With the development of clothing industry and individualized trend of fur clothing, colors, structures and fabrics divide parts via visual cutting. Combined leather and fur, contrasting left and right plackets, color blocks and mixed fur contribute to light cut basics. Details on the neckline, cuffs and garment body flatter the form, aesthetic and practical.

Lace is a key fabric for ladies, and it exudes the unique female charm. In the new season, black is the trendy tone of lace, and the hazy dark lace as an inner is underlined to reveal sexy femininity of urban ladies in the new era. Therefore, this report will focus on stretchy jacquard lace, mesh jacquard lace and quality water soluble lace to create new lace items for urban ladies.

S/S 2022 Theme Forecast

In modern times, women become braver to realize their self-value, which drives womenswear silhouettes to be loose, fitted, neat and vigorous. They become more restrained, released, yet balanced. Belted shape and X-shape are both loose and waisted, free and pleasing. Powerful wide-shoulder design pairs with neat cropped shape to lengthen the figure visually. Boxy cropped silhouette shows vitality and displays female inner power of ladies in the new era.

In the post-pandemic era, the consumption concept of "buy less buy better" is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, so the fashion industry focus on lady style. Everything starts with raw materials. Eco-friendly and sustainable materials without excessive decoration is valued. The simple and practical style is more in line with life needs in the fast-paced era. Casual minimalism wearing will be the mainstream of womenswear for A/W 21/22 puffa jackets in this season . Consumers and brands pay more attention to the comfortable eco-friendly materials. In this report, skin-feeled magic silk fabric, renewable cotton textured fabric, woven cotton fabrics are used to interpret the trend direction of key fabrics in A/W.

With the growth of rational consumption trend and the yearning for a slow pace of life, the ingenious design is praised by more and more consumers, and the delicate and practical knitting texture is highly praised. In 2022 spring and summer women's knitwear, stitches pays more attention to the development of delicate light and clear fine-gauged textures. The delicate knitting language is used to comfort the post-coronavirus era, and the lace feeling of hollow needle increases the air permeability. The combination of stitches increases the delicate lace vision. The needling method of circular hole fishing net is practical and has obvious weaving effect in the new season. The use of fine-gauged cables in combination with other stitches gives the classic a new life.

Pressure and anxiety in reality drive us to long for beautiful dreams, which leads to the birth of many virtual and dreamy objects. As for clothes, more and more sheer and light items keep rising. In S/S 2021, clothing collocation pays more attention to layered match between lightweight items, rather than complementary items such as cover-ups. Multiple clear layers make the styling vague and light.

Jeans include varied silhouettes such as the straight, the tapered and the wide-leg, embrace different body types and offer more possibilities via different styling. This season jeans are also favored by office ladies. Powerful lines highlight female social status. They are combined with other items for a new nonchalant look.

In 2022, women's self-cognition and people's understanding of women will be more and more comprehensive. The dress, as a key item to display female charm, will emphasize female confidence and charm via waisted, slim, comfortable, irregular, one-shoulder and V-neck designs. Besides, the dress also integrates with French romance and elegance to depict the close relationship between powerful women and clothes, so as to add low-key luxury to womenswear.

Thanks to the improvement of people's living standard, mid- to high-end loungewear gradually holds a larger percentage. Loungewear becomes a fashion concept, and simple silk loungewear gains much attention. Floral pattern is an eternal theme. In S/S 2022, flora patterns will still occupy a large part in pattern design. They make simple silk loungewear more elegant and sophisticated, quite eye-catching.

Lemaire style pays attention to the purity and comfort of clothes, rather than current fashion. His design is unique, loose, simple, delicate and confident, which just caters to the public. Sarah Linh Tran draws inspiration from the soul mate of designer Christophe Lemaire. Every season Lemaire uses the catwalk as an open flat wardrobe, and models display these ideal clothes.

With the fashion of practicality, urban consumers shift their focus from chic items to durable and practical items, and pay more attention to multi-scene products, which further blurs the boundary between leisure and commute. Collar and details of shirts will be the focus. Multi-scene adaptability is the key consideration. The key to a trendy silhouette is the silhouette can create diverse looks and cater to consumers' aesthetics.

Feminism and vintage drive shirts to be key. They can be worn outside or inside, and deliver a light business or leisure style. Besides, shirts gradually become trans-seasonal, and adopt various expression techniques. This season plackets mix with conventional strings, pleats and classical ruffles to underline subtle changes of retro shirts and highlight a feminine and relaxing feel.

For thousands of years, crafts, materials, forms and patterns contribute to various kinds of embroidery. Artists and craftsmen make use of embroidery to create brand-new works. Bright color-blocking and sheers turn the embroidery into 3D cameo in the air, bold and striking.

In the post-coronavirus era, people focus on society and environmental protection. Sustainability becomes a major concern, brings about sustainable innovation in all fields, and leads to changes of our lifestyles. Degradable and sustainable cotton and linen fabrics are natural and eco-friendly, quite popular. Therefore, this theme centers on raw organic linen, natural comfy cotton, renewable check fabric, and casual blended striped fabrics, bringing a natural and comfortable style.

On S/S 2021 catwalks, patterns from Burberry, Versace, Prada, Ports 1961 and Chloe catch our eyes and lead the future pattern trend. We analyze patterns from mega brands, thus forecasting future pattern trends.

As female status keeps rising, more and more ladies pay attention to their life quality. Trench coats and overcoats can reflect the consumption level more, so they have a higher requirement for crafts and details. Designers adopt silhouettes and crafts to interpret the aesthetics of clothes, with color contrast between shoulder and sleeves, volume gathering, designs on the reversed side and other craft details to add novel highlights and give a new visual effect to overcoats and trench coats.

As turbulent factors and unsettling emotions increase, Wandering in the Wilderness concept and the rise of outdoor fashion exude strong appeal. Let's start a soul-touching journey, escape from trivial life, and encounter the unknown poetry in the distance. With a core of puffa jackets, this theme analyzes functional and chic fabrics for puffa jackets to offer protection to outdoors.

This theme is inspired by works of seven illustrators such as Malika Favre, Mads Bergs and Jens Magnusson. They take cues from the Canary Islands and this global COVID-19 and indicate people's hope to release themselves via travel paintings. Therefore, this palette features contrast colors, depicts travels via colors according to different seasons, and analyzes the newest colorway of artistic colors.

With the coming cold winter, people have a higher demand for A/W 21/22 overcoats. Consumers need chic, durable and warm overcoat fabrics. This theme will focus on woolen fabrics, sustainable blends, quality tweed, warm check, renewed herringbone and comfy wool. Crafts offer stronger comfort and a better wearing experience, opening a new chapter.

With the rising status of women, many ladies focus on the quality of life and styling, and they are more aware of how to interpret their own beauty via clothes. Attention should be paid to items which display minimalist aesthetics through quality and designs. Various kinds of splicing inject novelty. The core of S/S 2022 is that visual division and color-blocking re-create simple styles.