Yarn-dyed gingham is a classic cross-seasonal product. A/W 23/24 womenswear and kidswear focus on retro preppy style, soft-focus visual effect and diverse space. Classic plaids and stripes are enlarged with desaturated colors to exude a unique retro vibe. Napping, jacquard and the use of fancy yarns blur the boundaries of checks and stripes and present a soft-focus effect. The combination with jacquard, printing, coating and metallic touch creates multi-layered spaces.

In this era that goes against the mainstream, we can see cultural rebellion everywhere in the world. Lo-Fi is a largely music-centric aesthetic that utilizes muted tones and mundane imagery to evoke a feeling of calm and nostalgia. SD(Standard Definition) Recollect brings the flashback of classic moments and pays homage to the charm of golden era. Highly malleable fancy yarns such as butterfly yarns, mink-like yarns, loop yarns and sequined yarns express the retro feeling of the young generation. These unnatural materials, however, provide comfortable dressing experiences. Especially the mink-like yarns are soft and skin-friendly.

In this era that goes against the mainstream, we can see cultural rebellion everywhere in the world. Lo-Fi is a largely music-centric aesthetic that utilizes muted tones and mundane imagery to evoke a feeling of calm and nostalgia. SD(Standard Definition) Recollect brings the flashback of classic moments and pays homage to the charm of golden era.

This report focuses on the popular womenswear fabrics in S/S 2023. Ditsy floral print cotton fabric creates a pastoral style. With the popularity of Y2K fashion, stretchy knit is used more to develop bodysuits. The fresh and natural touch of cotton lace is recommended the most in summer. The soft and comfortable texture of leather fabric is also noteworthy. 3D embellishments enrich the visual layers and display the diversification.

The complexity of material and technique leads to the higher cost of design development in Autumn/Winter. Based on the actual demands, POP Fashion digs into fashion weeks and presale products on a world scale to figure out the most investment-worthy fabrics.

2022 is regarded as the first year of metaverse. All the industries in the world are launching virtual projects and promoting the digitalization of the entity. The social form is under constant transformations. The blurred boundaries between reality and the virtual world make diversified combinations into normality. The dazzling digital visual effect leads to sensory stimulation, whole the Y2K fashion sweeps the world once again. Driven by the cultural and social background, this report focuses on the fabric craft trend for down jacket in A/W 23/24.

Jacquard has the most enriched and diversified textures among fabrics. The jacquard fabrics in S/S 2023 present bright colors, abundant patterns, and diverse materials. For the development of womenswear, embossed jacquard, two-tone jacquard, and linear jacquard will be the three directions in the new season.

Retro Time conveys the spiritual expression of Gen Z consumers' nostalgic emotions and awakens the memory of the golden age via scene replays. Discovering the oasis that we desire for, an escapist journey is started in the high summer. With the use of joyous tones, new elements are joined by the old to present a retro vacation style. Retro Time hopes to create a relaxing and carefree mini-vacation atmosphere for the busy teenagers in city. A self-healing summer rhapsody reminds us of the passion and romance in summer, and re-interprets the highlights of that classic, golden age.

Faustian deed is a contract between people and demon. The enjoyment of illusions reflects modern teenagers’ growing appetite for uniqueness and personality. Focusing on the theme drives of Deed, the position of consumers is defined to be weird, pioneering, and avant-garde; lace & gauze, ethereal lightweight, rippled luster, and 3D trims are the fabric points to watch; dresses, bodysuits, skirts, coordinates, and outerwear are the major styles for the thematic fabrics of Deed.

Metaverse is a society under constant evolutions. The rise of virtual digital clothing leads to the innovation and revolution of fabrics. The consumer groups of Metaverse are the Gen Z and Generation Alpha who love luxurious streetwear. Driven by the styles as virtual interaction, futuristic technology, NFT, avant-garde streetwear, and smart business, designers bring suiting, digital knits, PU leather, patented leather, gradient gloss, and 3D embellishments to the forefront. Focusing on visual effects and fun performance, the thematic fabrics of Metaverse are mainly applied to produce suits, dresses, knitted base layers, and outerwear.

