As an important item in the development quarter, down jacket has a wide range of pattern elements and extensive application of craftsmanship. This report combines the release of well-known brands and various craftsmanship research to summarize the following trend directions for pattern craftsmanship: quilting, sequin and bead embroidery, 3D decoration, digital realistic plants, contrasting embroidery, and vintage washing. In addition, it also analyzes the innovation and changes of conventional pattern craftsmanship such as badges, towel embroidery, and fabric applique in the new season.

COSMOS perfectly fuses the sense of technology with futurism to improve the expression of avant-garde street fashion and urban techwear. The evolving of technology foresees the VR universe. Virtual vision, metallic texture, blurred colors and tensive letters are the main creative inspirations that exude a mysterious, unknown and bizarre atmosphere.

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, 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.

The colors of Metaverse look like the spectrum reflected by a crystal prism. These pure colors extracted from the virtual world are extremely bright and clean. We divide this theme into four colorways: Girls' Universe(Sweet & Cool), Oriental Phantom(Chinese Chic), Virtual Sunrise(Western Fashion) and New Era(Scientific Streetwear). Neutrals, warm tones and cold tones are all involved to enrich the color inspiration. Girls' Universe is inspired by the works of Chinese digital artist Jiahui Ding to describe the life condition of oriental girls; Oriental Phantom comes from the photograph collection 'Oriental Beauty' by Zhong Lin; Virtual Sunrise gets inspiration from the digital artworks of Bloo Woods and Blake Kathryn; New Era extracts the charming blue and purple tones from the digital artworks of SMECCEA to lead us to the gate of Metaverse.

With the development of street culture, street fashion brands have also been more popular. This report titled The Return of Acid interprets the futuristic fashion trend. Acid designs may remind us of the Acid Techno, psychedelic rock and visual Op Art in the last 80s and 90s. A messy, random yet futuristic acid style is added to the patterns in this report to interpret the wonderful Utopian imagination through a new punk spirit.

Influenced by the NFT trend, the uniqueness and futurist feel of digital art have attracted many fashionistas. Art and virtual internet are under widespread applications and attempts. Surreal scenery can be shown through flowing liquid and the collision between time and space. Pixel games present the nostalgic retro, and digital fantasy brings a visual feast. Besides, virtual nature provides more fashion possibilities.

S/S 2022 sun-protective clothing pays more attention to the functionality, and also accentuates the individualized fashion. Casual set in earth colors, heterogeneous splicing, eco-friendly tie-dyed fabric, technological metal-coated fabric, and eye-catching color blocking upgrade the sun-protective clothing from multiple aspects.

The architecture term Montage was firstly extended into the movie art, and it was later applied in the field of visual art. Nowadays, many artists will use the Montage technique during the artistic creation.

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.

With the improvement of living quality, physical health becomes one of the most important concerns of modern people, and sports have become a fashion of urban slow life. Many people choose to run at night or go to the gym after a long day at work, so good-looking and comfortable sportswear is needed.

In terms of pattern craft for sweatshirt in new season, printing craft is still the main pattern craft. Artistic and technical patterns get more attention to pursue the individual fashion. Jouetie makes a strong visual impact with its pop color changes. The pattern of simply drawn color blocks is still popular for sweatshirts. The mixing of multiple crafts is gradually increasing.

Modern apparel is much richer. Tapes are applied to the proper sliced places or structural lines to add interest. Subtle and refined decorations, color combinations and splicing make changes to structures. Patched colors varying in brightness add a clearer layering effect. Tapes made of different materials and with a variety of colors and patterns, the contrast between fabrics and tapes add a striking structural visual.

Brands like to collaborate with anime characters in One Piece, Gundam and Your Name. Cartoon patterns nod to classics and make a statement.

Statement patterns and crafts are indispensable for fashion-forward brands. Chinese auspicious beasts such as dragons and tigers are presented through embroidery and other crafts, melding classics and new fashion. Futuristic urban and industrial prints are unique. Text and graphics enrich looks. Printed appliques add depth to all categories. Diverse methods interpret Chinese fashion.

Vintage broad stripes were seen on plenty of catwalks for S/S 2020. Stripes originate from sailors' clothes and flags. In 1858, the French government announced the sporty cotton jersey with 21 black and white stripes as the casual uniform for French navy, and later the design was applied widely to many categories. Ms. Chanel used stripes in premium fashion garments, making striping perennial. The broad stripe dresses worn by super models Lisa Fonssagrives and Anne st.Marie become classics.