Better city brings us a better life, but also causes several health risks. And relaxed sport draws much attention, because it consumes less physical energy, require low skills and needs flexible time. It balances between the city and people. Jackets bring simplicity and comfort back to S/S 2021.

Vintage defines the S/S 2021 men's swimwear style. Retro color-blocking, prints and silhouettes show newness. Preppy style in the 1990s and sailing themes keep inspiring men's swimwear. Symbolic primary colors in blocked patterns display this theme. Retro piping and side stripes inject novelty into sports shorts, showing the charm of 1970s vintage beach. More and more urban stylish men favor five-inch baggies. The solid, loose and short inseam shorts are advised. Board shorts return back with the shorter fitted silhouette, neat colors and simple prints. Retro feel is integrated into sporty cutting, and bold geometric prints renew the semi-formal style.

With the popularity of retro style, ingenious thoughts of the Golden Age mix with clothing designs, presenting the new classical beauty. Recently, shirts with retro elements appear on catwalks, especially the dramatic Peter Pan collar, gigot sleeves and retro wide-shoulder silhouette. Classical elements will have an important trend in the future.

Sweatshirts are comfortable and versatile. In S/S 2021, sweatshirts are dominated by a loose silhouette, and combined with popular elements and creative designs. Voluminous sweatshirts employ exaggerated lengthened placement and pattern decoration for a stronger street vibe. Loose crew-neck sweatshirts show newness via pattern designs. Hooded sweatshirts continue tie-dye, and pursue innovative and eco-friendly design techniques and crafts. The cardigan style returns back. A zipper endows the sweatshirt with a blocking sense and enriches the silhouette.

In S/S 2021, women's knitwear T-shirts pay more attention to show elegant and soft femininity. Styles incline to be well-fitting. Fresh bright colors popular in spring and summer also occupy an important part. Therefore, fine stitch and color-blocking are key designs. Simple details blend with everyday wear, depicting a graceful and delicate image of urban females.

Chinese fashion brands gain more and more young consumers. Jacket is indispensable in spring and summer. The loose silhouette remains a focus. Coach jackets and baseball jackets get renewed via pattern and detail changes. Workwear jackets adjust pocket proportion, which will be a key design direction. Pullover jackets in bright colors are dynamic. Hooded jackets become the hot silhouette, with fun cartoon or figure patterns to be chic.

Whether taking exercise at home or in the gym, people are demanding higher performance, which gives rise to active innovation trend and create high-tech cutting-edge sports equipment. Technical textiles and smart solutions which respond to and transmit data are becoming new ways to optimize and enhance performance. Comfort, fit and support are key points of next-generation products. All-day comfort of garments are tested and ultrasonic welding technique is employed to eradicate friction. Reflective designs consider less safety, aiming to extend individuality. They are designed to match black gyms.

Cancelled or postponed marathons, postponed Tokyo Olympic in 2020 and other cancelled events have never dampened the enthusiasm of runners. Besides, sports-inspired consumers demand for highly adaptive and functional durable styles. This trend is essential to shapes and fabrics. Multifunctionality of the item stands out. Temperature-controlling function is a must. Contrast colors should be cautiously used, and all-over color blocks create superior and adaptive aesthetics, reflected by contrast seams and trimming. Core styles also include modular base-layers of men's running wear. Base-layers are functional, convenient for movements and fit for layered match.

Combination of outdoor and urban styles becomes an emerging trend in menswear. Versatility and comfort of outdoor clothing renew functional details. Straight and gathered-ankle silhouettes are dominant in this season, and reinforce functionality and practicality on fabrics, details and crafts. Technical fabrics create highly functional styles, bringing a new trend for future commute. Detachable trousers can be worn in multiple ways. Drawstring gathers the opening. Big color blocks strengthen the structure and functionality. Functional details on jumpsuits are ergonomic.

Fashion in the 1960s focuses on the entire look, and people like the expensive yet simply cut dress. This kind of dress shows a minimalist style. With the popularity of romantic and comfortable French dress, intellectual, noble, sexual temperament gradually becomes another kind of elegant postures. Simple mini dress, loose H-line dress, mini A-line dress, halter-neck long dress, cape sleeves and other simple silhouette combines vintage and modernity, which pushes the minimalist style to the climax.

