Abstract: Chinese-style dress has unique Chinese characteristics and cultural connotations, while silk fabrics are best embodies the characteristics of Chinese-style dress and the beauty of the materials. By using various refashioning methods, you can create rich and varied visual effects. Based on introducing these plane or three-dimensional refashioning methods such as printing, hand-painting, embroidery, bead-work and appliqué, this paper attempts to explore the ways for expressing creative ideas and design. Based on practical cases, it also introduces samples of refashioned silk fabrics and how to use them in designing Chinese-style dress that embodies both the spirit of traditional Chinese culture and the sense of times.

Key words: Chinese-style dress; silk fabric; traditional culture; planar refashioning; three-dimensional refashioning