Humans born in the wilderness are gradually being transformed into cities they have built themselves, but their desire to explore the wilderness has not diminished, but rather strengthened. The power between humans and outdoor nature has fluctuated in the history of evolution, from resisting the wilderness to conquering nature and landscaping it. The natural environment is closely related to human life and the future. We need to explore how to make the natural environment play a greater potential in human living environment and coexist harmoniously with it, exploring the meaning of freedom. Fashion, like art, has fluidity and sustainability. Currently, it is the time to embrace diverse and rich artistic and cultural traditions, integrate into culture, and more broadly, integrate into nature, which has always been the vision of humanity in creation.

Dragon Fire is a warm, bright, and vibrant shade of orange that exudes strong passion and energy. Dragon Fire has high saturation and is extremely vivid, sitting between orange and red, thus creating a strong contrast and visual appeal. The hue of Dragon Fire is similar to the color of autumn leaves, making it a popular choice in fall and winter fashion.

Having experienced epidemics, wars, and changes in industries, people's spirits have long been burdened. The external shocks have made contemporary young people begin to deeply reflect on the relationship between humans and nature. This inner pursuit has transformed the meaning of outdoor activities from simple relaxation and escape to a deeper level of reflection, exploring inner ideals and cultural tension. At the same time, people's perspectives are extending towards the mountains, rivers, and landscapes of their homeland, driving the urban population in the concrete jungle to move towards a more vast world, breaking free from their current identities and merging into the countryside, emerging wild and free.

With urbanization, work pressure, and people’s pursuit of healthy lifestyles, more and more people are beginning to value outdoor sports. We can see from social media that more and more people are willing to share their outdoor life experiences and showcase their equipment . In addition, outdoor brands are constantly launching new products and technologies to meet consumers’ needs for outdoor life. Based on research into the new trends of outdoor brands and current consumer actions towards outdoor sports, this report identifies the key development directions for outdoor sports fabrics in 2025, which are mainly divided into three directions: technological exploration, naturalism, and urban outdoor. The technological exploration mainly focuses on professional outdoor exploration, pursuing high-tech texture and high-performance protection; naturalism is a way for people to re-recognize and feel the natural lifestyle, seeking harmony and coexistence with nature; urban outdoor showcases the yearning of urbanites for a free and casual lifestyle, and is a kind of stress-relieving light outdoor sports that meets multiple occasions.

The advancement of smart technology is driving the digital transformation of the textile industry, and the integration of fashion and technology will become a future development trend. Intelligent textiles are not a new concept, with a trend towards being lightweight, wearable, and mainly used in the fields of medical health, sports and fitness, and entertainment interaction. This report will focus on the application of smart wearable textiles in the field of entertainment interaction, using three representative brand products as entry points to illustrate the technical points of flexible electronic wearable textiles in emotional interaction, immersive game experience, and dynamic color-changing direction.

Repeated uncertainties accelerate the economic recession, however, the fashion industry is a durable consumer goods industry under direct affect. For Fall/Winter 2023, we expected for the symbiosis of natural beings and discovered a balanced survival pattern in the adversity. China was predicted to be a dark horse that would incubate the fashion. All the industries have expressed their vision about the future, including digital supply chain, the strategies that transform the shopping demand, the attitude toward lifestyles and IDEA marketing. We advocate to seize the chance to enter into the new fashion era, initiate changes from within, and embrace the Web3.0.

With the development of textile chemical technology and textile sustainability, polyester fiber welcomes a new revolution. This report introduces the technical principles and foresees the trend in two directions: eco-friendly polyester and performance polyester.

Vegan leather is a kind of leather-like fabric that is made of various chemical plastics and plant-based materials. The high cost efficiency of vegan leather makes it the best substitution of real leather, however, it also brings environmental problems such as microplastic pollution. With the development of science and technology, eco-friendly plant-based leather has been developed. Unfortunately, plant-based leather cannot be 100% biodegradable due to the use of chemicals such as coatings, but major plant-based leather companies have achieved initial success in low-impact dyes. Numerous brands have partnered with plant-based leather companies to launch products such as ready-to-wear, shoes and bags.