Lace always represents sexiness and complex prettiness. This timeless fabric in the fashion world provides soft handle, enriched patterns, and a romantic style. Lace fabrics are widely applied on the dressing of elegant ladies in S/S 2023. The application on athleisure styles and streetwear will be a future trend. This report keeps eyes on water-soluable lace, eyelet lace, and brushed lace to foresee the fashion trend.

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.

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.

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.

High-speed modern lifestyle and high-pressure working condition lead to the anxiety of young people and make them desire for a journey to switch their fantasy. The Barcelona-based fashion photographer Tamara Ruibal brings romantic and dreamy works, who is likely to tell stories through nature, colors and textures. The delicate atmosphere of fashion design provides youngsters with the emotion to switch fantasy, and the rise of cultural confidence reveals more and more dream makers. Spaces of different dimensions are interlaced and overlapped for self-expression. This report will focus on the recommended A/W 22/23 fabrics, including glossy down jacket cotton fabric, three-dimensional decorative fabric, plush fur fabric and glossy patent leather fabric.

Woolen fabric plays an important role in autumn and winter. With the development and innovation of fiber and fabric, knitted woolen fabric will be widely used in A/W 22/23. It is more elastic than woven woolen fabric and more delicate than knitwear textiles, and it also ensures the thermal property. Such knitted woolen fabric can be used to produce middle layers under overcoat and puffa jacket. This report will focus on the pattern of knitted woolen jacquard, and its new materials and post-finishing techniques.

French style always underlines the elegant romance of women. Elegant, rebellious and fairy are the three main categories of French style girls. Taking "less is more" as the basic principle, the core of French style is to be minimalist, simple, and elegant. Versatile and fashionable designs allow all the women to be soft and modern. This report focuses on the colors of crepe satin plain, elastic crepe satin plain, taffeta, silk georgette and silk voile. The nobility and elegancy of French style will be the pursuit of all-aged girls.

Classic French style is loved by many people. And the leisurely, relaxing and free style it brings is the expected life attitude of modern women. There must be a typical french style floral dress in every woman's wardrobe. Simple silhouette and floral pattern accentuate the sexual appeal. Fresh patterns reveal a naughty style, and lightweight fabric is extremely feminine and delicate. This report will analyse the suitable fabrics and floral dress of patterns, and provide A/W 22/23 womenswear designers with a new direction.

Coco Chanel once said that lace is the greatest invention of human that nothing is more elegant and exquisite so far. Nature endows us with endless inspiration, and designers can always find a better way to express through yarn and craft. Lace has symbolized exquisite craft and romance since its birth. This report will analysis the craft, pattern and texture of lace. The main introduction of water-soluable lace, wrap-knitted lace and laser-cut lace-like fabric provides new directions for designers and fabric develop enterprise in A/W 22/23.

This report is inspired by the theme Strange Twinning. This "hybrid age" connects people with mixed identities, different backgrounds, status and cultures. And cultural shock brings the crisis of hybrid identity and solitude to the young generation. They express a "natural vagrancy" attitude through "fair-skinned, young and slim" or "sweet, beautiful and quirky" style, and hope to meet their doppelgangers with shared values via big data. Imaginative and creative, they pay for their hobbies and ideas, and inversely influence the mainstream by their interpersonal cultures through content socialization. This report will mainly introduce colorful nude gauze, girly voluminous chemical fiber fabric and fresh charming flower fabric.

This "hybrid age" connects people with mixed identities, different backgrounds, status and cultures. The young generation look at the world through their immature ethereal dream, and meet another unique themselves. Although they are strangers, they have connected spirits. Isolated from the public aesthetics, they are making selections between sub-culture and mainstream. Their anxiety of "mixed identity recognition" and expectation of being approved by the mainstream cause the experiences including anxiety and hope, pain and joy. The theme Strange Twinning applies handcrafted decorations and reuses wasted synthetic materials to underline the "sweet, beautiful and quirky" style through mix&match. Thus, this report takes sweet stretchy lace fabric, colorful handmade blend fabric, girly sheeny chemical fiber fabric and ethereal sheer fabric as the main point, inversely influencing the mainstream by their interpersonal cultures through content socialization and private domain customization.