With the boom of outdoor activities impacting cities, children's clothing has also shown a trend towards outdoor fashion. Sports and leisure silhouettes will become the key direction for boys' outerwear. This report focuses on three popular style scenarios under this silhouette, combining popular fabric textures, and provides key fabric directions for the development of 24/25 autumn/winter boys' casual jackets, as well as a fabric display reference guide for fabric companies.

Beyond being only a functional accessory, zippers made of different materials also show visual conflicts and decorative features. Creative zipper teeth, opposing dyed tapes, zip detailing and different applications create different fashion styles.

The rise of outdoor sports and mountaineering lifestyle prompts the trend of men’s active jackets. According to the in-depth researches on men’s and boys’ active jackets, printed fabrics are trending upward, especially digital smudges and classic outdoor camous.

Fasteners can not only give functional details, but also shift the styling of garments. The smart designs strengthen the practicality and show newness. The application on utility activewear improves the sense of fashion.

The design of rope has been a trending detail for closure, decoration and functionality. The woven ropes of hood and trousers elevate the wardrobe staples. With the popularity of outdoor fashion, climbing ropes and elastic ropes are used to develop outdoor wear and casual wear. Joyful handmade ropes signal the rise of handicraft. Letter logos and colorful ropes are suitable for most markets.

The development of outdoor sports and fashion markets leads to the higher requirements of practicality and protective performance. Different functional accessories have been the key details for all attires. Buckles, sliders, and hooks are placed at new positions. Special fireman clasps and deck hooks are returned for an outdoor military style. Climbing hooks and fixed tabs continue the practicality.

Stretchy ribbons and elastic bands are applied widely on sportswear. How to effectively integrate key accessories and details into timeless products will be the key issue for designers. To be in line with the sustainable development, detail and accessory are at the center of basics. Logo print elastic straps are loved by young brands and consumers. Elastic bands made of nylon fishing cords and see-through mesh are widely appeared on the cuffs and waistbands of jacket to improve the value. Design elements like embroidery and flocking endow accessories with unique appeal.

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.

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 people's enthusiasm for the wilderness and nature and the revive of the world, people are looking for a sense of safety from nature and outdoors. Therefore, protective, functional and technical fabrics fit for both urban commute and outdoors will be more popular with consumers. This report mainly analyzes technical matte fabric, bio-based fleece and space-like graphene fabric, as well as their applications on menswear and womenswear, thus reflecting the key trend of functional and sustainable fabrics in A/W 21/22.

In recent years, the circular all-in-one machine has been gradually popularized, which eliminates most stitching of knitwear and enables the knitwear more well-fitting, with more delicate craft details. Together with the breathability brought by special structures of knitting, knitted sportswear is more and more popular. In addition to sportswear brands like Adidas which have knitted sportswear, luxury brands like Prada also release knitted sportswear in A/W 2019.