As the representative silhouette of menswear, almost every man has a shirt. It is also a hot silhouette for street fashion brands. In S/S 2021, street fashion shirt combines popular elements to show novelty. Light deconstructed shirt will gain attention this season, and functional elements also continue. The all-over printed loose short-sleeve shirt will dominate streets in high summer and become an necessary silhouette for young groups.

Conventional sets remind us of formal suits or sport suits. But in S/S 2021, conventional sets will totally change. Suits are combined with Bermuda shorts, and cropped suits are styled with tone-on-tone skirts, which will be a both fashionable and casual look. According to the survey, people pay more and more attention to comfort, including a comfortable life and casual clothing. Thus casual sets will prevail, and comfortable casual sets will also be necessary.

As a basic style, sweatshirts are quite popular. Increasing young people are keen on Chinese fashion brands, and sweatshirts also occupy a half of the market of street fashion. In 2021 spring, the loose silhouette remains the core silhouette, while the pattern is less dramatic. The worn-out round collar sweatshirt is an important silhouette, reflecting the rise of light vintage elements. The bright sweatshirt with a stand collar adds a superior summer feel to early spring. The deconstructed sweatshirt is prominent this season and becomes the hottest Chinese sweatshirt silhouette. Sweatshirt is blended with popular elements and creative designs, and gets upgraded this season.

Gathered-ankle denim trousers are popular in the market because they are wearable and comfortable. They deliver a strong high street feel and become a hot silhouette in S/S 2021. Gathered-ankle denim trousers of relaxed sport style remain the key development direction. Sport elements make a contrast with denim, quite novel. Classic workwear denim trousers with pockets remain prevalent. Voluminous gathered-ankle trousers apply drawstring to leg openings, revealing a statement-making feel.

Originally Polo shirts were worn by aristocrats when they played Polo. Later, the Polo style was applied to other sportswear and even casual wear, so it was also called as golf shirts or tennis shirts. It was tennis player Rene Lacoste who really came up with the modern polo shirt. He launched his own polo shirt brand, Lacoste, in 1933. In 1971, tennis player Ralph Lauren introduced Polo Ralph Lauren, a casual product line, and used the Polo logo. For the next 20 years Polo flourished, beating out Lacoste to become the iconic Polo shirt brand. Nowadays, Polo shirts are suitable for a wide range of occasions. In S/S 2021, Polo shirts take on a young and fashionable new business style in terms of collar change, different materials, colors and patterns on the collar.

With the popularity of vintage trend, elements of the Victorian period such as exaggerated puff sleeves, the turn-down collar and high-waist yoke return back in a powerful momentum. Influenced by sustainability, organic natural colors become the mainstream. Simple details highlight the fabric and quality sense. Detachable bib and the loose silhouette are practical and popular.

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.

In high summer, there are many silhouettes for young ladies. The sweet and fresh style normally has no exaggerated looks, and focuses on practical design technique on placement. The light A-line dress is a salable silhouette in high summer. Influenced by the French retro style, the square collar, tea dress and the waisted silhouette will be fashion vanes of dresses' silhouettes.

Jacket is the common outerwear in modern life. The fashion leisure jacket is especially the focus of designers. Currently, the loose boxy jacket becomes the key silhouette, because it combines functionality with practicality. In this season the pursuit of individuality remains the main factor of consumption. The simple boxy hooded baseball jacket becomes the hottest, and the boxy workwear jacket also gains attention. Besides, the functional voluminous jacket is also a development direction for S/S 2021.

As consumers pay more attention to health and exercise at home, products' versatility and expansion of service cycle are more important. Female consumers hope to show the figure while taking exercise, especially the upper abdomen. Ergonomic unibody knitting technology is combined to create functional and personalized items. Different items are created for different exercises. The service cycle of products focus more on sustainability and whether the fabric is healthy to human body. Technical methods, unsalable stocks and recreation of fabrics can be adopted to reduce the resource waste.

Bold and unconstrained millennials have their own ideas and unique attitudes toward life. "It's hard to define." is a compliment to individuality in today's youth culture. Influenced by rock, subculture and rebellious ideology, the attitude of self-loyal youngsters who refuse to be defined takes on the fashionable and interesting aesthetics externally. Lots of street elements like asymmetry, collage, mix & match appear in classic items. Clothing brands also need to break the boundary of silhouette design and style positioning, and echo the "No need for definition" of youngsters in an inclusive attitude.