This single report provides complete and combined analysis from the New York, London, Milan and Paris runway collections. The panoptic view is edited into 5 major trends, and each theme expands into far-reaching ideas and inspiration for all areas of apparel.
For the autumn/winter season the overarching feeling is one of confidence and vitality, from the punchy graphics of Instagram Edit, to the surreal 2D effects in Hyper Smooth. For all these contemporary messages, there is also a sense of craft and romance. Striking Hand, is influenced by hand-crafted techniques and provides inspiration for textiles and a new bohemian look, while Dark Romance dips into overtly feminine styles with an undercurrent of subversion. Retro Zeitgeist takes a close look at the current retro influences on proportion, styling and silhouette.

Comprehensive analysis of the Men’s AW catwalk collections and presentation shows, provides a definitive trend outline for the season. This report reveals the new silhouettes and what’s influencing the looks, from cultural shifts, to dips into the past. The team take an in-depth look into the latest graphics, prints and fabric innovations to emerge, targeting the most commercially viable and inspiring designs. This season uniforms move into survival mode, tailoring is refined and shows an increase in volume, graphics reflect our highly visual culture, rock-star poets draw a fuzzy line between genders and casuals get a reality check.

The pre-fall collections have just finished, and our team of experts have analysed every show to compile a complete and comprehensive trend report for the entire season. These emerging themes have been selected for their power to inspire and drive design forward. Trends cover all areas of womenswear and include analysis of silhouette, proportion, styling, fabrication, surface pattern and decoration. Pre-Fall collections are an increasingly important part of the fashion calendar and add relevant insights into the coming season. The report is highly visual with special attention to styles that add a fresh and exciting new vocabulary to the current fashion conversation.

A unique and detailed analysis of the latest accessory trends emerging from the New York, London, Milan & Paris runways. The report kicks off with a series of actionable moodboards, which offer the latest trend directions across all product areas. Subsequent pages are divided by product to analyse the connections between different styles, and provide inspiration for designers to move forward with their own collections.

The four cities have spoken – and Paris has the last word. Definitive trends have developed through the season with each city adding their own exciting deviations. From New York’s Sugar Coated and London’s Sugar Rush to the fragile pieces in Come Undone in Milan, the hyper feminine trend ends with a hi-tech twist in Paris, with Sheer Bliss.
Milan took an almost literal Flash Back to the sixties and seventies, similar to Reverse Thrust in Paris. London kept the look grounded in Real Appeal with a normcore angle, and New York went for a soft retro spin with a modern approach in Offbeat Redux.The sporty conversation jumps between, an urban styled Rubber Bullets in New York to hi-low combinations in Milan and London. Paris weighs in with some heavyweight sporty looks that dip into the eighties rave scene.
The hand craft trend has been gaining momentum through each of the fashion capitals. New York hinted at it with pretty fringing in the Sugar Coated trend, London exploded with Tribal Tech, and Milan combined their crafted looks into hippy-styled retro looks in Flash Back. Paris adds its own modern boho look with lots of surface pattern, handworked craft and texture in Tribal Hand.
The dynamic slicing away of fabric into cutouts and the creating of acute diagonal lines have combined with graphic blocks of colour and sharp tailoring in most cities. Paris provides the most compellingly sculpted tailoring in City Limits, while Tech Crunch in New York and Slash/Slash in London push the look forward with technical fabrics.
The Military angle dips in an out of other key trends. In New York it combines with the urban sportswear of Rubber Bullets, while In London’s Real Appeal and Milan’s Straightforward, the tailoring mixes with uniforms. Protest March in Paris provides the strongest case for the military trend with combinations of workwear, uniforms and lots of military detailing.

Milan joins the fashion conversation for spring/summer 2015 and adds it’s own spin to the dialogue. Looks are elevated with high levels of craftsmanship and luxe fabrics
The looks form four major trends, which cover all the new directions for womenswear. Accurate analysis provides insight into the intelligence behind each trend and clear page layouts add visual confirmation and inspiration. Don’t miss this crucial and informative report.

This indepth report translates the runway looks into the essential concepts for the year ahead. The analysis compares New York and London, where trends crossover or deviate into different directions. London designers often take their cues from street influences and music culture which adds a youthful spin to the major trends of the season. Track the trends and get a clear insight into the latest directions with this 70+ page report.

This expert analysis of the New York collections provides inspiration that will propel trends forwards. There are exciting new developments in all areas, from new proportions in sculptural shapes, to combat styles with a luxury edge. Halcyon days inspire our Sugar Coated trend, which combines fresh innocence with sensual femininity. Other concepts look to tech-driven crafts or the compelling interplay of masculine and feminine influences…

Analysis of women’s Pre-Spring and Men’s SS catwalk collections provides a definitive trend outline for spring/summer swimwear and related beach apparel. The report covers Men, Women and Youth areas with strong directions for surface pattern and graphic designs. Swimwear is dominated by pool-side separates and coordinated beach cover styles. Sportswear is a strong influence for silhouettes and detailing across the board, and prints and patterns are engineered into positions that will create the most impact.

Men’s accessories strike a balance between seriously functional design and fashion-led styles. Detailing on bags and footwear is reduced and streamlined providing a new look for classic staples. DESIGNers merge familiar styles together, creating new hybrids for SS ‘15. The bohemian trend adds a crafted, hippy angle, which is especially strong for the jewellery sector.