AMBUSH began as an experimental line of jewelry – innovative pop art inspired designs capturing a distinct Tokyo aesthetic. With apparel created as a canvas to complete the story, AMBUSH evolved into designing unisex collections. The brand made its Paris debut in 2015 with VERBAL & YOON being listed as two of Business of Fashion's Top 500 people influencing the global fashion industry for 4 consecutive years from 2015. Vintage Americana is conflicted with hip-hop unexpectedly to present patterned T-shirt and military ornaments, which reflects the fearless spirit and charm of the founder.

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.

YUHAN WANG is a London-based womenswear brand established by Yuhan Wang in 2018, focusing on rebellious aesthetic, fluid spirits, poetic and romantic nostalgia, revealing feminine strength and understated beauty through pieces of uncompromising quality. Designer Yuhan Wang mastered the use of silky floral fabrics, playing with proportions and layering that are currently considered as a signature style. "Beauty with weirdness, softness, delicacy and sensibility" says Wang. S/S 2022 collection, titled Juliette Has a Gun, raised the problems about gender inequality and women's vulnerability. The vaguely Western strand of her theme explained this season's horse prints among Wang's roses and butterflies. The romantic styles of the brand was integrated with darker colors, and conveyed the feminine power through pistol holsters.

FILA, founded in 1911, is a textile and knitted garment company founded by FILA brothers in Biella Town, Italy. In the 70s of last century, in order to cooperate with the diversified development, FILA turned to sportswear, and developed tennis, golf, fitness, skiing, mountaineering, basketball and other series. Adhering to the brand concept of "LIVE YOU ELEGANCE body moving and elegant heart", FILA subverts the traditional sports image and always works to convey the passion and vitality of the century with the elegant style.

Founded in 1933, LACOSTE has been representing for relaxation and elegancy. Being obsessed by sporty symbols and cultural observation, Louise Trotter's active designs create a high-end sports fashion. Her S/S 2022 collection was born of the habit that Louise has been biking to her office throughout 2020 and 2021. These sporty, lively silhouettes from the looks of street bikers reflected complementary people's desire for going out. LACOSTE accentuated the warm tones. Bright Poppy Red, wine red, orange, and Rattan were rather active on the street. Classic rubber tennis skirts and breathable vests all used innovative fabrics, while printed stripes presented liveliness through different colorways. Functional details are paired with sharp color conflicts. Buckled bags and sneakers with elastic ropes inject functionality and practicality into our daily lives.

Through the data analysis of S/S 2022 knitwear items, crafts & details, yarns & stitches, and patterns, we refine the trending points for knitwear on the latest runways.

And Wander was launched in 2011 by two designers, Keita Ikeuchi and Mihoko Mori, who worked together as designers at ISSEY MIYAKE. This brand was born of a strong passion of the two founders: for making "fashion in the nature/mountains just as enjoyable as the everyday fashion". They have been pursuing to offer sophisticated items with the blend of high-fashion style that stimulates the consumers' sensibilities within the functionality and practicality of outdoor clothing.

Being known as "the Poet of Black", Yohji Yamamoto has been the greatest influencer in the field of traditional apparel and design for 40 years. Bold, avant-garde tailoring and black keynote form his signature unisex fashion.

Chinese chic has been more and more active on the international stages. The prosperity of China allows every young people to be confident. From shapes and colors to structures and atmosphere, we can see the prettiness of traditional Chinese apparels. Chinese frogs, stand collar and cheongsam remain the timeless classics, and the combination with trendy brights and jacquard fabrics bring Chinese chic to a global scale.

The colors on runway will be an important direction for S/S 2022. From the comparison between S/S 2022 and S/S 2021, we can see that colorless colors remain the proportion, so this report will pay attention to those chromatic colors. The increasing of earthy tones is the most distinct according to the data analysis, while orange-infused reds and blues trend downward. From the chromatic colors on S/S 2022 runways, earthy tones occupy the most(27%), followed by orange & red and pastels.

