Cute elements as bears, animals, and Disney cartoon characters are presented by printing, embroidery, and rhinestones this season to show liveliness. The placement decorations on the front chest of sweatshirt are vital and youthful.

The leaders and promoters of the fashion world presented exceptional performance on designing, marketing, and community nurturing in the past year, which set a high-level standard for other brands in the future. POP Fashion selected the best womenswear brand, the best menswear brand, and the best collaboration to commend these prominent brands and designers.(Analysis based on the data of HYPEBEAST)

Christmas Day was once a religious festival, and its popularity started with the existence of Christmas cards and Santa Claus. People will wear new clothing and give gifts to each other to celebrate the festival and welcome the new year. All the underwear brands also release their customized products during the Christmas.

Hall-of-fame brands as Comme des Garçons, Junya Watanabe, and Yohji Yamamoto define the blood and mindset of Japanese fashion. Unconscious, sustainability, slow-fashion, low-profile, comfort, traditional culture, deconstructionism, and anti fashion are sitting at the center of Japanese fashion labels. “Vibe” is a key strategy for niche brands, while immersive offline store creates the most direct bonds with the public market. Taking young consumers as the main target, niche brands can highly adapt to the conditions on social medias.

This year brought the vaccine and with it a transition to the "new normal"; we dressed up to go out and to make ourselves feel good. But the effects of covid remained; we craved comfort and a new form of workwear, while on-screen moments continued to influence us more than ever. Over the course of the year 150 million+ shoppers looked on fashion shopping platform Lyst.

Shirts, jackets, and trousers are mainly designed to be simple on S/S 2022 trunk shows. Practical workwear remains mainstream, while romantic floral elements dominate the pattern category. We can see that quilting and splicing are the major crafts, combining traditions with fashion to renew the aesthetic tonality. Trousers are presented by exquisite tailoring to feel the minimalist charm.

The wholesale markets in South Korea are still dominated by neat styles in winter. Preppy styles also take a certain proportion. Quilting process is prevalent in the recent seasons, which strengthens the plasticity of down jackets. Patterns, crafts, and details are added to thermal fuzzy fabrics for a stronger sense of fashion and personality. Striped knitwear and outerwear with changes on color and formation provide intense visual effects.

S/S 2022 runways of Fashion Week in Paris, Milan, New York, and London have been finished. Under the steady situation of epidemic, fashion weeks operated the runway in a mixed pattern: a part of brands returned to the offline fashion show, while others continued the digital show, displaying new products through live streaming and videos. And the end of fashion week will definitely lead topics among journalists, celebrities, and buyers. The eye-catching designs revealed the unique mindset of each fashion house, which inspired the trend of next season.

Korean Dongdaemun market was founded in July, 1905. To manage this market with efficiency, Kwangjang Co., Ltd is established in November, 1905. Nowadays, Dongdaemon has become the biggest retailing market in Korean and a shopping paradise for young consumers. Even a unique consumption culture has formed. After being designated as the clothes retailing street, Dongdaemun is developing in an astonishing pace. More than 20 large shopping malls were built around this circle.

Independent designer brands have already become a mainstream in the market, and those niche brands from Korea are now affecting the fashion trend on a global scale. Some potential labels with not too much fame draw the attention of the niche fashion world and fashion bloggers. The strong momentum of the benchmark brand We11Done leads the trend. The main styles of Korean designer brands: mature minimalism, street fashion, and sweet girls. Clothing that celebrities wear is the most popular, while these high-quality products with personality can also attract loyal consumers.

The recovery of big four fashion weeks in S/S 2022 also brought revival and vitality to the streets in Paris and New York. Saturated and pure hues of blues and reds were selected the most by fashion bloggers to present the energy of rebirth and reignited love. Gown dresses and sexy elements penetrated into Paris and New York; overlength ankle-length trench coat, minimalist suit, and miniskirt were mixed-and-matched; sexy cutouts, luxurious punk rivets, and diamonds reflected people's desire for being open and expressing themselves; mural floral patterns exuded an aristocratic temperament; suit with tube tops and belted dress strengthen the modernized daily looks. Navy style and charming sexiness are the most prevalent currently.

