In the post-coronavirus era, the boundary between life and work is getting more and more blurred. Fashion leisure style also influences business attire. Men's leather and fur clothing feels younger and more casual. Shearling suits with notch lapels balance work and life, quite comfy. Classic turn-down collar jackets fit commute. Slightly fitted minimalist silhouettes deliver a neat feel. Diversified quilted materials bring a unique wearing experience.

With the fashion of practicality, urban consumers shift their focus from chic items to durable and practical items, and pay more attention to multi-scene products, which further blurs the boundary between leisure and commute. Collar and details of shirts will be the focus. Multi-scene adaptability is the key consideration. The key to a trendy silhouette is the silhouette can create diverse looks and cater to consumers' aesthetics.

With the rise of women's status, A/W 21/22 women's overcoats will focus more on fashionable styling. In order to show silhouette changes, this report analyzes representative directions from sleeves, length and so on. Designers combine voluminous pleated sleeves, high arc sleeves, short-sleeve overcoats and mid-length overcoats to reveal feminism while they interpret the aesthetics of clothes via silhouettes.

As re-created classic structures rise in A/W 20/21, overcoats change in autumn and winter and will combine the classic with the novel. In order to show the volume change of A/W 21/22 overcoats, this report concludes representative new directions from perspectives of sleeves, armholes and shoulder designs.

Overcoats are necessary for autumn and winter. For fashion leisure style, mid-length shape is more popular. Classic A-line silhouette is still prevalent. The silhouette with shoulder pads displays the charisma of gentlemen. The hooded casual shape weakens the business vibe and gets more and more popular with young consumers. Shirt-style overcoats are relaxing and comfy, fit for various occasions. The long H-line overcoat reveals the quality sense. Other shapes include waisted design, trench coat style structures.

Women's leather and fur overcoats pay more attention to displaying female elegance and softness. Silhouettes focus on collar changes and fitted shapes. Warm brown tones and fresh blue tones play an important role. Therefore, fine sheep shearing, curly wool and one fur are key materials. Simple collar designs and waisted details mix with everyday clothes, better depicting an exquisite and elegant image of urban women.

With the rise of re-created classics in A/W 20/21, overcoats will combine classics with novelty in a more fitted and refined way in A/W 21/22. In order to display silhouette changes of overcoats in A/W 21/22, this report analyzes overcoats in two seasons from perspectives of shoulder, sleeves, waist, hemline, cutting and styles.

The unstable social environment motivates people to focus more on comfort and protectiveness. The loose shape, as a key part for layered match, brings a sense of being wrapped and protected. Influenced by femininity trend, the princess style and retro A-line shape will gain more attention. Necessity economy drives the popularity of simple durable products. With the core of comfort, practical details are added to meet market needs.

Based on latest data of overcoats, the mid-length silhouette in retro colors is the most popular. Combining with new shapes of A/W 21/22 overcoats, collar and details of shirts will be key points, with retro hues for a causal vibe. And overcoats display more detail changes in clothing collocation. The key to a popular shape is creating various looks.

The overcoat is an necessary item for men, and the focus of menswear brands in early spring. In Resort 2021, the fashion leisure overcoat is the key point of big brands. Light retro elements stand out this season. Classic overcoat silhouette is kept, and loose silhouette is popular. Catering to the young market, this season fashion leisure overcoats will highlight young designs and become the featured item of early spring.

The sudden outbreak affects the whole world, and people begin to look back on their comfortable life emotionally, hoping for a psychological cure and a memory of a happy time. At the same time, due to the stagnation of trade during the pandemic, many products and fabrics are overstocked. Thus surplus production materials are redesigned and new elements are injected into old goods. These become an effective way to solve the stock. COVID-19 has spread around the world, raising people's fear of terrorist attacks and natural disasters. And protective functional designs bring a safety sense for anxious people.

The unusual 2020 leads to people's longing for an easy and comfortable life. In addition to comfortable loungewear, people also prefer comfortable overcoats. Overcoats in this report combine the comfortable silhouette with daily life, showing a comfortable and casual lifestyle.

In A/W 20/21, men's sports items feature the minimalism and functional details. The extreme simplicity displays the "less is more" wearing experience. Due to the rapid deterioration of the climate and environment, items in this season aim to save social resources and encourage consumers to support sustainable development. The item explores the improved design of outdoor styles, and focuses on durability and transseasonal wearing. The function of fabric needs improvement to adapt to flexible cutting and strengthen the recycle value. Besides, the layered match is also a key design point for outdoor styles.

Familiar styles often bring a comfortable feeling, and vintage style sweeps this season. Modern techniques recreate and reinterpret classic styles, and endow denim items with charming silhouettes. With the increasingly stricter requirements for clothing, the multifunctional style and neat details are combined, quite popular. Designers constantly use new forms which are totally different from conventional appearance to recreate classic denim jackets.

Women's coats appeared around the end of the 19th century and were developed from women's long woollen coats. The overcoat is long, waisted and with big lapels. As Audrey Hepburn, Marilyn Monroe and other stars wore the overcoat, it became popular in the world and the entertainment circle. Nowadays, the overcoat has been a classic item. And the long overcoat is optimized to be more fit for daily wearing. For A/W 21/22, we starts from the classic long overcoat to analyze the wide-shoulder boyfriend overcoats, modern X-line overcoats, retro straight overcoats, overcoats with shawl lapels and collarless overcoats.

The Japanese magazine style is from Japanese female makeup which adopts mainly warm colors to be fresh and healing. Therefore, Japanese clothing collocation also tends to be warm tones and pays attention to the simple but layered effect. Photos in magazines such as JJ and Lee prefer portrait photos that are close to life. With the fresh and elegant tones, the entire look is very comfortable and warm. As people pursue Japanese magazine style, the Chinese market will also be affected by the Japanese magazine style in the next season, and will absorb elements of bright mid-length overcoats in Japanese magazines, showing the unique silhouette flavor in line with Chinese overcoat aesthetics.

With the change of A/W 20/21 trends, silhouette, fabrics and style details of men's business overcoats keep changing, which shows an upgraded retro sense. The loose and boxy silhouette, classic premium glen plaid, bold double-colored spliced materials, toggles, long leather overcoats in the 1990s, and retro workwear are redesigned to refresh the retro business overcoats for A/W 20/21.

In A/W 20/21, the romantic temperament of new females updates the minimalism. The soft texture and the fluent cutting bring the different fashion and warmth to the overcoat. Apart from the vague boundary of leisure style and commuting style, exquisite details and the retro sense are still key points of the trend. The suitability for many occasions needs to be considered in the design to cater to the lifestyle of modern females. The wide-shoulder extends from S/S to A/W. The waisted detail weakens the aggressive sense and adds softness.

The fur collar is perennial for A/W markets. The combos of cosy and comfortable fur collars and heavy coats are decorative and functional, adding a warm and fashionable effect. Bold contrasting colors add vibrancy to the A/W collections.

The smart casual style on the basis of classic menswear designs is for young people. Taking cues from urban styling, designers combine some street elements with sophisticated preppy style. The overall silhouette is loose and casual. The workwear shape enhances the practical effect. Color blocking and material panelling show a conflicting and fashionable quality. Accessories such as metallic chains, appliques and badges add interest

The mid-length coat is an indispensable and key item for A/W. For A/W 20/21, in addition to the double-breasted design, three buttons, small square collar and hood, more delicate details such as contrasting splicing, necklines, checks and labelling renew the mid-length silhouette.