As the fashion industry is more eco-friendly and brighter, those self-repairing fabrics, new textiles from deconstructing old textiles, and fabrics made of natural plant fibers will also gain increasing attention. In S/S 2022, fabrics will be more technical and greener. Fabric traders and designers will blend with new technologies to awaken new renewable and eco-friendly fabrics, thus further making the fashion industry more technical and greener.

As people have a deeper understanding of how the environment affects human health, sustainability remains the focus of consumers and brands. For the textile industry, it is a key consideration of how to transform fiber into fashion in a sustainable way, how to lower the impact on the environment with natural fibers, and how to realize a traceable recycle and supply chain through digital technologies. Therefore, this theme centers on organic cotton fibers, color-grown cotton, regenerative organic farming, vegetable dyeing, slow handicraft and recycling concept to imagine a green lifestyle. They are also key driving forces for textile industry in the coming years.

Faced with economic depression in the post-coronavirus era, consumers hope to find a sense of safety in protective clothes, so function of clothes becomes more important. This theme fuses functionality and sustainability with clothes, offering extra comfortable new materials and protective technologies. Therefore, biodegradable designs, creative thermal insulation, smooth performance, restorative fabrics and bio-based fibers bring large potential to people's daily life and become key driving factors in next few years.