In 2019, urban outdoor style grows continuously, and it will take on a more obvious momentum in the post-coronavirus era. As a functional item, trench coats leave a large space for design. In addition to changes on functional fabrics, silhouettes take cues from outdoor style, and become more diversified.

As a functional clothing, puffa jackets are mainly basic styles. With the development of urban outdoor style and renewed designs, functional business fashion brings new highlights. From combined fabrics like corduroy and satin to color application, from upgraded silhouette to ingenious details and various quilting, from combination of function with fashion to the addition of business, puffa jackets have been a featured item for brands.

At present, shops, restaurants and offices gradually open in China, and life is slowly but orderly. Although there are signs of recovery, getting the life back on track depends on how quickly the virus can be contained. Due to the pandemic, new modes are emerging in all walks of life. Online consumption is usual; conventional mode of working in office becomes telecommuting; contact-free service prevails; household entertainment rises, resulting in the boom of games. As for the fashion industry, the pandemic is a challenge yet an opportunity.

Camouflage, originating from military and combat readiness, has been endowed with rich design connotation since its birth. Mow it is widely accepted as the representative element of fashion trends, and considered as an important expression of military style. In A/W 20/21 shows, camouflage also follows the trend. With increasingly hot natural themes, traditional camouflage is renewed. This season based on natural elements, camouflage blends with floral, branch, leaf and marble texture. Floral camouflage in the darkness is quite novel. Branch camouflage and marble camouflage are more practical and marketable.

The workwear style and the casual denim items never fade. Comfort and wearability are key points of men's denim jackets for A/W 20/21. Changeable silhouettes explore the evolution and integration of different elements. The loose truck jacket blends with voluminous designs on the main body and sleeves. The shirt-style denim jacket pays more attention to the meticulous cutting and design to enhance the charm. The hooded denim jacket uses eco-friendly washing craft to create styles with a unique design sense. The fur collar is applied to the borg collar denim jacket, quite layered. Various silhouettes and crafts innovation gradually blur the original look and create unique denim looks.

This season denim will focus on practicality and comfort. Eco-friendly washing and retro distressed look re-create the classic style. Flares, high-waist styles and loose pants return. Straight trousers replace skinny pants. Color-blocking, revers and gathered-ankle design refresh denim silhouettes and create avant-garde looks.

The neutral style is prevailing. Blurring the gender limit and eliminating stereotype gradually become the trend. Puffa jackets for A/W 20/21 weaken the gender boundary, emphasize the simple silhouette and unique details, and draw inspirations from overcoats and jackets to create diversified and fashionable items.

Truck jacket has been popular around the world, and become the most representative denim jacket. In A/W 2021, the truck jacket takes on a retro but avant-garde style. The loose silhouette makes a sharp contrast with the well-fitting short silhouette. Color-blocked and printed well-fitting truck jackets display the concept of environmental protection. The waisted short silhouette is superior. In this report, we emphasize to carry out sustainability through acid pickling, digital technology and reuse of unsalable fabrics.

The rise of Chinese fashion attracts the attention to Chinese original brands. Puffa jackets present a new fashion leisure style through diversified designs. Length changes interpret changeable styles. The stand-collar short puffa jacket employs color-blocking or spliced patterns, showing an unruly side. The functional style remains a key trend, and futuristic technical elements become new design elements. The hooded printed puffa jacket expresses fashion attitude through diverse patterns. The long puffa jacket brings more possibilities through changeable materials.

In A/W 2021, it's more urgent to protect the nature, and more people will join. Besides, science and technology are changing our real life quickly. In the era when informationization and digitalization develop rapidly, people yearn for a more realistic, beautiful and down-to-earth world. Real scene of nature creates a soothing visual impact. Some conventional and negligible artistic techniques gradually draw much attention. Zebra stripes and camouflage express people's inner call, fit for fleece.

Every season, designers will splice different fabrics with novel designs to bring different visual effects and hand feelings. Compared with spliced structures, A/W 20/21 pays more attention to fabrics. Retro and luxurious velvet and corduroy make a contrast with sportswear fabrics or knitted fabrics. Fleece will be expressed by new fabrics. Splicing different materials adopts a wider range of fabrics, like denim, suede, wool and woven shirts.

