The decline of street fashion draws the design focus on the brand itself. Trousers pursue no more novel elements but adjust the ever-lasting shape slightly according to market needs. Popular styles are diversified, such as the tailored cropped trousers with turn-up hems, tapered suit trousers and high-waist floor-length loose trousers, allowing men to extend individuality.

Retro aesthetics makes a comeback. Check, as a classic element for retro style, becomes the focus of designers. Gucci creates the double-breasted checked woolen outerwear. Dior presents oversized vague checks. American retro Vichy plaid sweeps Miu Miu this season. Key words of retro checked wool include combined checks, oversized vague checks, the fine quality and nostalgic slubbed wool. Moreover, American retro green checked wool is also noteworthy.

Vintage defines the S/S 2021 men's swimwear style. Retro color-blocking, prints and silhouettes show newness. Preppy style in the 1990s and sailing themes keep inspiring men's swimwear. Symbolic primary colors in blocked patterns display this theme. Retro piping and side stripes inject novelty into sports shorts, showing the charm of 1970s vintage beach. More and more urban stylish men favor five-inch baggies. The solid, loose and short inseam shorts are advised. Board shorts return back with the shorter fitted silhouette, neat colors and simple prints. Retro feel is integrated into sporty cutting, and bold geometric prints renew the semi-formal style.

Denim outerwear is cool and tough. It spans seasons, ages and genders. This season denim outerwear weakens the western leisure feel and becomes more urban via layering, elements, sets and silhouette changes. Its varied clothing collocations will display a new female look.

As consumers increasingly favor versatile items, trousers in Pre-Fall 2021 pay attention to minimalist details and refined silhouettes. Influenced by tailored style, trousers and suit pants become more elevated business style. Women in the future will have various demands for trousers. They pursue both good-looking appearance and comfort. Bermuda shorts are neat and cool. The mock-layer trousers deliver a retro feel of the 1980s and get renewed in a minimalist way, thus extending the service life and becoming a core item.

Trench coats have been popular since the 19th century. Later, Thomas Burberry designed an advanced uniform for the British army, known as a trench coat. Lightweight and wind-proof trench coats are elegant and classic. In S/S 2021, designers pay attention to details, and clothing collocation of trench coats.

In the mid-17th century, the concept of afternoon tea first appeared in England. Started by Anna Maria Russell (the seventh Duchess of Bedford), it soon became a social trend. At present, British afternoon tea is popular worldwide. It is not just a cooking culture, but also the epitome of aesthetics. Exquisite refreshments, refined tea set and comfortable decoration, has been used and improved by modern people.

With the improvement of people's living standard and consumption consciousness, escaping from the city and embracing nature has become an important trend. The primitive charm of nature once gain call on people to escape from the busy city and return back to the essence of life. Men's leather coats incline to utilitarianism, create a healing vibe through personalized details, and convey the casual and free fashion attitude.

In recent years, various styles are mixed, and business style is also subverted. Fused styles, innovative designs, silhouette changed and diversified details, all show a younger trend. Deconstruction and splicing of Basscoutur, layered plackets of Balmain and mock-layer of Comme des Garcons Homme Plus perfectly interpret multiple possibilities of business suits.

As consumer groups pursue the improvement of life quality, the delicate and elegant tweed has been further expanded. The most representative Chanel tweed is leisure-luxe and elegant. In the new season, tweed uses light fine yarns, and delivers a noble temperament through mixing colors or intertwining yarns. Soft multicolored yarns are integrated, or blended with metallic yarns to be more luxurious. In the new season light and thin tweed expands the age group.

Females want to display their leg lines and pursue simple and powerful charm, which gives rise to commute looks in the new season. As a necessary item, jeans perfectly display femininity. Denim shorts, ankle-length jeans and floor-length jeans focus on the waisted effect. Silhouette is adjusted to well modify legs.

As a manifestation of the mass psychology, clothing has been influenced by all aspects of society. Under the background of the pandemic, people will focus more on the consumption for the purpose of protecting their own health and safety, and their awareness of self-protection will be further enhanced. Thus in A/W 21/22 protective clothing becomes important. The combination of urban leisure and outdoor sports enhances functionality and brings more practical designs for knitwear. Details on the head, shoulder and back will help with the design of new items.

Monogram has a century-old history in the fashion industry, serving as a status symbol for its users and a taste label for mega brands. Nowadays, monogram weakens the noble feel, blends with modern elements and returns back. Billie Eilish, a super star, is also keen on the bootleg monogram.

According to the latest online retailing information of mega brands, in A/W 21/22, the switch between leisure and office is a mainstream design direction. The OL style trousers and casual trousers are combined or mix & match, catering to consumers' pursuit of leisure and comfort. Especially the tailoring style combing long trousers with suit pants is a key recommendation.

The instability of our living environment makes utilitarianism particularly important in clothing, which also drives the popularity of multiple pockets. In A/W 21/22, this kind of design continues the 3D pockets and patch pockets, and also pays attention to detail and appearance change. There are decorative edges, processing lines, hidden pockets, exposed 3D pockets, flap pockets and 3D pockets in multiple shapes. A detachable pocket is also added to the belt, becoming a punchline. Pockets are both practical and good-looking.

Optical Art is an art that uses optical illusion as a technique of expression. It produces the illusion of vibration or deformation through a dynamic picture created by color and geometrics. The black and white optical artworks created by the British painter Bridget Riley in the 1960s became the inspiration for fashion designers, and drove the craze for optical art trend which led to a greater diversity of clothing designs. Taking a look at the A/W 20/21 four fashion weeks, we can see psychedelic patterns are widely applied in this season. With the return of vintage trend, designers reinterpret the Optical Art in this season.

Star map accurately depicts persistent features in the night sky. The Dunhuang star map is the oldest surviving map in the world, and now it's in the British Museum. The western star map originates from the ancient Greece-roman period, develops in the 16th century after the Renaissance, and reaches its peak in the second half of the 16th century to the 18th century. Star map not only records the stars, constellations, nebulae and so on, but also draws many patterns related to myths and legends. It has the serious aesthetics and a mystical feeling, quite in line with haute couture.

The popularity of the 1970s adds a unique retro feeling to classic preppy designs. This season sustainability and pragmatism return; durable and transseasonal items gain much attention; suits, dresses, Polo shirts and vests are kept; modern sport elements are injected into preppy looks; sport set and school uniform bring full vitality.

With the development of China's economy and technology, China's culture soft power has been improved, and fashion genes also need improvement. Elements of romanticism and classics have been subtly transformed by contemporary methods. Oriental design concepts and aesthetics will embrace essence of other civilizations, and there will be new Chinese designs in the new season.

Looking at the A/W 20/21 catwalks, the voluminous architectural H-line is influencing A/W 20/21 men's business leisure suits to a large extent. The H-line suit with shoulder pads and a lengthened silhouette reflects suits are developing towards the young leisure style. The wrapped plackets, wide-shoulder, double-breasted three-button and peak lapels reveal a neat architectural feeling.

Recreated Classic Art is one of A/W 20/21 theme color trends released by POP in July 2019, reflecting in this chaotic era blended art has a great appeal. British designer Paul Smith brings a street feel to gentlemen in highrises, which means classic mix is a new black for businessmen's wear. Time-tested looks and mixed design give suits a street chic touch. We respect classics but not replicate theme. We recreate them with modern forms. In the four fashion weeks which just end, the art is awakened, injecting the artistic fashion into the classic quality sense.