Blend Boundary delivers the Natural Epiphany’s pursuit of digitalized nature. Consumers are trying to explore the Bionic Scenes through Cross Dimension View. The mega theme advocates that urban people should chase for an ageless, avant-garde carbon-fashion experience. Nature-sourced hues are blended with digital luster to satisfy consumers’ appetite for the symbiosis of nature and technology. The mindset of Blend Boundary provides a new mode of getting along with the natural laws: pursuing scientific creations as nurturing the nature at the same time.

Not too much or too less, Lagom sources colors from the ‘balanced variations’ in intelligent living. Minimalist lines and thick hues are fused to pursue the multi-dimensional experiences. We need to slow down in the fast-tempo lifestyle to enjoy the joy in our lives. The anxiety from life and work stimulates our desire for healing. The inspirations from art, culture and senses satisfy the appetite of ‘Equilibrant Enjoyer’. Living a balanced, moderately paced, low-fuss life is what Lagom is all about.

According to the researches toward consumer portraits, data trend, design evolution, and the dynamics of fashion industry, the forward-looking group of POP Fashion released the forecast of five themes in A/W 23/24 to predict the fashion trend and broaden the horizon of fashion design. Symbiosis is the mega theme in this season, expressing that the updated standards are accelerating the revolution of fashion industry. The diversified requirements of young consumers will be constructed and satisfied by improved efficiency and algorithm models in the industry.

Retro Time delivers new-era kids’ emotional expressions toward the old times. Various throwback moments and scenes are reproduced to recollect the golden age and start an escapist journey in summer. Joyful colors and classic elements are fused to reinterpret a vacation style that combines current age with the past. Retro Time hopes to offer a time filter to children to create a romantic atmosphere and hold a self-healing party, enjoying the passion of sunny beaches and the peacefulness in forests.

Metaverse gives a futuristic sci-fi palette which accents the visual effects of materials and digital abstract. Neutral tones are widely used to explore the practical color trend. Blue and green are fused for a fantastic feeling. The purple hue of metallic color simulates the imagination about material contrasts and mixes the virtual space with the reality. Chic elements are also injected into kidswear design to strengthen the color fluidity.

The palette of Animism is sourced from the natural world. Minimalist and gentle spectrum colors soothe our minds. Environmental practicers who pursue the recycling and regeneration are exploring the natural art and inner power with an adventurous spirit. Minimalism is their core idea. As handicraft masters, they grow up freely in a pure environment and feel the living beings in artistic fields as floriculture, ceramic, painting, and photograph.

S/S 2023 Keywords of Art & Culture digs into the connection between China and hot international topics from multiple dimensions. Metaverse, Reading Economy, Sensory Approach, Marine Ecology, City Expression, Survival Exploration, Mysticism, and Cultural Relics are selected to be the eight keywords. In the post-epidemic era, the crisis of daily ecological environment has been the normal, which causes influence on economy, education, politics, consumption, health, and even the concept of information. Digital technology and revived ecology are developed toward two separated directions to deal with the unknown crises. This report will explore the developing direction of art and culture through artistic ideology, knowledge economy, ecological environment, history & culture, and digital technology.

The colors in the theme Animism are sourced from the nature. The minimalist and gentle spectrum soothes the mentality. Vegetarians who pursue the zero-carbon lifestyle explore the beauty of nature in an experimental spirit and advocate the multi-domain circulatory system. They are chasing for F.I.R.E.(Financial Independence & Retire Early) and balanced Ayurveda. They are artistic wanderers, who consume in the art scenes with an identity of VIC. Culture, experience, and value are their favourite targets for investment. Pursuing tactility and durability, joyous sense of humor and sensitiveness break the conventions of art, fashion, and life.

Metaverse, the ultimate ideology of internet, bridges the spirits and continues human’s dimensional utopia from a diverse perspective. People desire for a sympathy mind from the others, but they can not run away from Tower of Babel’s curse in the end. The contradictory builds an uncrossable wall between people, yet Metaverse provides us with a possibility to think on the opposite side and understand this uncontinuity from another visual dimension, which breaks the boundary between virtual fashion and the real one.

The theme Multifaceted Player conveys that these unconventional cross-border people desire for a carefree and unlimited lifestyle in this diversified background. They are always switching between different characters and scenes and enjoying the fun of being a multifaceted player. The fashion world is also trying to be break the restraint of design to meet consumers’ need of multidimensional symbiosis.

