| With the energy depletion and environmental degradation, the concept of "sustainable development" penetrates into all areas of society. At the same time, traditional Chinese art is re-active in people’s field of vision, "plant dyeing" as the old and traditional dyeing techniques. Is in the nineteenth century before the emergence of chemical dyes in the garment dyeing industry has a dominant position. In this paper, the study of natural "gardenia dying" fully explain the "sustainable development design" concept and the traditional Chinese art heritage and development.In this paper, the color of "Gardenia Dying" is studied, and the color rendition of "Gardenia Dying" and its correspondence with Chinese traditional colors are analyzed. Then, the author analyzes the important status of "Gardenia Dying" in Chinese traditional culture and the expression of "Gardenia Dying" in traditional dress to prove the importance of "Gardenia Dying" to Chinese traditional dress in the long history. However, the continuation of tradition does not represent the repetition of history, which leads to the focus of this paper ---"Gardenia Dying" in women’s innovative design applications. The dyeing experiment of "Gardenia Dying" was designed by analyzing the former dyeing experience, and a variety of effective color samples of the fabric were obtained, and the basic dyeing technique and coloring rule of "Gardenia Dying" were summarized. The traditional dyeing techniques and modern fashion structure and technology combined design and production of three sets of "gardenia dying" clothing. |