Facing up to the challenges of natural environment, social economy, international geopolitics, and science & culture development, the consumers and markets in 2023 have been more diversified and segmented. "Nature", "Environmental Protection", "Sustainability", "Science & Technology", "Safety", "Fun", and "Nostalgia" continue to be the keywords. POP-Fashion's fabric & accessory trend researchers focus on the contemporary keywords to present the all-around developing direction based on consumer psychology and industrial development.

Fresh, breathable piece made of yarns and stitching is an important developing direction for S/S 2023 women's knitwear. The lightweight qualities brought by transparent yarns and fine-count yarns update the design of knitwear. Openwork and float stitching play a big part in summer to make knits breathable.

The high plasticity of accessories presents changeable styles through different shapes and materials. The wide use of metallic accessories on knitwear overcomes the thickness of materials. Except for beads and splicing, metal is also used on straps, ties, and rivets. Besides, the sharp conflict with the soft knits also creates elegant women's knitwear with a handsome temperament.

Originating in the Song Dynasty (960-1279) and produced in Suzhou, Song brocades, together with Yun brocades of Nanjing and Shu brocades of Sichuan, are known as China's top three famous brocades. Showing gorgeous colors, delicate patterns, and soft textures, 14th to 19th centuries were the prime time for Song brocades. Influenced by the modernized western industries and wartime in the earthy 20th century, the techniques of making traditional Song brocades have been nearly vanished. In 1995, a reproduction center for silk and brocade relics was founded in Suzhou, whose in-depth researches and reproductions of traditional crafts and ancient brocades created opportunities for reviving Song brocades. On May 20th, 2006, the technique of producing Song brocades got the approval of the state council listed in the first batch of the National Intangible Cultural Heritage in China.

S/S 2023 color trend focuses on more positive and saturated hues. After experiencing a destructive pandemic, color can be a carrier to convey the power of optimistic lifestyles, and also a healing therapy that crosses regions, races, and even cultures. We divide the palette of woolen fabrics into six color groups: Cherry Blossom, Enthusiastic Orange, Caramel Coffee, The Wizard of Oz, Ocean Amber, and Interstellar Galaxy. Colors with more positive and healing hues will be the mainstream in S/S 2023.

After seasons of comfort-oriented design, the classic quality of woolen overcoat has been continued. Different from the plaid fabrics before, this season reveals plaid fabrics with more recognizable styles and temperament. Textile structures and the colors of yarn produce subtle changes, and the combination of multiple crafts renews the plaids. This report will introduce you pastel plaid, dazzling plaid, powerful Vichy plaid, fine linear plaid, novelty houndstooth, graduated light & shadow plaid, and exotic plaid to inspire the fabric development of A/W 22/23 plaid overcoat.

Down jacket is the most important media to keep out the cold in autumn and winter. Except for the must-have thermal performance and tri-proof functions, the appearance of textiles improves the visual values and the artistic and fun surfaces may provide positive psychological suggestions. This report will introduce you digital graduated fabric, kaleidoscopic fabric, retro recyclable fabric, playful checked fabric, lustrous metal fabric, and impressive leather to inspire the development of A/W 22/23 down jacket fabric.

As the exclusive fabric for aristocracies in the 18th century, expensive corduroy was once called Corde du Roi(King's Stripe). Its solid surface, thermal performance, unique stripes and gorgeous textures are loved by many designers and brands in A/W. Transferred from woven to warp knitting, the striped texture if the biggest signature of corduroy's appearance. This report focuses on the development of warp-knitting corduroy, jacquard corduroy, multi-color corduroy and lustrous corduroy.

Outerwear is a protective shield for toddlers. However, to meet their growing conditions and psychology, fun is also the goal. The thermal performance and outdoor features that can protect kids from the outside world are extremely prior. The playfulness and festive atmosphere of the fabric appearance can also create warmth and happiness for them. This report will center protective functional fabric, lustrous fabric, thermal velvety fabric, fancy fleece and festive tweed to support the fabric development for A/W 22/23 toddlers' outerwear.

Beijing Winter Olympic Games will be held on February 4, 2022. The sport suit of racing projects focuses on the "speed", while the sport suit of figure skating tries to demonstrate the prettiness of China. The design of competition equipment should ensure the requirements of being both protective and thermal. We can see technology from all the equipment in this Winter Olympic Games, which makes the sport suit convenient and thermal. Six universities and companies, such as Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, Donghua University, Shanghai University of Sport, and etc., have been cooperated to figure out the most suitable fabric and break the overseas monopolization.

Woolen fabric is a rather important fabric category. No matter exquisite worsted fabric, warm wool, comfortable knit or wool-like TR fabric, color endows woolen fabrics with spirit and energy, while different colors may present distinct styles and temperaments. The S/S 2023 woolen fabric color focuses more on the healing and joyous palettes. These healing colors which can soothe the spirit help us to reach that relaxing and delighted mental state. Versatile basic colors and gentle bright colors express that consumers hope to go for an ecologic mental journey in the busy urban life. This report will introduce the popular color, extensive color and basic color for S/S 2023 woolen fabrics and their applications.

