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Fashion Trend Categories

Explore our Fashion Trend Categories

At Trend Suite, we provide expert fashion forecasting to help you stay ahead of the ever-evolving industry landscape. Our extensive range of fashion trend categories ensures you have access to cutting-edge insights across all key product areas, enabling you to create forward-thinking collections with confidence.

By becoming a Trend Suite member, you unlock unlimited access to our meticulously curated trend forecasts. These reports, rich with expert analysis, are designed to save you time while keeping you informed of the latest shifts in consumer preferences, and design innovation.

Click below to explore the essential fashion trend categories covered in our forecasts:

 

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Consumer Trends: Shifting Behaviours

Consumer Trends: Shifting Behaviours

Consumer trend forecasts that cover evolving consumer changes with a strong focus on sustainability, ethical production and conscious consumption. At Trend Suite, we analyse the key global shifts, cultural movements and economic factors shaping the future of fashion. With Gen Z and Millennials leading the demand for sustainable materials, circular fashion and transparency, we show brands how to adapt by prioritising eco-friendly textiles, and digital innovation.

Macro Themes: The Foundation of Every Season

Macro Themes: The Foundation of Every Season

Each season begins with our Key Influences reports for womenswear and menswear. These detailed guides outline the three overarching macro trend themes, providing a clear roadmap for integrating them into your collections through smaller micro or mini-trend narratives. Understanding macro trends is essential for anticipating industry shifts, helping brands align with evolving consumer values, priorities, and aesthetics.

Colour Trends: Setting the Tone

Colour Trends: Setting the Tone

Our colour forecasts highlight the key colour stories consumers will be drawn to in the coming seasons, seamlessly synchronising with our macro trend insights. Each colour palette is Pantone matched and referenced providing the foundation for striking and commercially successful collections, influencing everything from fabric selection to print and pattern development and brand storytelling. Colour harmonies further enhance our actionable insights.

Print and Pattern: Defining Visual Impact

Print and Pattern: Defining Visual Impact

We empower designers with expertly curated print and pattern forecasts, ensuring collections remain aligned with shifting consumer desires for originality and self-expression. Our reports showcase a variety of emerging stories, from intricate motifs to bold, statement-making graphics. Our insights help brands craft compelling designs that captivate today's consumers seeking individuality and escapism. Understanding the evolving print and pattern landscape.

Textiles: Innovations in Fabric

Textiles: Innovations in Fabric

As responsible sourcing and material innovation take centre stage, we provide deep insights into the key fibres, finishes, and tactile trends shaping each season. Our reports highlight the evolution of fabrics, ensuring that designers stay informed about the latest advancements in sustainable and performance-driven textiles. From cutting-edge sustainable alternatives to advanced textile technologies, our reports enable designers to make informed choices.

Swimwear & Activewear: Performance Driven

Swimwear & Activewear: Performance Driven

With swimwear and activewear rapidly evolving through textile advancements, our trend forecasts offer forward-thinking design directions that meet future demands for function, innovation, and aesthetics. We track the evolution of sportswear silhouettes, technical fabrications, and emerging trends in fitness and lifestyle fashion. Focusing on high-performance fabrics and sustainable solutions, we help brands craft collections that resonate with the modern consumer.

Jewellery & Accessories: Big Statements

Jewellery & Accessories: Big Statements

New materials, bold proportions, and a push for sustainability define the jewellery and accessory sector. Consumers are embracing customisation and self-expression, driving demand for pieces that make a statement. Accessories have the power to transform an outfit, making them an essential component of any trend-driven collection. Our insights highlight the innovations shaping this space, ensuring your accessories align with key market movements.

Knitwear & Jersey: Future Comfort

Knitwear & Jersey: Future Comfort

Performance and quality remain at the heart of knitwear and jersey design, with a growing emphasis on biomaterial and organic yarns. As consumer preferences shift toward longevity and sustainability, knitwear innovations are playing a key role in shaping fashion's future. Our reports showcase innovative textures, responsible manufacturing, and key silhouettes, helping brands meet the increasing demand for comfort, durability, and sustainability.

Lingerie & Sleepwear: Connection and Comfort

Lingerie & Sleepwear: Connection and Comfort

The lingerie and sleepwear market is driven by a desire for sustainable fabrics, close-to-skin comfort, and community-driven design. As intimate apparel evolves, comfort and inclusivity remain at the forefront, influencing fabric choices and construction techniques. Our trend insights explore key textures, trims, and silhouettes shaping this category, helping brands foster meaningful connections with today’s conscious shoppers.

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Stay Ahead with Trend Suite

By covering all essential fashion trend categories, Trend Suite provides you with the tools to design collections that not only align with industry shifts but also anticipate the needs of future consumers. Our reports are designed to give you a competitive edge, ensuring that your brand remains relevant and ahead of the curve.

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Stay informed, stay inspired, and stay ahead with Trend Suite’s expertly curated forecasts. Whether you're launching a new collection or refining an existing line, our insights offer the strategic guidance you need to succeed in a rapidly changing fashion landscape.

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