Fashion Trends & Forecasting for Apparel & Accessories

DESIGN Forecast AW 2025-26 Women Men Youth Accessories

Published 19 April 2024 - 66 pages 26921-26986
DESIGN Forecast AW 2025-26 Women Men Youth Accessories

Consumers are leaning into the safety of familiar styles with links to nostalgia and heritage, while craving the excitement of the new. For Autumn/Winter 2025-26 new accessory designs emerge that bridge the gap between iconic pieces and fresh innovation. This Accessories issue is packed with original designs offering a detailed insight into the direction of trends, from key shapes and proportions down to the smallest design detail. The report is organised by category and features ready-to-download CAD sketches and an expertly curated selection of the most directional styles emerging from the latest catwalk collections. Main areas covered include Bags, Jewellery, Footwear, Headwear, Eyewear with inspiration for belts, gloves, hosiery and neckwear.

DESIGN Forecast AW 2025-26 Men Youth Apparel

Published 26 February 2024 - 47 pages 26827-26873
DESIGN Forecast AW 2025-26 Men Youth Apparel

Men’s apparel is efficiently designed, in easy uncomplicated structures featuring robust and reinforced construction. Newness emerges in the repositioning and reworking of design details and style lines within a classic framework. Ease comes across in casualised styles, which incorporate adjustable elements or areas of elastication. The key to menswear design for autumn/winter 2025-26 will be found in exciting new proportions and creative combinations of texture and pattern.

DESIGN Forecast SS 2025 Women Youth Apparel

Published 31 December 2023 - 58 pages 26709-26766
DESIGN Forecast SS 2025 Women Youth Apparel

Womenswear moves into 2025 with styles that feel authentic, and appear familiar but contain next-level design elements. There’s an obsessive attention to detail, clever manipulation of fabric and disruption of style lines and proportions. The new season will see unexpected injections of craft and surprising decorative finishes – even the most practical styles will be delightfully skewed in some unique way. This new direction pushes design forward exploring sustainable approaches to womenswear and new ways to make the most of existing resources.

DESIGN Forecast SS 2025 Women Men Youth Accessories

Published 22 December 2023 - 92 pages 26617-26708
DESIGN Forecast SS 2025 Women Men Youth Accessories

Exciting new developments in the accessories sector bring a flood of fresh design ideas to inspire spring-summer 2025 collections. This comprehensive design edition offers a valuable insight into this lucrative area. Each category is packed with detailed design inspiration and combines a professionally curated selection of catwalk and streetstyle images with unique and precise CAD sketches. Areas covered include Bags, Jewellery, Footwear, Headwear, Eyewear and extra inspiration for Belts, Socks and Hosiery.

DESIGN Forecast SS 2025 Men Youth Apparel

Published 27 November 2023 - 47 pages 26570-26616
DESIGN Forecast SS 2025 Men Youth Apparel

A sense of ease spreads through men’s apparel. The overarching theme is one of relaxed, purposeful design. This ease extends to structured shapes, which feature adjustable fits or adaptable styling. Detailing carries more impact in multiple groups, misplaced positioning or bolder proportions. Moving forward this softer design direction reflects a growing confidence and a fresh approach to menswear.
The report is packed with valuable design inspiration and combines a professionally curated and hand-picked selection of catwalk designs with highly-detailed front and back CAD sketches.

DESIGN Forecast SS 2025 Women Men Youth Swim Active

Published 7 November 2023 - 60 pages 26463-26522
DESIGN Forecast SS 2025 Women Men Youth Swim Active

A focus on health and wellness demands clothing that is both comfortable and fit for purpose. Women, Men & Youth swim and active styles for SS 2025 are adaptable and function beyond any single activity.
ACTIVE – styles for yoga, gym, swim and water sports
NEUTRAL – minimal shapes, sheers and nude colours
SHAPE – sculpted, intricate shapes with hardware trims
SURFACE – focus on pattern, shine, texture and craft
MEN – styles for beach, training, leisure and swimming

DESIGN Forecast AW 2024-25 Women Youth Apparel

Published 30 July 2023 - 47 pages 26356-26402
DESIGN Forecast AW 2024-25 Women Youth Apparel

The new season delivers inspiring ideas for womenswear, channelling all the excitement and buzz from the catwalks into original design ideas. This extensive edition provides CAD sketches that capture the changes in styling and proportion, the new shapes and style lines, and all the important details including suggestions for fabrics and surface pattern. Don’t miss this valuable insight into womenswear for AW 24-25.

DESIGN Forecast AW 2024-25 Men Youth Apparel

Published 5 July 2023 - 47 pages 26309-26355
DESIGN Forecast AW 2024-25 Men Youth Apparel

The menswear design issue provides a stimulating flow of ideas and inspiration for AW 24-25. It explores the important changes and defining features of this exciting new season, while tackling concerns around sustainability and longevity. Our design solutions clearly outline the new and evolving shapes, proportions and details and provide practical direction for the selection of materials, textiles and surface pattern. Original menswear designs are provided in detailed CAD sketches and cover everything from formal to casualwear – all curated against a backdrop of the best AW 23 catwalk and streetstyle menswear looks.

DESIGN Forecast AW 2024-25 Women Men Youth Accessories

Published 15 June 2023 - 59 pages 26250-26308
DESIGN Forecast AW 2024-25 Women Men Youth Accessories

The Accessories DESIGN report clearly defines the new trends for this important market. This huge edition features original sketches that clearly define the shapes, proportions and details for AW 24-25. DESIGNs for women and men cover Bags, Jewellery, Footwear, Headwear and Eyewear areas, with additional information for Gloves, Ties and Hosiery. Inspiring pages deliver in-depth analysis for accurate insights into the future of accessory trends.

DESIGN Forecast SS 2024 Women Men Youth Accessories

Published 7 February 2023 - 52 pages 25959-26010
DESIGN Forecast SS 2024 Women Men Youth Accessories

Accessories are more than practical products. A thoughtful and considered approach to design is essential in creating styles which resonate with today’s consumers. DESIGNs for SS 24 reveal the importance of innovation and clever detailing, the essential touch-ability of surfaces, while also celebrating the emotional pull of nostalgic connections.
This design report offers CAD sketches for Womens and Mens styles for Bags, Jewellery, Footwear, Headwear and Eyewear. Inspiring pages are highly visual and deliver in-depth analysis for accurate insights into pattern, texture, materials and finishes.