Under the trend that clothing advocates minimalism and feminism, the maximalist aesthetics will find a breakthrough in apparel category of small proportion. According to related data, the economic slowdown and the rising of living cost have not affected young people's consumption enthusiasm, and cosmetics and culture and art products are selling well. This is the "the lipstick effect". (Please check details in Fetish Young Women -- The Accessory Trend for Women's Socks) As a functional accessory in cold season, accessories can be matched with garments, and optimize the consumption experience. In A/W 21/22, maximalist patterns will add novelty to scarves, socks and gloves, and the de-branding high-quality products will be favored by pragmatist.

The entry luxury style with a superior feel has a greyish tone, plain but not dull. The light tone contains accurate cutting which shows the neat and decisive style and elegant gestures in simple lines.

In recent years, as the environmental problems caused by waste gas and waste disposal have become more and more serious, people's awareness of environmental protection has been enhanced. In addition to spontaneity, external pressure and market demands have made sustainable development an unavoidable problem in the clothing industry. It is feasible to transform or distress the used clothes, through repairing and reusing to make the clothing distinctive and bring a new look. For distressing crafts, eco-friendly fading, exposed hand-sewn stitches and fringes can be adopted to pay tribute to environmental protection and warn people to treat the environment kindly.

As the environmental awareness is strengthened, big brands gradually abandon leather and fur, and fleece jackets rise. The soft fleece fabric spun by wool or artificial wool has a fine and flat surface, and keeps the air out of the fleece, so the clothing is warm. Rich styles are displayed by abandoning the monotonous design. The loose silhouette is popular, and the boxy design is also important. The function style is still hot, and interpreted by pockets and accessories. Design details and pattern crafts present the classic clothing with a brand-new appearance.

The warm and soft knitwear is necessary in winter. Flexible and changeable stitch letters unlock the pattern craft for men's knitwear. Strings, stitches, yarns and accessories are adopted to present exquisite styles, helpful for men's knitwear development of fashion and leisure style.

The street style is still popular in menswear, and the retro style gains more and more attention. Under this background, denim makes a slight change in silhouette. In A/W 2020, denim adopts the hot oversized silhouette. Pockets are strongly practical and decorative, which is fully reflected by overshirt jackets. And the pocket also presents multiple applications of workwear elements in shirts. Without silhouette change, design details, the wash craft and digital technology display the classic clothing with a brand-new look.

A few days ago, the Pantone Color Institute has named Classic Blue as its color of the year for 2020. As the world famous color research authority, the Pantone Color Institute has unveiled color of the year and the corresponding color code for the 21st consecutive year. As one of the three-primary colors, blue is on behalf of melancholy, tranquility and deep. It is not only the deep sea, but also the boundless sky. With the strong inclusiveness, it is named classic blue, which also suggests that only when we ease our anxiety and stay calm can we return to ourselves. Just as Laurie Pressman, the CEO of the Pantone Color Institute, says, "We live in an era where trust and confidence are needed. The stable and reliable classic blue tone presents a sense of constancy and trust, and also inspires deep resonance. It is a cornerstone that can be relied on."

With the popularity of street fashion style, embroidery is more and more prevailing. Embroidery appears frequently in fashion shows in recent seasons, and we predict that it will rise in A/W 20/21. Pattern and craft are combined to conform to the form. This report focuses on the embroidery and displays various crafts.

As the industrial architecture style is increasing popular on clothing, kids' knitwear in A/W 20/21 are affected in terms of silhouette and patterns. Stitch changes bring the sculptural texture and architectural appearance. Individuality is still the focus, which shows a recognizable irregular artistic sense.

Sweatshirts are breathable, comfortable and warm, so they are favored by leisure menswear and many fashion brands. Accessories are important in sweatshirts, and renew the sweatshirt in A/W 20/21. In this season, individual chains are eye-catching. Exaggerated proportion, silhouette sense and funny designs are applied to create popular sweatshirts. Functional nylon tapes and creative hood string optimize the item.