S/S 2021 Theme Forecast

Currently, the environment is increasingly threatened, thus the industry development trend is still exploring sustainable development and harmonious coexistence with the nature. In addition, with the exploration of nature and the rise of many sports, human physical and mental health becomes as important as the health of the earth. Exercisers begin to listen to their physical and emotional voices. And the market's focus on exercise is also shifting to the emotional level. Yoga is the physical exercise, a mental journey, a way of life and a culture to explore the meaning of life. Under this background, natural language is applied to create bold patterns and unique designs for yoga clothes, which becomes the trend of sports fashion for S/S 2021.

Gathered-ankle pants have a design sense because of the gathered leg opening. The wide and narrow line changes display the tensile force of the style. And the popular pants become one of the hottest silhouettes in A/W 20/21 because they are practical, cosy and versatile. The loose silhouette is the key development direction. Denim gathered-ankle pants focus on environmental protection. Gathered-ankle pants with spliced side seams have a stronger high street sense and will lead the retro style in this season. Camouflage gathered-ankle pants come back with the creative design, and become the hot silhouette in this season.

Hydrogen energy, one of S/S 2020 color trend themes released by POP in December 2018, starts from the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games which take sports to the spotlight again. As the brand-new sport lifestyle becomes closer to our life, sportswear is indispensable in the fashion world. Circular economy gets attention, and hydrogen energy becomes a new concept after the idea of carbon-free energy. This healthy and dynamic state like hydrogen energy drives the "relaxed sport style".

Since the alpaca becomes the online celebrity, it turns from an economical animal to a likeable pet animal and gets favored by people worldwide as a daily design element. This season many kids' brands like Catimini and JoJoMamanBebe adopt various techniques to display the alpaca in the pattern. Starts from big brands, this report combines with crafts to conclude alpaca patterns .

With the development of industry and excessive production, the textile industry has become the second largest polluting industry in the world. As the environment is increasingly concerned, reuse, reconstruction and biodegradability become the focus, and we strongly advocate the traceability of clothing and the design concept of respecting the environment. In this background, the ocean, one of the main natural resources, attracts much attention. The ocean tones and textures provide inspiration for men's knitwear for S/S 2021. Bright-colored surface, flowing form and current resources like the algae inspire crafts, yarns and patterns. The integration of dark colors and light colors brings a rebellious fashionable urban temperament to urban gentlemen who advocate simpleness and are willing to accept novelty.

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.

The British girl, Iris Grace Halmshaw, was diagnosed with autism at the age of three. She couldn't talk at that time, and avoided eye contact with people. She was extremely sensitive and afraid of the outside world. After trying a lot of treatments, her parents found that as long as Iris picked up the brush, she calmed down and devoted herself to the creation. Children's painting is like angel's handwriting, full of innocence, romance and softness. The dribs and drabs and color blocks explain the simple but wonderful inner world of children.

Splicing is widely used in modern fashion design because of its unique feeling. The deconstruction and splicing of special silhouette reshape a new silhouette and bring a strong visual impact. Nowadays youngsters pursue freedom, individuality and self-expression, and deconstruction and splicing of special silhouette cater to this trend because they reflect the differentiation of fabrics and silhouettes. Thus this technique becomes the most popular craft currently.

Animal pattern still popular. One of the hottest pattern is the king of beasts- the tiger. The image and expression of the tiger still attracts many designers. This report concludes tiger and geometrics or tiger and texts, fashionable and convenient to use. Hot techniques like doodles and illustrations present more fashionable tiger.

Milkbarn, an American fashion brand for maternal and child, always brings unique patterns. Its gorgeous appearance makes it very popular in infants' clothing. Inspiration source of this brand could be up-and-down hills, free wildlife, cute and cuddly pets. This season, the minimalist color-blocked animals, totem animals and realistic watercolor-style patterns scatter in infants' clothing. This report starts from big brands to explore all-over animal patterns.

It is not surprising that articles for daily use have entered the fashion world. In the latest shows of S/S 2020, bottles and jars appear. Various perfume bottles and wine bottles of different shapes, multifarious bottles bring us to the collector's secret chamber. Hand-drawn bottles are combined with letters or splash-ink grounds. Color blocks and stick figure are also there. Many design crafts cater to current trend, presenting the artistic slow lifestyle.

With cunning eyes and a mouth full of pointed teeth, crocodile is beautiful and dangerous. Perhaps it is more fascinating because it is ferocious and unapproachable. In terms of pattern, the crocodile is personified interestingly, highlighting its cuteness. This report starts from big brands to explore more possibilities of crocodile.

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Mood Industry is one of the color trend themes for S/S 2020 released by POP in December 2018. Starting from the rapid development of science and technology currently, people begin to explore the industrialization of emotional intelligence. We firmly believe that intelligent machines and software will stimulate "affective revolution" in 2020. Changeable moods will be collected, recorded, even diagnosed and cured. Industrial products can capture our expressions and sounds, and thus make responses. We give technology "wisdom" as well as "emotion".

As the concept of sustainability prevails, the environmental awareness of brands and consumers is gradually strengthened. More and more fashion brands are introducing eco-friendly and renewable technology, and consumers are willing to pay for it. Sustainable fabric trends for S/S 2021 will focus more on utilizing waste materials and natural materials. Natural plant materials could be used as alternatives to vegan leather and vegetable dyes to reduce damage to the environment. Used textiles are recycled to reduce the waste of raw materials. It is urgent to solve the problem of global plastic pollution. And the synthetic textile fiber extracted from plastic has become a hot topic. In the trend of environmental protection, people want to pursue the beauty of the original ecology.

Under the trend of comfort, the silhouette of trousers is developing towards the direction of looseness and comfort. Wide leg structure, the strong contrast of gathered placement, the retro Disco flares and jumpsuits will be key trends in A/W 20/21.

Stationery which is closely related to children's life becomes the pattern inspiration source for Dolce&Gabbana and Billieblush. The various and changeable stationary is arranged in different ways and processed by different crafts to show a funny and fashionable appearance. This report starts from big brands, collects and develops several stationary patterns for designers' reference.

Mr. Crab who is restless all day, has a whim to explore the depths of the ocean. He does not know what to prepare for his departure. Mrs. Turtle tells him, "Be ready with a heart to explore and find beauty!" This is the first time for Mr. Crab to be far away from home. When it is quiet, Mr. Crab can hear the sound of a steamer splashing across the sea in the distance. The sun shines into the clear sea. The coral is swaying along with waves. Mischievous clownfish constantly shuttle back and forth here. Miss Squid and Miss Pufferfish make an appointment to visit the newborn baby whale, and wave goodbye to the lethargic starfish. In this season, designers boldly use various colors to bring us to the mysterious deep ocean. Aurora, candlelight peach, grenadine, little boy blue are infinite colors given by the nature.

Leggings are derived from fitness pants, also called as the underwear. They are once out of people's view because of the circular trend. In 2012, designers redesigned the fitness pants and a new kind of pants was born- leggings. Leggings are made for wearing short skirts, anti-exposure and tight wearing. Silhouettes include pantyhose, tampered leggings, anchored leggings, slight flares, sportif tight leggings, mock-layered leggings. The sportif leggings are popular and become an necessary item for girls.

Fauvism artist love to use bright and thick colors. They tend to use the pigment extruded directly from the paint tube, and apply the straight and extensive brushwork to give a strong impact, which fully show the expressionism pursuing emotional expression.