Abstract: Abstract: The application of fabric defect texture is hugely popular in the expression forms of modern fashion design. By comparing, generalizing and organizing the forms of expression, this article not only deeply dissected, analyzed the nature of defect texture, but also expounded the dialectic relationship between defect texture and traditional advantage texture. At the same time, this article analyzed the intrinsic factor and social influence about the popularity of apparel fabric defect texture, studied the relationship between design conceptions of defect texture, physiology, esthetic and emotion, pointing out that defect texture design is the materialized form of psychological regression, emotional design and personalized design. At last, the article illustrated its own opinion focused on the application and development of apparel fabric defect texture design, also tried to indicate the mistaken ideas of which and the ideology which should comply with.

Key words: shell fabric, defect texture, apparel design, fashion