As the representative silhouette of menswear, almost every man has a shirt. It is also a hot silhouette for street fashion brands. In S/S 2021, street fashion shirt combines popular elements to show novelty. Light deconstructed shirt will gain attention this season, and functional elements also continue. The all-over printed loose short-sleeve shirt will dominate streets in high summer and become an necessary silhouette for young groups.

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.

The design craze of the classic retro style activates the vitality of retro products. The atmosphere full of insecurity and fear makes people look forward to beautiful and hopeful things. Under this background, luxurious retro court style is awakened, so people can face the terrible circumstance with a positive and optimistic attitude. This trend is also combined with unsalable products, catering to sustainable design concept. The unique appearance contains the charm of vintage, and the nostalgic keynote enhances the value and significance of products.

Travel is a way for human to explore the world, to pursue freedom and adventure. BoBos start a discovery tour about holiday, with swaying sycamores and undulating waves to escape busy life. Bourgeois qualities blend with free and artistic Bohemian style for an imaginative trip. Memory flashes back and time slows down, people embrace nature to enjoy vacation.

The return of the 1970s Bohemian style drives the popularity of the lifestyle which is close to nature. Exploring the folkloric style is the theme of high summer. Catering to Holiday of BoBos, sustainable development is the necessary condition of fabric choice. Organic plant fabrics like linen, hemp fibers and organic cotton become the focus of environmentally-friendly fabrics.

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.

Influenced by feminine power, street fashion also integrates these elements into womenswear. In A/W 21/22, more luxurious elements and sportif elements will be blended. Mixed elements and unconventional design allow haute couture to blend with street culture. The mix & match of retro elements with high-waist will be the main trend of the street style in this season. Shirt and suit collocation will emphasize the light business style elements and practicality. And designs accentuating femininity such as high-waist enhance the feminine feel of street style.

Landscape Protection is one of theme color trends for A/W 20/21 released by POP in 2019, which focuses on natural ecology. The nature provides an organic and comfortable palette. And inspired by nature lovers, architects and philosophers, bamboo and deep lichen green are key colors. The peaceful and natural palette allows people to escape from short-term pressure through observation and reflection. Environmentally-friendly grey, peat, beet red and natural light khaki are integrated to be more eco-friendly and create a comfortable tranquil beauty.

Sustainability drives us to pay more attention to the relationship between human and nature. With a theme of animals in nature, different crafts are used to depict the beautiful scenes of animals galloping freely in the nature. Animals are applied to clothing in the way of placement positioning embroidery. Rich color changes and stitch changes make the pattern more vivid.

Influenced by the changeable, diversified, panic and anxious environment, the multi-piece match emphasizes the layered sense. Disorder and irregularity are impacting the traditional mode. The mix & match of multi-piece match enrich the layer change and express the wearer's pursuit of individuality. Thus it will be an important trend in the future.

The textile industry enters a temporary downturn due to the outbreak. Material manufacturers, brands, wholesalers hope to relieve financial through new media or live streaming. Rational consumers are growing, and practical items will become more popular. After the outbreak, consumers will favor the simple and basic items. The shirt is the representative of pragmatism, and "transboundary item" is the new design concept. So consumers will choose simple and basic styles.

At the beginning of 2020, we are seemingly surrounded by bad things, like the outbreak and the earthquake. Anxiety, panic and sadness are overwhelming. We want hope, want to be healed, and want to embrace the fresh air. What we are going through endows pastel colors with more responsibilities. Soft pink tones, sunshine yellow tones and green tones are powerful, endowing pastel colors with a new definition. When spring is in the air and blossoms are everywhere, everything will be alright.

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.

Denim is getting increasingly popular. And the cinematic aesthetics of Once Upon A Time In Hollywood has inspired emphasis on durable denim look. Catering to the revival of retro style, in S/S 2021, designers adhere to the nonchalant and sincere attitudes of the late 1970s and 1980s, use the retro keynote to add novel elements to unsalable and recycled denim, apply primitive elements to enhance the indigo denim texture, and utilize the improvement of laser and ozone to display the denim charm of natural original ecology and to bring close to the aesthetic perception of the natural environment. Reactive dyed denim, soft denim and eco-friendly denim jacquard are integrated with soft practical style, adding modern elegance and enduring vitality to new femininity.

In S/S 2021, the silhouette of denim shirts is combined with popular elements to bring more novel designs and provide more choices for S/S street. The well-fitting boxy denim shirt will become a popular silhouette for denim shirts, while the loose spliced check shirt and the oversized denim shirt will dominate the silhouettes of street denim shirts. The loose western denim shirt will lead the style of denim shirts and becomes the hottest silhouette currently.

Influenced by the restoration of art, the young lady style for S/S 2021 brings decorations and the voluminous feel back to the public view. Retro Victorian, Baroque and Rococo aesthetics gets rid of seriousness and dullness, and appear in clothing playfully and ethereally. Influenced by this style, the young lady style pays attention to the decorativeness and richness, and uses the maximalist aesthetics to create more good-looking clothing collocation.

In the quick-paced S/S 2021, consumers need to face different occasions in different identities. The classic simple shirt will return in S/S 2021. It uses simple lines, meticulous details and comfortable fabric to bring simple and wearable styles.

The royal court style is still popular. Puff sleeves and gigot sleeve become the key element for S/S 2020 catwalks. And the elegant royal court style will be integrated with more modern elements in S/S 2021, such as accordion press-pleating and the elastic band. Modern crafts are combined with the classic silhouette, creating a subtle balance and a girl image of modern royal court style.

In A/W 20/21, business leisure fabric retains the conventional quality sense and upgrades the new touch. The classic is recreated by mixed and creative designs. Functional sheer and renewed crinkles strengthen the artistic effect and endows the conventional business shirt fabric with vitality. Nostalgia gossamer revives the retro luxury. As the pioneer of the retro fashion, corduroy and luxurious satin fabric are full of a retro feel and applied to shirts, fully displaying the charm.

The return of the retro style drives the elegance of the last century to bring new inspirations. Elements of the classical court style have been a source of inspiration for many designers. Collar becomes the key detail for women. The focus shifts from sleeves and cuffs to collar and neckline. Those retro and fashionable elements like ruff and rabat are redefined by the modern time, and come back in a brand-new look.

As the fashion avoids the influence of street fashion, exquisite casual formal wear enters the young market and classic business leisure shirts will be renewed by novel crafts. In this season, exquisite edge piping displays meticulous details and is welcomed by young consumers. Interesting shirts with a zipper strengthen the casual sense through a contrasting visual impact, writing a more creative design language of business leisure shirts. The simple and urban business leisure splicing becomes the hot craft with its avant-garde designs.