The three-day 2024 Intertextile China International Textile Fabric and Accessories (Spring/Summer) Expo was successfully concluded on March 8th at the National Convention and Exhibition Center (Shanghai). As one of the heavyweight events of this year’s Spring/Summer Noodle Accessories Exhibition, the “2025 Spring/Summer China Textile Fabric Fashion Trend Forum” will give a wonderful speech in the K149 Dialogue Textile Section of Hall 5.1!
This season’s trend forum revolves around domestic and international trend changes and market demand, focusing on color, pattern, fiber, yarn, fabric, clothing, process technology and other aspects. Led by the “2025 Spring/Summer China Textile Fabric Trend” (referred to as the “25 Spring/Summer Trend”), it focuses on new trends in fabric trends on the basis of systematic professional research, and conducts intelligent collisions from multiple perspectives for product development, product planning, and production practice, Fully showcase the research results on the trend and classification of Chinese textile fabrics. The guest speaker lineup for this forum consists of trend research experts from the China Textile Information Center and category trend research experts from the China Textile Federation Trend Research and Release Alliance.
Forum Site General Trends:
“Accompanying the Times” in Searching for New Force for Product Advancement
Qu Mengwei, a trend researcher at the Fashion Trends Department of the China Textile Information Center and editor of the Textile and Apparel Fashion Trends Outlook magazine, first appeared on stage, marking the beginning of this forum. She gave a detailed interpretation of the theme concept of “Together” and the four sub themes of “Dreaming”, “Timely”, “Traveling”, and “Observing the Interior” based on the theme of “2025 Spring/Summer Chinese Textile Fabric Fashion Trends – Lifestyle”, and analyzed the key points of the fabric trend from the perspective of consumer lifestyle. Qu Mengwei believes that in the face of increasing uncertainty, explosive growth of AI technology, economic downturn, deterioration of marine environment, and cultural confidence in social, economic, and cultural backgrounds, consumers will adhere to a more cautious long-term philosophy in their lives. Designs that can bring joy to emotions or have functional, practical, and technological appearance will become a focus of attention for future spring and summer textile development.
Wang Fan, a trend researcher at the Fashion Trends Department of the China Textile Information Center and editor of the Textile and Apparel Fashion Trends Outlook magazine, focuses on the key element of popular colors with the title “2025 Spring/Summer Chinese Textile Fabric Fashion Trends – Color Analysis”. She interprets the key color tones, key monochromes, and their key applications under the four themes of “Dream Making”, “Timeliness”, “Travel Tracing”, and “Observing the Interior” in the 25 spring/summer trend, showcasing the color trends of the new season fabrics. Wang Fan stated that dreamy and soft pink wax colors, AI inspired energy colors, versatile and durable neutral colors, simple earth colors, fantastical aquatic tones, warm and nostalgic tones, and diverse and gorgeous colors will become popular colors that need to be focused on in the future spring and summer.
Hong Rong, Operations Manager of the Fashion Intelligence Department of China Textile Information Center, analyzed the latest trend in pattern printing from the dimensions of consumer positioning, trend evolution, popular pattern characteristics, and key color matching through cutting-edge technologies such as big data analysis and AIGC image generation content, combined with examples of fashion shows and top brands. She stated that the use of soft pink wax and surreal blurred patterns, abstract earth colored oxidized textures with oxidation or natural textures, blue ripples with liquid textures and blurred abstractions, as well as gorgeous Bohemian patterns presenting Paisley patterns, are all noteworthy pattern trends.
Category Trends:
Multivariate collision analysis of new performance in product development
On behalf of Jiangsu Huayi Fashion Group Co., Ltd. (China Textile Union Art Dyeing and Modern Tie Dyeing Trend Research Center), Luo Jingjie, the head of the Clothing and Apparel Department at the School of Clothing and Art Design, Donghua University, and the director of the Donghua Jiangsu Huayi Art Dyeing and Finishing Technology Innovation Research Center, conducted in-depth cultivation and expansion of its category on the basis of the popular trends in the spring and summer of 2025, with the topic of “2025 Chinese Art Dyeing and Finishing Trend”. He stated that future style vision, including AI vision, will bring more innovation to traditional artistic dyeing and finishing processes, and with the fermentation of practical retro tones, high-quality and exquisite retro craftsmanship will become another core point.
Zhu Pei, Assistant General Manager of Shandong Lianrun New Material Technology Co., Ltd., a research center for the trend of new materials and yarns in China Textile Union, analyzed the implementation plan of popular yarns in spring and summer 2025 from three dimensions: new technology, new materials, and new value. He stated that materials that absorb water and dry quickly, resist pilling, and are lighter, smoother, tighter, and more wear-resistant will continue to be popular in the future.
Li Ya, a fabric designer from Jiangsu Danmao Textile Co., Ltd., a research center for the trend of fine woolen fabrics for women’s clothing under the China Textile Federation, elaborated on the development direction of fine woolen fabrics for women’s clothing in the future in her speech “The Trend of Fine Woolen Fabrics for Women’s Clothing in Spring and Summer 2025”, combining the four main themes of the trend in spring and summer. She stated that using high-quality and easy to care woolen fabrics with pleasant pink colors, practical basic woolen fabrics woven from wool and silk, as well as delicate coarse woolen fabrics with floral effects and neutral colors, will become the focus of attention for future woolen women’s clothing fabrics.
As a development base for eco-friendly denim products in China Textile Federation, Guangdong Qianjin Denim Co., Ltd., its US Marketing Director Bryan Hoyos, titled “Los Angeles Spring/Summer Denim Market and Trend Update”, analyzed the latest spring/summer denim trends in the regional market based on a review of key brands and the overall market situation in the region. He stated that in terms of silhouette, a straight barrel shape, horseshoe shape, as well as ultra loose wide legs, 90s style, and high waisted multi bag design will become key trends; In terms of fabrics, emphasis should be placed on digital printing effects, luxurious appearance, and other styles; The sun exposure effect and other directions have become important trends in water washing.
Zhang Shuyun, the head of the color matching room at Dezhou Huayuan Group Co., Ltd., a research center for the trend of differentiated functional color spinning in China Textile Federation, stated in a keynote speech titled “Environmentally Friendly Yarn Helps Healthy Life”: Currently, a new balance of reconstruction is emerging, and lifestyle is also facing changes. Therefore, benefiting physical and mental health will be an important focus of product development… In terms of fabrics, active attention should be paid to natural upgraded materials, including bast fibers, and environmentally friendly recycled fibers, seaweed fibers, and zero carbon fibers dyed with plants are also key materials that need to be paid attention to.
Qin Gang, Marketing Director of Hengliang Textile Co., Ltd. at the China Textile Federation Knitted Cowboy Fashion Trend Research Center, gave a speech titled “Needle imitation shuttle is not imitation, but a new species of fabric”, explaining the trend of knitted fabrics. He stated that based on consumer demands for fabrics, needle like shuttle fabrics that are elastic, breathable, lightweight, easy to maintain, and have a certain contour are not only innovative trends in technology, but will also receive further recognition from the market.
In his keynote speech on “The Application Trends of Green Fiber Lyocell”, Wang Xingxing, Sales Manager of Saideli Group in East China, a development base for regenerated cellulose fiber products of China Textile Federation, stated that green and comfortable fabrics originating from nature, sensitive and skin friendly, comfortable and skin friendly, biodegradable, as well as functional and superior fabrics with good breathability, wear and wash resistance, cool and hot sensation, and more highlights, will become important product directions in the future, This is also the reason why Lyocell fiber has a vast market space.
