Driven by personal needs, sport boom and metaverse trend, the basic silhouettes of t-shirt and polo are fused with blokecore, wasteland techwear and chic fashions to develop essentials for streetwear markets. With the popularity of football, the vintage jersey is optimized to meet the daily lives. Mock-layered techwear and distressed tee are extremely stylish. Patchwork and deconstructed elements are integrated into polo shirts for rejuvenation. Loose-fit crewneck t-shirts bring new inspirations to fashionistas.

COSMOS expresses its optimism about future. The fashion industry has never as technological as now. The sci-fi aesthetic began with exploration of space by humans in the middle of the last century. The exploration of material technology is no longer conceptual, but practical and artistic. Apparels carry designers’ desire for futuristic creation. Integrating swing, programming and induction technology, streamlined shapes and fluid hi-tech materials outline the imagination toward the future space, and describe a parallel universe that tends to be supernatural, comprehensive and pioneering.

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.

COSMOS expresses its optimism about future. The fashion industry has never as technological as now. The sci-fi aesthetic began with exploration of space by humans in the middle of the last century. The exploration of material technology is no longer conceptual, but practical and artistic. Apparels carry designers’ desire for futuristic creation. Integrating swing, programming and induction technology, streamlined shapes and fluid hi-tech materials outline the imagination toward the future space, and describe a parallel universe that tends to be supernatural, comprehensive and pioneering.

The definition of outdoorwear has been changed. With the pursuit of technologies and functionality, outdoorwear is not only for extreme conditions but the sustainable living. Mountaineering culture follows the truth of ‘return to the nature’. People escape from the daily routine and go outdoors to rebuild the connection with the world. Inspired by camping, micro vacation and pastoral dream, designers renew the pattern elements such as landscape, ethnic motifs, camous and flowers.

Metaverse ecology has entered into the fields of healthcare. In the post-pandemic era, people place great importance on their own health and a good state of mind, which also makes medical care one of the most concerned tracks in the global capital and technology market. Meta wellness is a more realistic and urgent approach than entertainment. Health is the eternal theme of human beings and the premise of human development. The transformation of lifestyle is the foundation of physical and mental health, and the transformation of medical treatment is an important technical guarantee for maintaining health. Diverse well-being lifestyles and metaverse healthcare lead people to an era of Meta Wellness.

Our routine living and working in city limit people’s natural characteristics and hobbies. The desire for releasing mental pressure promotes the multi-dimensional revolution of micro-vacation. The longing for outdoor wildness restarts our lives in a pleasant mood and decodes the pressure. For fashion design, designers are also breaking the monotonous boundaries of purposes and properties to develop practical pieces for multiple occasions.

With the constant development of metaverse, the once sub-culture concept has been the core for technical products to explore the virtual world and establish in-depth relationship with Chinese youths. Online spaces, virtual connections and digital items have been widely accepted by Chinese people.

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.

The casualness and versatility of leather jacket has swept the market. The design development in this new season is greatly diversified. Baseball jacket, puff down jacket, drop-shoulder cocoon jacket, cool motorcycle jacket, futuristic racing jacket and unisex H-line are the most representative items.

Deconstruction design still plays an important role in menswear development. In this season, deconstruction accents the structural tailoring and is also fused with different forms of patchwork for updating. Deconstruction also promotes the reusing and upcycling of materials, and endows designers with more thinking patterns. With the continuity of functional elements and pragmatism, the deconstructed designs with detachability are presented by many brands. Fine cuts and structural designs improve the styling of multiple pieces. Besides, imbalanced, asymmetric deconstruction offers more highlights to individualized consumers.

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.

Where will the future lead us to? Another Planet? Or, even a new space-time?

Metaverse -- The Thematic Design Development of Menswear

Technology carries people’s fantastic imaginations of the future, which are always presented in the form of digital lights and acid colors. Along with the long-term development, people finally entered into the metaverse and discovered the digital symbiosis of ecology, life and emotion. The interaction between human technology and ecological system introduces weird digital lights into bionic plants. The scanning of mix media leads young consumers to a futuristic, fantasy space.

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.

Down jacket is the most popular and important item in autumn and winter. With the deceleration of Fast Fashion, fashionable and functional down jackets can better satisfy consumers’ daily requirements. The pursuit of convenience and safety promotes the development on volume. This report demonstrates the silhouette trend for A/W 22/23 down jacket through the introduction of cropped jacket, hooded padded coat, voluminous vest, avant-garde cropped vest, and loose-fit parka.

Functional designs better meet the needs of contemporary consumers, as avant-garde features are added for a younger approach. Zipper is a main accessory for fashion design, bringing more dressing ways and design languages. Material changes and color decorations combine pretty appearances with performance.