Animal prints play an important role in prints. On A/W 20/21 catwalks, animal prints remain favored by designers. Unlike the sexy feel previously, recent animal prints incline to a neutral and elevated appearance. In addition to realistic sexy leopard print, dotted simple leopard print is more practical. Hawksbill texture resembles leopard prints, so the natural gloss is a key way to distinguish them. Tiger print and snakeskin use unisex colors to tap into the market.

With the increase of turbulence and unrest in real life, the concept of "wandering in the wild" shows its strong appeal along with the rise of escapism and outdoor trend. Busy urbanites long for a poetic journey, encounter the wide wonderland, and stretch their free and unruly soul. Vagrancy is a dialogue between the spirit of self and the outside world, and allows us to feel the free new self in the essence. We listen to the call of the wild, combine casual cosy tone with light folk elements, and interprets the brand-new outdoor attitude of outdoor fashion. In A/W 21/22, we respect the laws of life and nature, experience the vastness and wildness of nature, and step on the wandering to the end of the horizon.

During this turbulent period, consumers will be interested in staycation and explore destinations that are closer to home. Therefore, swimwear should be worn across multiple locations, from garden lounging to the pool. Highly functional fabric and comfortable design make the item more versatile and time-tested. Multifunctional design is key to meeting the demand for leisure, sports and intimates, such as "swim to gym" and "intimates-style swimwear" design. Designs should tap into rose-tinted nostalgic tones. Nostalgia reveals a desire of escaping from reality, so sun-bleached retro floral prints can create statement-making looks. Neutral tones keep the design prevalent and enhance the appeal to wider consumers.

Influenced by internet thinking, Gen Z pursues consumption upgradation, focuses on the experience and seeks for fun highlights. In order to meet their demands, decorations and elements are noteworthy in women's fashion leisure knitwear. Edge designs, color-blocked drawstrings and pocket changes create young and vigorous looks for women's knitwear, and build a youthful vibe with the contrast between color, pattern and crafts.

As consumers pursue the improvement of life quality, delicacy and elegance become important. Sustainable fashion drives the exploration of exquisite and durable details to be a mainstream. Traditional handicrafts become an important form of clothing details. Delicacy and craftsmanship return back, and weaving will mix with femininity to create fashionable items.

As a common pattern, letter is widely used and combined with various crafts. Print & embroidery is the core expression in this season. Glossy print and 3D embroidery enrich the pattern. Splicing enlivens the pattern. Delicate beads create refined high-end ready-to-wear. Textural 3D print and decorative letters are highlights. Multiple crafts make the pattern tensile and layered, showing more possibilities.

In A/W 21/22, ready-to-wear look will be a key trend in womenswear. Ready-to-wear puffa jackets are fashionable and warm, easily switching between different occasions. This report will analyze key silhouettes of lightweight long outerwear, collarless light overcoat, trench coat, well-fitting style, A-line silhouette, umbrella cape, down dress, down skirt and mono-color set, so as to guide the design direction of women's puffa jackets.

Recently, butterfly prevails. Tmagazine' cover of Zhao Wei, Cosmo of Angelababy, the Korean and Mexican edition of ELLE March issue, all employ butterfly element. Kylie is also enthusiastic about butterfly. She designs Stormi Collection into the butterfly shape, and gives her daughter a dreamlike butterfly themed birthday. The latest showcase of McQueen combines butterfly decoration and its rebellious style.

Artists' sentiments about the snowfield are strongly reflected in A/W 21/22 women's puffa jackets. The Neuschwanstein Castle is covered by thick snow, which echoes the Nordic home decoration art. GIRLS & BOTANICAL, Colombian illustrator Stefania Tejada's collection of surrealist works, also brings inspiration for young women's puffa jackets. Story of The Snowfield tends to be calm and warm. Tone-on-tone color blocks make the palette richer and harmonious.

Time will leave its imperfect or rough traces, and the past will revive in the future. Futuristic gilding effect marks the time traces and reveals the imagination of the past and future through rough textures and heavy metal materials. Feminine silhouette and placement gilding allow gilding to show a warmer and softer metallic quality in A/W 21/22.

Patterns are fun, imaginative, and eye-catching. This report takes illusory patterns as the main design technique, and combines them with prints. Highly realistic hand-painted bag is used as the print on T-shirts, quite surprising. The skeleton print shows a dark high street fashion. Accessory prints such as zipper and chain deliver a unique design sense. Hand-drawn draft brings more possibilities for simple T-shirts.

Modern urbanites are increasingly longing for returning to nature. The idyllic style caters to this trend. We are in a soothing and natural garden with various plants and florals. Cream Gold, Stratosphere, Almost Apricot and Eggnog decorate the whole picture, and create a leisure and free vibe.

Consumers get used to increased time spent at home, so the demand for comfort and minimalism strengthens the importance of core items. Designs develop toward durability and multi-occasion application. Soft accessories will shine brightly after the pandemic.

Combined crafts become the main trend of pattern craft for knitwear. Basic stitch and jacquard in knitwear are combined with embroidery, print, bead and applique to enrich pattern expression techniques and create a refined pattern effect, thus highlighting the space contrast between virtuality and reality, or thickness and thinness. With the popularity of minimalism, simple crafts dealing with same colors and same materials are also non-negligible.

After the pandemic, design will focus on providing solutions or emphasizing lifestyle changes, and cater to utility concept by versatility, and pay attention to accessories of the upper body. Practicality and versatility will be the key to creating fashionable items. Adaptive designs will prevail after the pandemic.

The overcoat is an necessary item for men, and the focus of menswear brands in early spring. In Resort 2021, the fashion leisure overcoat is the key point of big brands. Light retro elements stand out this season. Classic overcoat silhouette is kept, and loose silhouette is popular. Catering to the young market, this season fashion leisure overcoats will highlight young designs and become the featured item of early spring.

Inspired by old sci-fi novels and the universe, the Milky Way Party of A/W 20/21 blends modern elements with a retro keynote. In line with the trend of technical quality, strong colors and dazzling metallic quality are features. From reuse of stock fabrics to creating durable versatile items, all these will appeal to consumers who focus on sustainability.

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.

Mondrian is a Dutch painter. He takes geometric figures as the basic elements of his painting, and adopts three-primary colors to simplify the form into the pure abstract composition of horizontal and vertical lines. With his deep internal observation and insight, Mondrian creates the beauty of equilibrium in the universal phenomena. The dress of Yves Saint Laurent is inspired by Composition in Red, Blue and Yellow by Mondrian, which is the first time to combine fashion design and art. This leads to a trend of collaboration design between fashion and art. Yves saint Laurent also launches his own A/W 1966 collection, showing 10 Mondrian-inspired dresses that would surely make their way into fashion history and have a special name: Mondrian dress.

Victorian style refers to the dressing style from 1837 to 1901. Victorian style features the large-scale use of lace, thin gauze, ruffle, ribbon, bowknot, multi-layer cutting, crinkles, and shirring elements. And royal court styles such as stand collar, high-waist, princess sleeves and gigot sleeves are dominant. With the popularity of vintage trend, this luxurious and subdued soft style will bring a brand-new visual experience for us.

Climate change is changing the rules of the planet, which drives us to notice the microworld and explore the dreams of plants. The most primitive alga expresses the most rebellious ideas of plants. The world today seems to be breaking down and being reorganized. The grass-root class comes together for changes that institutions or governments cannot make, and we are beginning to explore the revival of localism in this globalized world and its significance for the future.