Exploratory study of software resources used for analysis of motifs from Bulgarian national folk costume

Abstract

Software products are available through which motifs of visual images of folk costumes can be converted into a vector format suitable for making them on knitting and embroidery machines [1]. In order to reach the final decision - which elements are to be embedded in modern clothing and textiles - a number of steps are sometimes required, which are challenging the designer - studying fashion trends, finding appropriate items that have not been applied by others to new clothes and textile designs are proposed to be attractive to the consumer and competitive in the over-stretched fabric and garment market [3]. To support this activity, software products and algorithms for analysis of colors and shapes have been developed and tested [1]. An algorithm was proposed in present work for obtaining elements of folk costume, suitable for conducting surveys in their application of modern textiles.