H+ is one of A/W 20/21 theme color trends released by POP in September 2019. Survival, need and extreme desire for self-expression are driving humans to adapt to the next phrase of evolution, and transhumanism (H+) comes into being. Stephen Hawking predicted that a superhuman race superior to the average humans in terms of intelligence, longevity and immunity would rise. Peacock green and cactus flower are main colors, with summer green, brilliant blue, orange.com and tap shoe to create a surreal futuristic feeling.

The Australian fire, which has been burning for more than half a year, and the outbreak of NCP have brought pressure from nature. We are anxious and longing for healing things in the new season, like the blooming flowers, lovely animals, desire for a healthy lifestyle and retrospection on nature. And they will become prints, patterns, doodled letters to heal us.

The outbreak of the NCP makes the relationship between man and nature hot again. This season the key of pattern is abandoning complicated prints and patterns, and focusing on what people really care about. Slogans of environmental protection update T-shirt text patterns, and marine protection presents the underwater world through cartoon images. Caring about emotions and life, rainbow elements and florals are used to create a positive vibe. Plain embroidery and graffiti display our daily life.

Because of the outbreak, antibacterial and protective fabrics are being snapped up by major medical manufacturers. Exercise and immunity will become the focus of S/S 2021, and people will pay more attention to improving their immune system through various sports. This season the knitted fabric will tend to be more protective and functional, and become water-proof, antibacterial, comfortable and luxurious to be all-weather and durable.

Resource waste and environmental pollution brought by fast fashion enhance our awareness to sustainable fashion. Customers get tired of stereotyped products and long for something undiscovered, historic, storytelling and souled. The organizers of S/S 2020 Paris Fashion Week initiate Good Fashion Paris campaign to bring together industry insiders on sustainable development. France has legislated against excessive waste in the fashion industry: luxury brands are not allowed to burn clothes! We reflect on the excessive mechanical aesthetics, and take the past as experience. Just like during the Victorian era, Belle Époque and the transitional period from Industrial Revolution to monopoly capitalism, we call for art restoration, reinterpret classical decoration and resist excessive waste of resources by fast fashion.

The design combines past with present, aesthetics with practicality. Recalling the classic and the slight fashion inspires the new season to comprehend men's knitwear of the fashion leisure style. And the exploration of details and crafts of ready-to-wear makes delicate and functional T-shirts more integrated into the daily life.

Every season, designers will splice different fabrics with novel designs to bring different visual effects and hand feelings. Compared with spliced structures, A/W 20/21 pays more attention to fabrics. Retro and luxurious velvet and corduroy make a contrast with sportswear fabrics or knitted fabrics. Fleece will be expressed by new fabrics. Splicing different materials adopts a wider range of fabrics, like denim, suede, wool and woven shirts.

Actually, when Chinese designers integrate their own design style, personality and life attitude into their designs, the Chinese fashion is born. With the arrival of the new century, people will gradually shift their focus from living in the present and recalling the past to the future due to their confusion and longing for the future. Thus the futuristic and technical functional style will be an important developing direction for S/S 2021. The strongly functional deconstructed T-shirts and fashionable hooded T-shirts are worthy of attention in S/S 2021.

The concept of marine environmental protection is a widespread concern. In A/W 20/21, the natural environmentally-friendly yarns and craftsmanship promote the development of knitted items. Embossed quilting and the eco-friendly indigo technology are used to create the marine style texture. Creative yarns are used to create a smooth gloss, and the granular texture creates the appearance of marine organisms. Based on the elegant charm, a casual feel is added. The knitted fabric is soft, comfortable, well-fitting and close-to-skin. It is adopted to create a soft and graceful outline and a visual impact and touch to the item.

In S/S 2021, sports-oriented consumers pursue durable and individual design and skin-friendly products on the premise of health. They like simplified consumption, so they will choose multifunctional items. Producers need to promise the comfort of items and focus on functionality and practical details. So the light undershirt and basic items will emerge. Fabric with a naked feeling brings an unconstrained flexible sense and a skin-friendly feel, and it can shift between work and sports.

The T-shirt is fit for all the year, and can bring infinite possibilities to the look. Individual T-shirts could interpret the style of the brand. The silhouette change could also endow the clothing with various styles. The loose silhouette is undoubtedly a design point. Different techniques can endow the T-shirt with a lethargic and casual feel. In addition, the mock-neck T-shirt is worth attention.

