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Poetcore, opera aesthetic and brooches: Key style predictions from Pinterest for 2026

At the end of each year, Pinterest delves into its platform's search queries to predict trends for the coming year. The inspiration platform has published Pinterest Predicts 2026, featuring a total of 21 trends across fashion, beauty, interiors, travel and food. FashionUnited outlines the fashion trends. Glamoratti Minimalism is scarce among...

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Menswear SS27 according to Edwin van den Hoek: 'A focus on the man'

According to Dutch trend forecaster Edwin van den Hoek, understanding the menswear landscape for summer 2027 requires starting with the body. This refers not to the one on the catwalk, but to the real male physique. Like the female form, it is facing increasing scrutiny; it is being studied, idealised and polished. This 'male gaze' is also...

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From gold to gatekeeping: WGSN’s top fashion, tech and consumer trends for 2026

While many brace themselves for the peak festive period, WGSN is already looking beyond. The trend forecasting firm has outlined the shifts, movements and crazes expected to define 2026, with everything from gatekeeping as a currency to sophisticated escapism due to take hold. An overarching macro trend was dubbed by WGSN as ‘Unserious...

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Pantone: Cloud Dancer is the Colour of the Year 2026

The fashion industry is set to float on clouds in 2026. This is the forecast made on Thursday by the Pantone Color Institute, which has crowned “Cloud Dancer” as the colour of the upcoming year. This is a bright, ethereal white that conveys tranquillity, clarity and space for new ideas through its simplicity. In a time full of changes and...

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Britishcore: Bomber jackets and plaid skirts. Young Londoners wear the look

Over the past two years, #Britishcore has taken social media by storm. It’s a quirky aesthetic that taps into a nostalgic yet distinctly modern vision of Britain today. It’s a celebration of everyday life; less about afternoon tea at The Ritz and more about eating Greg’s sausage rolls in the street; less about a rainy walk across fields, more...

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Fall/Winter 2026/27 Trend Report: Redirection, Radicality and Regeneration

I. Introduction & Overview The Fall/Winter 2026/27 season marks a pivotal moment of "Redirection," a theme identified as the defining sentiment for the industry. As the fashion sector navigates a poly-crisis of environmental instability, geopolitical tension, and technological acceleration (specifically AI), the consumer mindset is bifurcating....

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SS28 Preview: The modern flow of performance design

Constant connectivity and cultural turbulence have created a global yearning for a renewed sense of ease—a desire to move freely, think clearly, and live with less restriction. Amidst a rapidly accelerating digital pace, consumers are gravitating toward designs that feel more intuitive. The act of movement - whether through sport, commute, or...

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Decoding AW26 trends and shifting consumer patterns: Heuritech's AI-driven forecasts

Since its launch in 2013, Paris-based trend forecasting platform Heuritech has relied on artificial intelligence (AI) to formulate its own forecasts for each season. Its technology scans millions of social media images monthly, receiving data points on what consumers are wearing and identifying over 20,000 trends spanning material and...

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Première Vision FW26 Season & Color Report

Key trends from the Première Vision FW26 whitepaper: 1. Innovation and Technology: Shifting Gears Amid global instability, unpredictability is the new normal. Nature-inspired innovation, spanning bio-fabrication, regenerative materials, and biotech, points toward a symbiotic, post-fossil future. Progress comes from the synergy between humans,...

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Future Snoops identifies Four Key Material Directions for FW26/27

Future Snoops’ material and textile expert Julia Skliarova has presented a detailed outlook on the material sourcing landscape for Fall/Winter 2026/27, framing the season around the industry’s accelerating structural shifts. According to Skliarova, regenerative strategies, circular material flows, agile sourcing models and the growing demand for...

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The State of Fashion 2026: Turbulence is the new normal

The annual State of Fashion report by global management consulting firm McKinsey & Company and BoF Insights, The Business of Fashion’s data and advisory team, has revealed that 46 percent of fashion executives expect industry conditions to worsen in 2026, an increase from 39 percent in last year’s report. The report, which reveals how changes in...

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StockX 2025 Trends: Asics remains market leader, football jerseys and coveted collabs dominate

The latest quarterly trend report by resale platform StockX has seen Asics retain the position of leading brand in the market. In ‘Big Facts: 2025 Trends’, which covers data over the quarter July 1 to September 30, as well as for the year to October, StockX said Asics’ growth continued, with quarterly sales for the footwear brand growing 45...