needed to be fully simulated according to the picture according to the 1:1 ratio, and the back of the skirt required the contestants to use their creative imagination and design independently. "This is a test of the aesthetic ability of the contestants, fashion design is not only a design product, but also an artistic creation, the aesthetic and cultural heritage of the contestants is equally important."
During the preparation period, Ren Gege spent more than ten hours a day in the training room, "from 8 am to 11 pm, sometimes there are some difficulties, and it is possible to practice until 2 am. I would often summarize the problem and practice it many times until the same place would not go wrong again. "There are no shortcuts to learning, you can only slowly find skills through continuous practice." Through studying hard and watching myself make clothes one by one, I feel a sense of accomplishment. ”
"The competition is a stage to show yourself and a valuable learning opportunity"
Ren Gege said that participating in this competition is not only a stage for her to show herself, but also an opportunity to learn from seniors from all over the country.
"I learned a lot and gained a lot in the game. For example, the production of winding, I did not touch this technique before the competition, learned while competing on the field, and finally successfully completed the production. Ren Gege said that in this competition, he has seen many excellent seniors, and it is very helpful for his future professional development to increase knowledge and improve skills through communication.
"Our school has always supported students to participate in skill competitions, all kinds of consumables and equipment are replenished in a timely manner, and teachers have also given us a lot of guidance and help." Ren Gege said, "The most important thing now is to continue to learn professional knowledge, try to learn this skill well, keep going, fight for a better future for yourself, and live up to everyone who supports me and trusts me." (Zhang Jiaqi, Li Lianfan)