This COVID-19 pandemic drives the rise of healing tones. Peaceful, soft and healthy colors renew kidswear palette. Clear Blue Glass is ideal for various fashion items. And vegetable dyestuff caters to sustainability.

As our daily life is gradually recovering, people begin to cherish the hard-won freedom. Fabrics which display theme concepts and the brand's style work with latest patterns to reflect the simplest happiness and balance the clothing style and the wearer's individuality. Therefore, this theme focuses on the combination of S/S womenswear fabrics (including cotton, linen, silk, chiffon and blended fibers) with different patterns, and also analyzes trends, crafts and colors to display the novel and positive fashion.

On S/S 2021 catwalks, bright stripes gain popularity among mega brands Miu Miu, Sacai, Ports 1961, Maryling and Christian Dior. This report analyzes patterns and pattern trends from perspective of preppy color-blocked stripes, abstract wide-spaced stripes, folk rainbow pinstripes, resort stripes and tie-dyed stripes.

Holiday of Bobos is one of S/S 2021 theme color trends released by POP. Passionate and open colors correspond to S/S resort themes. Reddish orange tones are powerful and brighten the palette. Cold blue and purple hues echo bright warm tones, with neutral Whitecap Gray to transit naturally.

Belle Époque is one of S/S 2021 theme color trends released by POP. Customers are tired of stereotyped products of fast-paced, overly mechanical aesthetics, and long for something undiscovered, historic, storytelling and souled. It is a new trend for S/S 2021 womenswear to reinterpret classical decorations and bring delicacy and romance back. Influenced by maximalist aesthetics in Belle Epoque, unsalable deadstock and cheap basic fabrics are activated to create intricate looks, connecting the fantastic 19th century with the passionate 21st century.

Reversed Future is one of S/S 2021 theme color trends released by POP. It accentuates S/S 2021 retro futurism via virtual technology and digital colors. Metallic brights, streamer blue and multicolored space color by digital arts are key color trend of this theme. Sharp Green, as a decorative color, works with Zinnia to brighten the palette. Black, purple and other colds mitigates this palette.

This pandemic blurs the boundary between loungewear and everyday wear, and also offers an opportunity for loungewear to expand. Without compromising comfort, chic womenswear fit for both sofas and streets appeals to consumers. Breathable mercerized cotton, antibacterial compound knitted fabric and silkworm pupa protein are added by liquid ammonia, mercerizing, water-proof, crease-resistant, mosquito-repellent and UV-resistant functions, and mixed with new functional fibers including mulberry silk and Sorona, guiding a new direction for S/S 2022 women's loungewear.

This global pandemic drives people to grow an interest in a self-sufficient rural life. Embracing nature, being closer to animals and pursuing natural food are gradually influencing our daily life. This report analyzes patterns related to farm life.

Pearls add a layered sense and luxurious feel to patterns. This time we try to depict real pearl patterns, and combine with fringes, accessories in posters, mysterious eye patterns, floral chains and geometric layout to bring more possibilities. Digital print lowers the cost, ideal for fashion brands.

Pattern crafts have always been the focus. Fun letters show infinite possibilities and bring novelty to conventional styles. In the new season there are novel pattern crafts, including unique fringed embroidery, foaming craft, 3D fuzzy tactility and webbing. They can promote the brand and inject vitality.

With consumers' admiration for traceable and public goods, fine craftsmanship shows a growing momentum. The laissez-faire of liberalism is replaced by the restraint of restrictionism. Leisure and plenty of time regain attention and offer high quality and versatility, allowing people to pursue minimalism and elegance. Yarns blend with sustainable fibers and artificial fibers to reinforce functionality. Natural landscape and architectures inspire textures, expressing fine emotions in the free life. (This design capsule gets the help from Wuxi Zhiwu Clothing Design Co. LTD.)

Patterns express theme concepts and deliver the brand's style, quite essential. They need to have a strong expressive force and follow current trends and heated topics. They show profound meanings in the fusion and balance between clothing style and individuality. In the post-coronavirus era, surrealism, healing colors and retro vines comfort restless emotions. Since African artists have collaborated with mega brands, African culture has been valued. Nowadays, trans-boundary collaboration collections remain popular. Illusive soft focus is worth key attention. Too cool aesthetics lead us to explore more possibilities. The series of reports about S/S 2022 key words will continue.

Technical digital theme prompts the rise of unfocused prints and injects new vitality into flowers. Painting, twisting and layering bring rich intonation and visual effects to flowers.

With less social activities, people focus more on themselves and release their bodies, hearts and souls. In S/S 2022, people hope to feel the intimate relationship by being closer to nature and home parties. They also seek pure happiness in simple food and labor. That's why daily objects prevail recently, such as vegetables, fruits, food and seasonings.

As consumers have a higher demand for quality, comfortable materials and silhouettes create a voluminous space for consumers. Wrapped details mix with warm casual styles and layered items to bring a sense of wrapped safety, such as head-to-toe wrapped design, twisted front panels, draped cowl neck and wrapped kerchief details.

Louma El-Khoury, a fashion illustrator from Seattle, turns her baby's clothes into illustrations with just a pen and a pair of scissors. Reusing waste goods caters to sustainability and rejuvenates wastes. Besides, the product value also gets enhanced.

Dior and Gucci all choose dried flowers and specimen flowers as important patterns. The focus is on not only flowers, but also combinations of branches and flowers. Designers employ dried flowers, plant specimen, flowers and abstract geometric tendrils, showing more possibilities.

We divide four themes for S/S 2022 kidswear pattern trend. Feeling focuses on the in-depth understanding and experience of other civilizations, and calls for more humanistic tolerance and care.

People are more yearning for a digital future, and try to express their emotions with brights, especially the energetic and optimistic young generation. Futuristic digital light effect prompts the attention to pleasing and positive tones. Therefore, digital brights will widely prevail in fashion fields. Optimistic, aggressive and upward colors will underpin S/S 2022 knitted fabrics.

Paisley pattern originates in ancient Babylon and flourishes in Persia and India. In the 1960s, it was favored by the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix and David Bowie. It is exotic, retro and luxurious. And this complicated pattern creates a psychedelic effect. Gucci, Versace and MSGM interpret paisley from a new angle with new colorway and collage patterns. Paisley is not only a luxurious traditional pattern, and it also has romantic femininity.

Retro classic prints exude eternal nostalgic temperament. Back to the exuberant 1970s, music elements and retro colors create a classic and retro vibe for clothes, especially wavy psychedelic patterns and geometric patterns. Designers express themselves via album covers and lyrics.