The inspiration for this pattern comes from the year of the Snake in traditional Chinese culture. The cute and unique image of a small snake can give people a warm and auspicious feeling. The Year of the Snake New Year costume allows children to feel a auspicious atmosphere during the Year of the Snake. This article focuses on three sections of the Year of the Snake: the "Dragon Head and Snake Tail" to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, the "Year of the Snake" to bring good luck and blessings, and the fun and cute "Cartoon Snake" to provide reference for the development of snake year patterns in Chinese New Year clothing for children and infants.

The domestic animated film 'Lion Boy' revolves around the Chinese intangible cultural heritage of dragon and lion dance. Let China-Chic be more integrated into people's life. In the Chinese lunar calendar, 2024 is the Jiachen year, and as an Eastern mythical beast, Qinglong is in charge of a peaceful area, symbolizing auspiciousness, fortune, and honor. The inspiration for this pattern comes from this. The main design element is the divine beast, the green dragon, and the fun text adds blessings to the New Year. The report serves as a reference for the development of New Year patterns.

The new Chinese style national style injects modern life inspiration into traditional styles, reinterpreting and reinterpreting traditional Chinese culture. It combines elements of Chinese style with current trendy items, maintaining the classical atmosphere of Chinese style while also being more practical and full of connotation than traditional single Chinese style products. In short, the new Chinese style is more suitable for daily wear and has a more fashionable sense compared to the traditional Chinese style. It blends personal unique flavors and forms a unique personal style, showcasing the elegance of Eastern beauty to the fullest, and perfectly showcasing the aesthetics of Chinese culture.

The trend of new Chinese style continues to sweep the fashion industry. This report analyzes and creates with elements such as lush green bamboo, subtly appearing flower shadows, and ancient landscapes to showcase the elegance and charm of the new Chinese style. At the same time, small areas of high-saturation color are incorporated as accents to enhance the vibrancy of the patterns. By breaking away from conventions through different forms of abstract artistic expression, it interprets the collision between classical modernity and tradition, and portrays the civilization and spirit of the East. This demonstrates the delicate and elegant nature of the new Chinese style while also incorporating artistic and fashionable elements, providing references for the development of national style brands.

This report chooses the dragon as the core element and incorporates it naturally with floral patterns, lines, letters, and other elements through artistic design techniques. While expressing the essence of the East, it also adds a sense of fun and fashion, providing inspiration for the development of dragon-themed patterns.

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.

Badge and logo are essential directions for graphic design. Different elements diversify the presentation. The brand icon is presented by silica gel badges and embroidered labels; badge brooches combine ribbons with metal. Besides, varsity badges and bold-font letters are updated by embroideries; the large-scale combination of woven labels and patches is also an important presentation.

When ancient oriental cultures meet the west, there creates brand-new fantastic worlds. This report will introduce you the artworks by Victo Ngai, Li Min, ZAODAO, Mian Lang, Sija Hong and Jacky Tsai to experience the mysterious touch of the oriental aesthetic.

Metaverse -- The Thematic Design Development of Menswear

The development of shirt is an important part in every season. More innovative elements bring higher referential value and more choices. Cuban collar shirt is a classic silhouette to create a vacation look; volume overlength-sleeve shirt reveals a free, rebellious fashion attitude; solid jacket-style shirt will be a key direction; sleeveless shirt meets the needs for layering; practical boxy silhouette can be paired with diverse pattern prints.

Sweatshirt and T-shirt are two important categories to develop in every season. Polo shirt presents an uptrend in the young market. Different from crew and hooded styling, the collared design of polo shirt provides more possibilities, and its retro temperament is loved by young consumers. Volume mid-sleeve T-shirt has also been a more important item for layering. Besides, mid-sleeve hoodie meets the needs for mixed-and-matched layering; the high-street feeling of zip-front hoodie presents elevated qualities.

This pattern craft report focuses on the application of embroidery. The embroidery with the visual effect of chains is inclusive for multiple styles; the tasseled details of embroidery are noteworthy for streetwear brands; patterned hollow embroidery is popular in S/S; the combination of various stitch techniques can well present the textures of pattern; in addition, rope embroidery, crewel embroidery, and double-layered applique are also worth investment.

Neutral, grayish Orchid Hush(PANTONE 13-3805 TPG) fuses diverse textures of nature and technology. The color of oxidated orchid is available for most natural fabrics and common fabrics. Besides, the futuristic property and glossy texture of Orchid Hush can bring different presentations.

Free is a word with infinite energy, which also gives people the prepared tension. New-emerging fashion we-medias and arts force the young generation to constantly accept information and try to look for the real-self. As the most direct way for self-expression, the young generation has abandoned the traditional concept of clothing and they are attempting the subversive fashion aesthetics. With the louder voice of LGBTQ+, internet youngsters start to explore the boundary of genders depend on their longing for the diverse society. The core of Freed, genderless fashion has been more popular among the fashionistas, which is a precious kind of self-expression and compromise of the young generation.

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.

Troubador comes from the French word Trouver which means discoverer and inventor. Knights are expressing romantic love and spiritual belief during their chanting. The pursuit of romance and love tells timeless and spaceless mythology with artistic fantasy. The fusion of 19th century Romanticism, fearless Chivalry and Renaissance aesthetics interprets the pioneering New Romanticism of contemporary teenager culture.

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.

As the must-have categories of streetwear brand, T-shirt and sweatshirt have been the best choices for young consumers and take half of the streetwear market in every season. In S/S 2022, loose silhouette becomes the core and the application of pattern is also proper. Among all the styles, statement deconstructed T-shirt has been one of the most popular silhouettes; loose half-sleeve T-shirt brings a casual feel; long-sleeved patchwork T-shirt catches eyes; loose hooded sweatshirt is still the main force; cozy front-open sweatshirt is all-matching and attractive; classic crewneck pullover sweatshirt is rather novel.

The 3D expression of pattern craft is constantly evolved and developed into the representative of menswear. The recreation of heat pressing and stamping presents color blocks; the 3D relief effect is combined with embroidery to show powerful performance. These simple yet delicate crafts allow the patterns to be generally stylish.

The New Romanticism under the theme of Chanting Knight interpreting the colors those artists used during the European Romantic Period. The mind emancipation of today's world is just the same as that time. Breaking the limit of time and space, the chatting scenes of the past royal family and aristocrats stimulate the longing for chivalry. Court colors are used to reinterpret classic pattern elements. The coolness of European patterns and the luxurious metal feel of knight equipment render the fantasy of the past romance and interpret the patterns of New Romanticism.

Those freed ones, who are pursuing personal expression, present the fashion trend of Me Generation through their rebellious attitude. Influenced by the disembedding mind, they are trying to recognize more circles and desiring for a more diversified sense of belonging. Including multiple cultures, emotional fission and restructuring endow fashion with new meaning and release the real mind. The patterns of Freed are shown in diverse ways. Positive self-expression and immersive atmosphere have become the focus.