In recent years, various phenomena in the domestic outdoor community have shown that outdoor culture is spreading to cities. Urban outdoor styles are emerging, gradually influencing the daily commuting style due to their unique advantages in urbanization, lightness, and universality, forming a unique trend of light business outdoor commuting. Emphasizing comfort, practicality, and fashion, we aim to enhance the diverse needs of key light business outdoor commuting items through multifunctional design and the use of high-tech fabrics. This report focuses on the most widely used waterproof fabrics under this popular trend, and releases the direction of the development and application of new season fabrics from the perspective of material usage.

With the rise of outdoor activities, the demand for outdoor clothing has gradually increased. The functionality of clothing has received attention, especially the basic waterproof function has become one of the important factors for people to choose outdoor equipment. In addition to waterproof function, waterproof fabrics usually also have breathability and abrasion resistance. This report focuses on the globally renowned brands of waterproof fabrics/membranes, namely GORE-TEX, eVent, Dermizax, POLARTEC, Pertex, and Sympatex. It introduces their brand history, waterproof function principles, product line information, and commercial cases, providing development ideas and materials for outdoor sportswear series.

As people pay more attention to their health, their requirements for hygiene, cleanliness, and disinfection have become increasingly high. Antibacterial performance, as an important cleaning indicator, has gained widespread attention. Antibacterial performance refers to the product's ability to resist microorganisms such as bacteria and viruses. With the increasing health awareness of people, more and more people are paying attention to antibacterial performance and regarding it as an important criterion for purchasing products. In the post-pandemic era, consumers are more concerned about the hygiene and safety of the items they use, hoping to reduce the harm of microorganisms to the human body through antibacterial performance. Therefore, products with strong antibacterial performance will become the new favorite of the market, attracting more consumers to purchase and use. This report extracts the three most popular antibacterial technologies and their commercial application cases in the market, and elaborates on their technical points for reference.

The advancement of smart technology is driving the digital transformation of the textile industry, and the integration of fashion and technology will become a future development trend. Intelligent textiles are not a new concept, with a trend towards being lightweight, wearable, and mainly used in the fields of medical health, sports and fitness, and entertainment interaction. This report will focus on the application of smart wearable textiles in the field of entertainment interaction, using three representative brand products as entry points to illustrate the technical points of flexible electronic wearable textiles in emotional interaction, immersive game experience, and dynamic color-changing direction.

Nylon is the most useful synthetic material with applications varying from daily life activities to industries. It is a plastic which can be drawn into fibres or moulded into daily products for making amenities. The material trend report is divided into two parts, and this part will introduce you the latest products and technologies of the well-known companies, AQUAFIL, DOMO and UNITIKA.

Nylon is the most useful synthetic material with applications varying from daily life activities to industries. It is a plastic which can be drawn into fibres or moulded into daily products for making amenities. The material trend report is divided into two parts, and this part will introduce you the latest products and technologies of the well-known companies, NILIT and CORDURA.

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.

Facing the challenge of society, politics, environment and economy, consumers will gradually develop a habit of daily healing in 2022 and 2023. The technology development of engineering product, food and materials is under a trend of commercialization, calling for protecting natural resources and starting a supernatural future. And with the rise of health awareness, promoting mental and physical health and exploring hi-tech products have become the essential topics. At the same time, consumers are also paying attention to cost-saving and decreasing waste, which makes recyclable and durable products popular. The emergency of slow handicraft forces all the industries to break through the stereotype and provide innovation, including the fabric textile industry. The additional value of fabric is important in this season. Healing and delighted fibers bring new functions and wearing experience to men's and women's A/W fabrics, which leads the development of fabric to a natural, eco-friendly and future-tech trend direction. The report will summarize and refine the keywords of latest A/W 22/23 fabric from the aspects of fiber, function, craft technique and textural variation.

Health has become the hottest global topic because of the epidemic. People desire for outdoor activity, respect the rules of life and nature and want to escape from the complicated trifles and meaningless battles. People are breaking through the limit and searching for their new selves. New functional fabrics explore the development of A/W 22/23 sportswear. Kishu bicho-tan charcoal fiber, bamboo carbon magnetic fiber, weak-acid Paramos cellulose fiber, anti-bacterial photocatalytic synthetic fiber, low-carbon thermal fiber and tear-resistant nylon66 fiber lead to new trend of outdoor functional fabric and provide consumers with more comfortable and advanced dressing experiences.

With the rising requirements of minimalist and protective styling, the protective innovative chemical fiber fabrics have become the mainstream. A/W 2022/23 chemical fiber fabrics pay attention to both comfort and versatility. The environmental elements take the design process to the less-is-more concept. Developing high-quality core fabrics of essential items is important for those value-oriented consumers. Versatile colors, practical functional fibers and materials are applied to strengthen the difference and newness and improve the durability and value. Therefore, synthetic protective fabric, environmental practical leather and metallic lustre fabric form the New Normality closet with practical silhouettes.

