How can one predict fashion trends years in advance?

There are things which are more confidently predicted because they are part of overarching world trends. Then there are the more specific details of how all of those things get translated into concrete matter, i.e. our actual clothing, and those things are much less predictable. read more

Mass-customization is one of the overarching trends now. The ability through new technologies to make smaller scale, yet still profitable, production allows the customer to request made to order, customizable products. There is a whole business focused on predicting fashion called trend forecasting. read more

While this type of ‘black swan’ trend is impossible to predict unless you’re the one donning the backpack, certain trends can be inferred from hard data. Using Choice Modeling to Predict Trends . For large retailers that plan inventory assortments a year in advance, capitalizing on fleeting trends can be challenging. But, all hope is not lost. read more

A fashion magazine's single issue takes three months of duration before it's final release. That means the August issue was planned in May and took three months to finally get it completed and released. So coming to the trends, we come to know about the trends from the media (TV, newspapers, magazines, internet). read more