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.

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.