The Lyst Index is a quarterly ranking of fashion's hottest brands and products. Lyst is a global fashion shopping platform, used by more than 150 million people each year to browse, discover and buy items from 17,000 brands and stores. The formula behind The Lyst Index takes into account Lyst shopper behaviour, including conversion rates and sales. It also includes Google search data, as well as social media mentions and engagement statistics worldwide over a three month period. According to the Q3 2021 list, Balenciaga was listed as the first place - 4 places higher than the last year, which was the largest uptrend. Besides, DIOR, Louis Vuitton, and Dolce & Gabbana were newly listed on the Lyst Index in Q3.

Under the urban situation that pays more attention to the life attitude, people desire for getting free from the invisible pressure. Minimalist businesswear has become an important developing trend, which is able to present wearers' neat temperament and casualness. We can see from the the daily looks of bloggers that minimalist businesswear can be greatly chic and fashionable.

S/S 2022 men's T-shirt and sweatshirt trunk shows still take patterns as the the main design element. Letters are presented by more creative designs, reflecting diversified inspirations; the fresh and active colorways can better show youthfulness and vitality; color graduation is transitioned by tenderer tones, which also remains the personality.

This report mainly puts emphasis on the patterns of womenswear runways, and compares the proportion of each mainstream element and style in S/S 2022 and S/S 2021. Plant pattern remains the dominating position on S/S 2022 womenswear runways; folk patterns, European-style patterns, and human figures trend upward, while animal stripes and linear patterns present a decreasing trend. Notably, the wallpaper-style floral pattern is also appeared frequently on the latest runways.

Among the denim silhouettes on S/S 2022 runways, vintage bottoms share a large proportion, specifically low-waist jeans, bell-bottoms, cross-season Bermuda shorts, and straight skirt; casual outerwear is prevalent for its high utilization and wide range of consumers; suit jacket echoes the casual business trend; casual vest has also been revived in S/S 2022 to increase the dressing layers.

Among the knitwear on S/S 2022 runways, mature elegant styles and minimalist styles are on the same level, and commuting collections are noteworthy; although folk styles are not prevalent in the mature markets, they have made breakthroughs on color application and pattern design. From fresh childishness to the sweet yet cool personality, youthful lady styles show a diversified fusion; athleisure style performs the most outstanding, and we need to notice its fluidity. According to the runway data and style researches, athletic styles are affecting the design and matching of minimalist styles and sophisticated styles, injecting vitality into the mature market.

This report mainly puts emphasis on the patterns of womenswear runways, and compares the proportion of each mainstream element and style in S/S 2022 and S/S 2021. Plant pattern remains the dominating position on S/S 2022 womenswear runways; folk patterns, European-style patterns, and human figures trend upward, while animal stripes and linear patterns present a decreasing trend. Notably, the wallpaper-style floral pattern is also appeared frequently on the latest runways.

On the big-four S/S 2022 fashion weeks, most brands have recovered their off-line fashion show. Women's leather and fur this season use classic, understated silhouettes and delicate details to renew the classics for new-era women. Focusing on updating the design, designers accentuate the comfort and practicality of silhouettes to provide casual dressing experiences. Colorless colors take the biggest proportion, followed by brown, while blue also trends upward in S/S 2022. Besides, this report will analyze the runway trends centering silhouette, craft, material, and pattern.

As a noteworthy event for designers, S/S 2022 runway started a color boom. These flamboyant and bold colors interpreted liveliness and tension. Colorless colors revealed a distinct downtrend comparing with S/S 2021. This report mainly focuses on the analysis of chromatic colors. According to the data, warm tones have increased clearly year-on-year, while cool ones trend downward; reds and greens take precedence, when blues and purples step back.

This report mainly puts emphasis on the patterns of womenswear runways, and compares the proportion of each mainstream element and style in S/S 2022 and S/S 2021. Plant pattern remains the dominating position on S/S 2022 womenswear runways; folk patterns, European-style patterns, and human figures trend upward, while animal stripes and linear patterns present a decreasing trend. Notably, the wallpaper-style floral pattern is also appeared frequently on the latest runways.