The diverse development of politics, economy and culture has brought multiple kinds of works. Millennials are also about to enter into the workplace, which leads to the transformation of men's business style. We can see from the S/S menswear runways from June to July that these fashion brands selected more daring and abundant styles, colors and fabrics than Cruise 2022 womenswear. This report will comprehensively introduce the fabric developing trend for business woolen coat.

Tweed was once widely used as the fabric of menswear in Britain, and the fashion master Coco Chanel integrated it into the womenswear design later. Changes of yarns and the mix of different materials and colors present rich textures. As the classic of CHANEL, tweed suit shows an entry-lux style. After an entire century, tweed uses wool as the material instead of the original twill structure. With the constant development and innovation of spinning and yarn, tweed fabric still keeps its elegancy and provides women with vogue and gracefulness. This report will demonstrate the recommended styles and materials for A/W 22/23 tweed through the introduction of fancy yarn, sequined tweed, checked texture, monochrome plain and inlaid ribbon.

Cashmere is always a high-quality natural material, which features environmental protection, air permeability and sweat absorption. Men's knitwear often uses cashmere yarns to create a thick business style with strong textures. The exquisite and gentle stitching of fine-gauged cashmere endows people with natural warmth instead of the roughness of heavy-gauge. Pointelle and geometric purl stitching are the most common for fine-gauged cashmere, while moss stitch can bring the embossed effect with intense granular textures.

Plush yarn is a noteworthy category in the market. Mohair, mink cashmere and feather yarn are rather suitable for the development A/W knitwear. The fuzzy surface of plush yarn provides people with warmth and soft tactility. The application of pattern and stitching blends the yarn once again. Brushing is also available to enliven the plain woolen yarns and present distinctive effects

This report mainly focuses on the suitable fabrics of the trendy oversized coat, cocoon coat and T-line coat. The subtle changes of style, silhouette and detail upgrade the requirement for fabric features. The combination with the latest fiber materials, spinning technology and post-finishing functions demonstrates the developing trend of fabric.

The stitching design of smart casual men's knitwear is more diversified. Except for the classic cable, stitched patterns, geometric shapes and blocks create fashionable items which are loved by younger consumers. The common eyelet stitching and net structure of womenswear are also extended to the design of smart casual men's knitwear to show individuality.

The freed ones, who are pursuing personal expression, present the fashion trend of Me Generation by their unique rebellious attitude. Every one desires for expressing the real-self but feels ashamed when looking around. Anxiety is thus emerged. There is a group of young people chasing for the definition of real-self through their cognition and brave attitude of fashion. Getting rid of the barrier of self domain to release the instinct, they refuse to be defined by the known. Positive lifestyle drives the young heart beats and stimulates the real humanity. Genderless, which includes all kinds of body shape, is the core of Freed. Digital knitted fabric, faded knitted fabric, technology light fabric and eco-friendly denim are combined with loose silhouettes to present the flowing temperament of contemporary teenagers. The concept of diverse personality reveals the multiple faces of freed ones.

Eyelet stitching increases the air-permeability of knitwear and allows wearers to be comfortable in spring and summer. Exquisite stitch changes create the premium texture of women's knitwear. These delicate decorations in placement endow basic knitwear with highlights. Orderly arrangement and striped eyelets show a neat and unified visual effect. Details are added into the hand-woven eyelet net to subvert the rough appearance in the past. The stitched effect brought by string connection increases the layer of hollow. Besides, eyelet patterns and lace enrich the image of knitwear.

The consumer of this theme, Sensory Intensifier pursues orderly aesthetics and the designs of transboundary senses. Op Art psychedelic fabric is fused with the ultimate joy of colorfulness to explore the deep down senses. Sensory knitted fabric, visual illusion woolen fabric, joy down fabric and urban leather fabric convey the luxurious value of ultimate joy. The illusive rhythm of pattern and texture provides people with interactive sensory experiences.

"My photography is more subtraction than addition. I always try to take off things. We all have a sort of mask of expression. You say goodbye, you smile, you are scared,"said the famous photographer Paolo Roversi,"I try to take all these masks away and little by little subtract until you have something pure left. A kind of abandon, a kind of absence." Woman has another side of her which is hidden behind the expression. Is that the pure imperfect prettiness Paolo gives us? We'd like to subtract the complex and exaggerated part of our life and to reveal the real elegancy and beauty. The theme of Visions explores the coexisted relationship of human, nature and technology. The sustainable development of eco-friendly process protects our mother planet, and the growth of science & technology promotes us into a brand new field. We can feel the romantic textures of raw materials based on all these new connections.