Internet will be our ideal future. COSMOS theme borrows a time machine to human and allows them to go back to the past. From silent-movie era to the western world, night skies to foggy forests, human are now embracing the all-around digital age and moving forward in the revolution. Aesthetic exploration fuses sci-fi with futurism, present with the past to develop tensive femininity-driven clothes.

Internet will be our ideal future. COSMOS theme borrows a time machine to human and allows them to go back to the past. From silent-movie era to the western world, night skies to foggy forests, human are now embracing the all-around digital age and moving forward in the revolution. Aesthetic exploration fuses sci-fi with futurism, present with the past to develop tensive femininity-driven clothes.

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.

The definition of outdoor style has already been changed. Outdoor wear becomes a lifestyle that chasing technology and performance instead of being the clothing for extreme outdoor conditions. Mountaineering culture follows the idea of ‘return to nature’. More and more people are paying attention to the natural ecology and embracing the healthy lifestyle. The concepts of camping and micro vacation reconnect the relationship between people and the natural world.

Down jacket is the most important media to keep out the cold in autumn and winter. Except for the must-have thermal performance and tri-proof functions, the appearance of textiles improves the visual values and the artistic and fun surfaces may provide positive psychological suggestions. This report will introduce you digital graduated fabric, kaleidoscopic fabric, retro recyclable fabric, playful checked fabric, lustrous metal fabric, and impressive leather to inspire the development of A/W 22/23 down jacket fabric.

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.

In this modern urban lifestyle with faster pace, practical, comfortable and individualized streetwear is loved by more people. Meanwhile, long-restricted people are willing to escape from city and embrace the nature, which forms a commuting and outdoor high-street style. Practical pocket design, handmade dyeing, functional fabric, and heterogeneous splicing endow daily items with diverse practicality and futuristic fashion.

As the mainstream category of kidswear, outerwear attracts consumers in S/S 2022 for its cross-seasonal practicality, comfort and multiple functions. Lightweight paper-like protective fabric is suitable for functional sportswear. Translucent polyurethane fabric is both rainproof and sunproof. Elegant dust shirt and advanced JK suit are also the trendy items.

With people's rising attention to health, the fabrics with peaceful and comfortable property become more popular. Comfort, health and functionality will be the key developing trend of S/S 2022 kidswear knitted fabric. Natural and outdoor elements can also be applied to improve the market value. Thus, natural knitted fabric, bright wide-stripe fabric and mushroom printed fabric will be the noteworthy fabrics in S/S 2022.

In this challenging market, people are increasingly focusing on comfortable designs and purchasing strategy that is to buy less but higher-quality products. Natural fabrics and neat design is the key of S/S 2022 infants' knitwear. Neutral color tone which is suitable for all four seasons and can be easily matched up is the trending color for infants' knitwear items. Thus, comfortable, natural and practical knitted fabrics like organic rib knitting, organic nap knitting and jacquard mesh knitting are suitable for cross-season styles and rapidly growing infants, both boys and girls.

Functional, protective and practical style prevails in the era full of uncertainties, and a sustainable lifestyle is welcomed. In A/W 21/22, kids' puffa jackets should be protective and versatile, multi-scene and multifunctional. The focus is on recycled, protective and eco-friendly durable fabrics. Therefore, metallic protective fabric, recycled technical fabric, ripstop honeycomb shape memory fabric and Teflon coated fabric are more popular with consumers, ideal to create A/W 21/22 premium kids' puffa jackets and outerwear.

Due to the change of lifestyles, sustainability and environmental protection become the focus of infants' wear. Therefore, comfort and sustainability will be a key trend for infants' knitted fabrics in A/W 21/22, aiming to make items more practical, relaxing and durable. Fabrics with single component and eco-friendly natural materials will be key designs of this trend. Bamboo fiber fabric, seersucker, comfortable quilted fabric and brushed sweatshirt fabric are multifunctional and trans-seasonal, fit for A/W 21/22 infants' wear.

Reversed Future is one of S/S 2021 theme color trends released by POP in October 2019, presenting a parallel world that never happened. Retro futurism contributes to a palette that merges nostalgia and futurism. Technical Orange Tiger, Digital Multicolor, Bright Violet and Vivid Blue are basics, pairing with Purple Heather, Sharp Green and Lemonade. Anthracite, Star White and Limestone mitigate and add depth, exploring an unknown journey.