Since the beginning of the 21st century, with the depletion of global petrochemical resources and the strengthening of environmental awareness of consumer goods market, natural polymer materials with sustainable development features have become more and more important, and many raw materials are changing from chemical raw materials to raw materials extracted from nature. As being a natural polymer material extracted from algae plants, the alginate fibers have attracted more and more attention. Besides, chitin fibers, soybean fibers, ginger fibers, coffee carbon fibers and polylactic acid fibers extracted from animals and plants are emphasized in A/W 2022. Green energy is the definite way to realize sustainable development. Bio-based products and green energy issues have become the forefront of the global science and technology industry, so bio-based fabric will definitely become an important trend of future fabric development.

Function and stretch are crucial requirements for men's denim, as consumers are expecting more from denim garments and fabrics. Therefore, functional denim becomes a key trend for A/W 21/22, thanks to its warmth, protection and technical functions. This report mainly introduces Volcanic denim, degradable stretchy denim, and water-proof, oil-proof and antifouling organic denim, thus bringing comfortable, practical and functional denim fabrics and appealing to more avant-garde consumers.

Functional, protective and practical style prevails in the era full of uncertainties, and a sustainable lifestyle is welcomed. In A/W 21/22, kids' puffa jackets should be protective and versatile, multi-scene and multifunctional. The focus is on recycled, protective and eco-friendly durable fabrics. Therefore, metallic protective fabric, recycled technical fabric, ripstop honeycomb shape memory fabric and Teflon coated fabric are more popular with consumers, ideal to create A/W 21/22 premium kids' puffa jackets and outerwear.

We are always looking forward to the future or the unknown world. The visual culture born in millennium precisely satisfies people's fantasy of the future world. Subcultures gradually come into the spotlight and affect the mainstream. Emerging street fashion and immersive technologies blend future technology and subculture with street fashion brands, interpreting the unruly individuality of Gen Z. In the digital age of information explosion, the Internet has become the main way for us to socialize. With the development of digital technology, seeing and hearing are digitized, and touch and smell will also be digitized. The reality will be gradually filtered by immersive digital technologies. This report mainly analyzes eco-friendly and renewable Econyl fabric, antibacterial and protective graphene fabric, and natural waterproof Ventile cotton fabric. Their applications to S/S 2022 men's and women's outerwear update street fashion outerwear of Gen Z and give a comfortable and practical wearing experience.

Outdoor sportswear carries the enthusiasm for embracing nature and challenging selves, so outdoor sportswear should be waterproof, windproof and warm. Due to this pandemic, people are more eager to live in harmony with nature and become more curious about outdoors. With the development of science and technology, outdoor sports fabrics are more functional and ergonomic. "Outdoor+" era has arrived. In S/S 2022, outdoor sports fabrics advocate eco-friendly and sustainable idea to be both technical and eco-friendly.

2022 faces new challenges of wellness and economy. Resources waste, people's focus on wellness, and the attention to handicrafts drive industries to innovate. The textile industry is no exception. For the masses, we find home life prompts thrift, so that designers begin to focus on redesigning waste fabrics. As a result of handicrafts and decoration trend, rugged relief and natural weaving textures become key fabric trends. In the post-coronavirus era, protection will be a key standard for fabrics. Healing copper, silver and other metal fibers give S/S fabrics a new function and appearance. In addition, ice dyeing rises and renews previous tie-dye, so fabrics develop towards a natural, eco-friendly and harmonious direction. This report will center on fabrics to conclude keywords for S/S 2020 fabric trend in terms of fibers, functions, crafts, colors and texture changes. The series of reports about S/S 2022 key words will continue.

"What do you want to do after the pandemic?" Many people choose to go on a tour and embrace nature. Outdoor sports cover physical exercise, travel, leisure and social activity, thus becoming the favored choice. With the continuous development of outdoor sports, once niche sports have become an important way to exercise, and a new direction of fashion and leisure styles. Mountaineering, diving, skiing and other outdoor sports are popular among young people. In last year, outdoor enthusiasts prefer hiking, followed by mountaineering and camping. Due to the pandemic, now consumers pursue protective outdoor clothing. Therefore, highly protective and adaptive designs become the mainstream. Ripstop, antibacterial, durable and insect-repellent clothes allow consumers to enjoy outdoor sports without worrying about anything else.

For A/W 20/21, technical sport fabrics move towards multi-dimensional space and continue to explore "Extraterrestrial Horizon". Futuristic and practical style is combined with outdoor technical fabrics. Functional sport knits are teamed up with shell protection to bring an intense sci-fi feel. Reinvented fabric textures are merged with futuristic protection. The weatherproof anti-bacteria qualities, constant temperature are included. Light tech is dominant, holding 31%. Functional knit works best for transitional periods. the applications of outdoor sport fabrics are diverse. Individualistic and dynamic functional fabrics continue to update futuristic outdoor sports.

Sustainability gains traction, in line with the theme for A/W 2021. Sustainable cottons and linens are focused on. Organic cotton in natural primary colors, colored cotton, Irish linen and indigo linen blends emerge.

Environmental protection and digital trend continue for men's denim fabrics in S/S 2020. Acid washing, digital splashes and abraded effects are eco-friendly and eye-catching.

A luxurious trend floods the denim market, shining out with dramatic accessories. Rivets and sequins are intricate. Ordinary fringes are replaced with strings of beads to reinforce an extravagant style.