We develop the present to foresee the future. S/S 2022 Shanghai Fashion Week, themed "The Future Is Now", followed the strict control of epidemic and held a series of events. There were over one hundred new-product launch events during the fashion week, including menswear, womenswear, kidswear, and ceremonial dress. MASHAMA returned to China and led the opening catwalk. Designer brands were selected to be the starting lineup instead of famous commercial brands, which signaled the creativity and vitality of China’s fashion system.

JOEBUSH is a namesake brand founded by an independent Korean designer in 2014. Inspired by rock music, his patchwork presents an alternative fashion style, which has attracted brands like LMC and JOYRICH for collaboration. JOEGUSH fuses its signature reproduction technique with other brands to produce a unique visual impact.

Children of the discordance established by Hideaki Shikama in 2011. Inspiration coming from recollections of fashion and music beginning with the 90s and onwards. Updated and Upcycled items from personal collection of archives and vintage sourced worldwide over the many years, Hideaki Shikama focuses on respect for craftsmen, creators, and producers, working beyond the concept of fair trade for production that creates the sophisticated one off products expressing the attitude of "DISCORDANCE".

The American designer Pharrel Williams was grouped with some Japanese designers, as the founders of NIGO and BAPE, to establish a global fashion label Billionaire Boys Club in 2003. To echo the street and retro fashion, tie-dyed craft, extravagant prints and plaids are all appeared on clothing. Astronaut logo, stripe and graffiti diversify the clothing all year around.

The Korean designer brand BEBE DE PINO released its latest collection, Lazy Forest Club, to endow children with imaginary wings which allow them to get to the most peaceful world. The children here are more brave, smart and even stronger than you know. They adventure, play, and accompany each other to realize their dreams in forests.

Fashion always rises before fabrics and apparels. As the social model is affected by the epidemic, the development of fashion trend is divided into two directions: one is to meet the needs for comfort and safety, while the other one is to express oneself in a more joyous, positive, and easy way. Fashion, technology, design, trend, and culture are combined together to promote the industry and guide the development of new products.

The ski specialty brand, SPYDER was founded in 1978, and it became the official sponsor of US ski team in 1989, providing high-performance skiing gear for 30 years. Taking technology as the core, SPYDER pursues innovative designs to meet the needs of consumers.

This report mainly refines the core silhouettes and items of womenswear to provide designers with intuitive references and trend guidance. According to the database of POP Fashion, dress still occupies the most proportion in S/S 2022 with a little drop. Influenced by the 60s-90s retro fashion and the sexy trend, miniskirt and minidress has returned. Outerwear is the second most category, and colored suit and oversized suit have been the key items; trench coat focuses on the oversized shape as well, which shows superlong tailoring. Tops take 23% of all the categories: cropped tight-fit T-shirt, oversized minimalist shirt, and slim cardigan interpret the new fashion trend of being sexy and simple. Among pants, high-waist loose trousers keep the momentum, while hot low-waist pants and cargo pants create unrestrained and casual looks through their loose, straight shapes.

Influenced by the pandemic, the 37th session SPINEXPO Shanghai was held as offline seminars, and visitors had the chance to communicate with professionals face to face for the first time. Taking "Past Stillness", "Present Awareness", "Future Movement", and "Cyber Fantasy" as the main topics, this exhibition displayed over hundreds of new fabrics.

After seasons of centering pragmatism, women's knitwear brought back fashion and ornamentalism in S/S 2022. On S/S 2022 runways, basic T-shirt and knitted sweatshirt fabrics were integrated with modern textures, printing, rhinestones and sequins. This report will discover the developing direction for S/S women's knitted fabrics through the introduction of cotton knit, matte blend, textured surface, lustrous surface, fancy knit, retro geometry, latest celebrating knit, and air-layer knit.

Founded by the Chinese designer Tuff Leung in 2013, HAMCUS, a former premium apparel manufacturer, features wasteland and functional styles. Thick anti-utopian aesthetics are integrated to present a unique collection system. Through military uniform and sci-fi battle suit, HAMCUS has raised an unprecedentedly creative and bold way of design.