S/S 2021 Theme Forecast

The burst of adrenaline and the rapid rhythm changes are passionate and dynamic. Rave culture is widely welcomed by young people around the world.

Environmental protection becomes a topic of public concern, and drives the sustainable development and innovation in various fields. Thus natural organic and recycled cotton and linen fabrics become the mainstream. Comfortable recycled flax blends, skin-friendly washed cotton and sailing striped cotton lead the soft and simple comfort fashion. Workwear and folk designs can be used for reference to create the everlasting natural and comfortable style.

Colors of S/S 2021 come from two parts: upgraded natural colors and synthetic colors. They can mix with each other freely. And at the same time, this classification displays the dual characteristics of this world. The longer people stay in the network world, the more strongly they long for nature. We hope to get free from restrictions of science and technology, and face new challenges positively.

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 .

In women's knitwear of new season, check is equipped with deep and shallow colors, thick and thin lines, and concave-convex pattern. The combination with sequins and splicing brings an artistic mixing visual sense. Various checks, such as "checkerboard innovation", "rhomboid checks", "combined checks" and "renewal of houndstooth", have an evergreen fashion sense. The eclectic check is leading the fashion.

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.

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.

Chinese Style Floral Embroidery

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.

Resort style is the key style of dresses in spring and summer. According to catwalks and big brands, proportions of the dress in sheer gauze, the slip dress, the press-pleating dress and the dress with sequins gradually increase. In terms of patterns, wide and narrow strips, spliced irregular pop stripes, and floral prints with simple lines and contrast colors become major patterns for dresses in spring and summer.

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.

The soft and graceful lady style is back. As one of important fabrics which show female styles, lace fully displays the elegant and romantic temperament of females. Lace is eye-catching and luxurious. And it boldly integrates fabric, craft and design to create a unique style. Exquisite lace and light sheer gauze present a light, sexy and elegant female image through the barely-there gauze.

This report includes French slim silhouette, French v-neck dress, French Peter Pan Collar, French dress with a square collar, French retro silhouette- the short dress, and French retro silhouette- the long waisted dress. Combing with the rise of retro style in S/S 2020, this report analyzes the silhouette trend of French dresses in the 1950s.

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.

The black and white giant panda is lovely, unique and fashionable and it is deeply favored by people worldwide. Dolce&Gabbana and Brums are representatives. The partial and all-over pattern of the giant panda as well as the positioned printing add fun to the clothing. Kids love the clothing with the pattern of the giant panda.

The fast development of human beings leads to the rapid consumption and extinction of resources, and makes global resources scarce and precious. We begin to reflect on the lost precious resources that we rely on for survival, and the reuse of resources has become an urgent way for the original ecology. Starting from the natural organic fabric, fabrics of Landscape Protection fully interpret the compound natural space of the recycled fabric with light and soft texture, arouse the designer's new concept of reshaping the nature, and create the new environmental protection integrating human and natural ecology. With the sustainable concept as the core, it returns to exquisite craftsmanship and handcraft. Nowadays the pace of life is accelerating day by day, it attracts unique minimalists who cherish the enduring popularity, and advocates the practical, enduring, sustainable and handmade fabrics for womenswear.

With the popularity of environmental awareness, the uncolored denim with the comfortable appearance, the denim with distressed patches, the surface printing and the reflective pressed film become a new trend. In addition, severe washes are expressed in the denim items of DIOR and become the high-proportion denim craft.