Retro Time conveys the spiritual expression of Gen Z consumers' nostalgic emotions and awakens the memory of the golden age via scene replays. Discovering the oasis that we desire for, an escapist journey is started the high summer. With the use of joyous tones, new elements are joined by the old to present a retro vacation style. Retro Time hopes to create a relaxing and carefree mini-vacation atmosphere for the busy teenagers in city. A self-healing summer rhapsody reminds us of the passion and romance in summer, and reinterprets the highlights of that classic, golden age.

Just like signing a Faustian contract, technology and machines take people to a virtual addictive mirror. They are controlled and defined unconsciously. People are immersed in the unreal sensory stimulation in the virtual world, and they make contracts for infinite scientific power. With the clear differentiation of human's society, there come a small group of people who insist to themselves and celebrate excessively avant-garde fashion. More pioneering brands and experimental designs are shown to encourage people to get rid of the restrictions of deeds.

Back to Origin is a color story in the Animism -- The Color Trend Forecast of Menswear. The sky colors from dawn to dusk are made into light and elegant tones. Tender neutrals are grouped with pastels to convey the extraordinary peacefulness and beauty. These natural, dreamy neutrals are introduced into the design of men's knitwear to create a cozy and joyous daily atmosphere, which is suitable for both future lounge and business casual.

According to the researches toward consumer portraits, data trend, design evolution, and the dynamics of fashion industry, the forward-looking group of POP Fashion released the forecast of five themes in S/S 2023 to predict the fashion trend and broaden the horizon of fashion design. When the virtual world started the fashion "Metaverse", the physical world opens the "Animism", which is the future vision of Meta-Heuristics, the mega theme of S/S 2023.

Free, a word with infinite energy, gives people the prepared tension. New-emerging fashion we-medias and arts force the young generation to accept information constantly and try to look for their real-selves. Influenced by pioneering fashion culture, the dress of children is guided by the aesthetic of their parents. And Freed is more important to the fashion looks of teenagers. The core of this theme, Genderless Fashion is more likely to be accepted by young fashionistas. Loose outfits, plain materials, internet IP and crossover collaboration allow Freed to lead the fashion trend.

New generation's clearer recognition of the relationship between individual and the world has experienced the impact and integration of multi culture, which can reflect the evolution of independent mindset and aesthetic. Impulsive spirit calms down in the updating living conditions. With the rise of natural confidence, there are more and more bold dream makers, who creates multiple interlaced spaces in their own world. Every unique individual should be appreciated in this inclusive and free condition.

Vision is human nature. We are always striving for the best. Our city ,architecture, space and daily life all show the yearning for a better life. An unconventional spiritual garden is opened in a minimalist and casual way to present the natural power. There is simple and modest elegancy between light and shadow, brightness and darkness, virtual and reality. Time is passing in one direction, and space is changing in multiple planes. People want to reflect infinite reveries in limited space through the interaction with space and nature.

Free is a word with infinite energy, which also gives people the prepared tension. New-emerging fashion we-medias and arts force the young generation to constantly accept information and try to look for the real-self. As the most direct way for self-expression, the young generation has abandoned the traditional concept of clothing and they are attempting the subversive fashion aesthetics. With the louder voice of LGBTQ+, internet youngsters start to explore the boundary of genders depend on their longing for the diverse society. The core of Freed, genderless fashion has been more popular among the fashionistas, which is a precious kind of self-expression and compromise of the young generation.

New generation's clearer recognition of the relationship between individual and the world has experienced the impact and integration of multi culture, which can reflect the evolution of independent mindset and aesthetic. Impulsive spirit calms down in the updating living conditions. With the rise of natural confidence, there are more and more bold dream makers, who creates multiple interlaced spaces in their own world. Every unique individual should be appreciated in this inclusive and free condition.

In the era of overloaded information, our senses are easy to get tired and hungry. So we need the stimulation from all aspects to awake ourselves. The Sensory Intensifier pursues orderly aesthetics and transboundary senses to present the Intimate Customization of retro quality elites. The psychedelic visual effect of Op Art is fused with the extreme joy of Radiant and Colorful to reach the inner senses. Spatial hierarchy and color fluidity refine the real requirements of consumers, and extend the collection design and structural features of production.

Vision is human nature. We are always striving for the best. Our city ,architecture, space and daily life all show the yearning for a better life. An unconventional spiritual garden is opened in a minimalist and casual way to present the natural power. There is simple and modest elegancy between light and shadow, brightness and darkness, virtual and reality. Time is passing in one direction, and space is changing in multiple planes. People want to reflect infinite reveries in limited space through the interaction with space and nature.