Influenced by grunge subculture, the pattern of traditional street culture is gradually overturned. Exaggerated oversized silhouette becomes normal in S/S 2021. The representative grunge printing displays the unruly attitude of T-shirts. Unconstrained sleeveless long T-shirts and offbeat reorganized long T-shirts display the free individual street fashion of the new-born generation. Lethargic straight long T-shirts hide the bottom, interpreting the rebellious and unique vigor and attitude of fashion teenagers.

On the afternoon of August 23, 2019, 32 global fashion and textile giants signed Fashion Pact, set up the alliance for sustainable fashion and made solemn commitments to three themes: mitigation of climate change, restoration of biodiversity and marine protection. The signatories of this convention are famous fashion and textile enterprises, including the French luxury groups Kering, Chanel, Hermes; the Italian luxury group, Giorgio Armani; the British luxury group, Burberry; the American sportswear giant, Nike; and the Li & Fung Group in Hong Kong. RUYI GROUP, a world-renowned technology textile and fashion brand operator, is the only company in mainland China invited to sign the agreement and join the sustainable fashion alliance. So we can see the development, production and application of yarns pay more attention to the balance with nature/environment than ever. The sustainability of yarns has become the top priority.

The forecast for the S/S 2021 is based on future visions in next decades. Many visions become real with the support of technologies. And some visions become the charming future that never happened. Many contemporary art imitations of early futurism are known as retro futurism which combines retro style and technical futuristic style to bring a retro and sci-fi feeling. Flowing colors and lights can be used to strengthen the retro and sci-fi visual impact.

With the rise of Chinese fashion brands, more and more people pay attention to domestic original brands. As one of the most important items in spring and summer, T-shirts are fully released by original designers. The loose silhouette is still the core. Straight hooded T-shirts have a certain market. Tie-dye returns back to public with its more creative design. The continuously innovating silhouette is combined with current popular elements and design points to inject more creativity and personality into T-shirts.

Plastic-free Coast, one of S/S 2020 color trend themes released by POP in December 2018, starts from protecting marine life. The ocean is the birthplace of life, but now we dump plastic in it. To protect the ocean is to save life. According to the UN's latest statistics, the annual output of plastic reaches more than 0.3 billion tons, and half of it is disposable. If we don't take action now, there will be more plastic than fish by 2050. We call for a plastic-free coast and a clean sea.

Under the influence of environmental protection and sustainability, this season sweatshirts tend to be practical and versatile. Apart from conventional jersey, fleece fabric becomes hot. The oversized loose silhouette is welcomed. Functional woven fabrics, half-open zipper in the neck and pockets make sweatshirts functional, changeable and versatile. Color-blocked mock-neck with ribs and striped v-neck add novelty to the simple style.

Cycling is a healthy and environmentally-friendly lifestyle and an upward life attitude. By 2018, there are 47.5 million cycling enthusiasts worldwide. The world's biggest cycling race, the Haute Route, starts in this year. For experienced cycling enthusiasts, sweatshirts tops, cycling shorts and jumpsuits can help riders reduce wind resistance, constrain muscles and perspire during long-distance rides.

Generation Z and the network society grow together. With the increasingly digitized lifestyle , virtual Internet celebrities with millions of fans rise. Virtual Internet celebrities depend on the existence of the network, which in a sense isolates the real communication between people, and creates a new way of communication. As the developing intelligent 3D technology and CGI continuously add creativity to reality, there's a reason to believe that virtual Internet stars are just beginning to take off.

The shirt is the most important silhouette in menswear, the hot item in men's closet, and one of the favorite silhouettes for street fashion brands. In S/S 2021, silhouette of street fashion shirts combines with the hottest elements to bring novelty and give a visual feast to the street. Classic checks will show a sense of high street in a new form. Functional elements are still popular in this season. The loose T-shirt with all-over pattern will lead the fashion in midsummer streets, and become the necessary street fashion shirts for youngsters.

MAKE KOL is one of color trend themes for S/S 2020 released by POP in December 2018. From the perspective of the common growth of generation Z and the network society, it pays attention to the increasingly digitized lifestyle and the rise of virtual Internet celebrities with millions of fans. Through interpreting virtual Internet celebrities that depend on the existence of the network, it points out that the S/S 2020 trend in a sense isolates the real communication between people and creates a new way of communication. As the developing intelligent 3D technology and CGI continuously add creativity to reality, there's a reason to believe that virtual Internet stars are just beginning to take off.