I have always been fascinated by exploring the balance between ostentatious appearances and deep thinking. This theme revolves around returning to the essence of life and extends to the subtle beauty found in everyday life and scenic journeys. Through meticulous craftsmanship that focuses on materials and details, as well as the concepts conveyed by 'dynamic craftsmanship' and 'quiet power,' it triggers thoughts on the relationship between beauty and comfort and further explores the connection between fashion and individuals. In the long journey of fashion evolution, a perfect balance has been achieved between color, texture, and contour, merging the traits of minimalism and abstract expressionism. It embraces a receptive attitude to examine diverse styles and combines them into personal expression, deconstructing and reshaping cultural ideologies and aesthetic standards tied to everyday routines, and discovering novelty in seemingly ordinary aspects of life.

Seeing begins before visualization. In visualization, the body needs to be perceived through immersion in space to make the mind calm. By practicing mindful awareness in the present moment and focusing on the control of consciousness, we use a craftsman spirit to create and explore the value of the present. Focusing on the present, inheriting and developing traditional handicrafts, and creating new values has become a current trend. From the perspective of color, consciousness and cultural elements are integrated into comfortable and visually impactful design to bring surprise to sensory and visual experiences and to create new art resonances.

For the 2024 Spring/Summer season, the style of women's knitwear is influenced by woven garments. In addition to the traditional classic styles, a variety of new styles are prevalent in knitwear. This article analyzes six styles, including the classic European and American styles, Korean style, wasteland style, new Chinese style, ballet style, and vacation style, in terms of their style characteristics, elements, colors, yarn organization, and other aspects.

Seeing starts before contemplation, and the body in contemplation requires immersion in space to lead the spirit towards stillness. By practicing mindfulness, one can be present in the current space and focus on the present moment through conscious control. Applying the spirit of craftsmanship to explore and create value in the present moment and to pass down and develop traditional handicrafts to create new values has become a trend in current development. From the perspective of color, incorporating conscious cultural elements into comfortable and visually striking designs provides a surprising sensory experience and creates new artistic resonance.

Practical & Chic -- The Design Development of Women's Dress

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.

Elegant Blooming -- The Item Design Development of Women's Dress

The topic of this report, “LESS IS MORE”, was inspired by the design mindset of the German architect Mies van der Rohe. This neat architectural style with powerful silhouettes and structures forms the minimalism of fashion design. Advanced pureness and qualities deliver an aesthetic attitude that is understated, restrained, gentle yet also powerful. With the epidemic-driven pragmatism, fashion consumers back into the track of minimalism. The topic is further divided into three series: Minimalist Unisex, Modernization, and Natural Casualness, endowing urban women with diversified styles.

In order to meet the delicate requirements of modern women for the new life, the clothing collocation of dress item is no longer presented in one-piece. The layered technique has been widely spread, and S/S 2022 dress items are also layered with other items to interpret the mismatch visual effect and the contrastive relationship between inside and outside. The various clothing collocations endow original gentle and elegant items with more emotional styles.

In this era when everything is changing, more and more traditional modes are challenged, and many industries realize their disadvantages and try to find their own way. Therefore, we abandon the transient mode that flows with the crowd, and underline the individualized, practical and mixed boundless mode, so as to inspire creativity. Clothing, as the reflection of reality, shows trends including long over long, short outer and long inner, clear layering, short top and long bottom, mix and match. The series of reports about S/S 2022 key words will continue.

With the awakening of women's self-consciousness and the change of social status, modern women can accumulate wealth instead of relying on men. They are aware of the importance of economic and ideological independence. Their free will shines out in history, exuding the natural beauty. Thus financially independent women will choose more diversified clothing collocation to show the sexy side and the confident side.

With the rapid development of the society, we enjoy the fast-paced city life, feeling down-to-earth yet a little lonely. We are busy with life but eager to pursue true selves. We are social men, and also sober urban bystanders. Therefore, the minimalism becomes an important part of searching for selves and also influences clothing. The minimalism focuses on details, full of vitality, and particular about silhouette, comfort and the superior but basic texture. It is very suitable for the workplace clothing of the simple & sophisticated style.

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.

The re-rising of crocs shows the new trend. Designs for Gen Y and Z are still clearly different, but comfort is the most important focal point. The basic silhouettes with comfortable constructions are the mainstream trend for the dress.

For lady's style, vintage, elegant, romantic and simple designs are often seen in dresses, and silk is mostly used. Streamlined and elegant silhouettes are key. Prints like marble, Toile de Jouy and animal skins are increasingly directional.