The Latest Fashion Trends

Understanding the latest fashion trends and color forecasting is a prerequisite for success in this industry. Most trend forecasters are very professional and expensive subscription based services. Designers, manufacturers and retailers have no option but to stay up to date in this dynamic market. I just wish I could afford them all.

• Cotton Inc.: This one is free, and has great information on the cotton industry, in which denim plays a pretty important part.
• Fashion Information: Subscription based, but offers some news items from major cities for free.
• Fashionsnoops: Another subscription based trend forecasting service, very useful to manufacturers, designers and retailers. Excellent reports.
• Fashion Trendsetter: One of the few trend resources with free information on forecasting, trend reporting (color and materials), news service and up-to-date fashion information. This is a great free resource!
• First View: As close as you can get to having a front row seat to all the best fashion shows in the world. View current and past collections from the world's most famous designers, and see the "who, what, where, when" of upcoming fashion shows. firstVIEW is an online fashion magazine with fashion show photos from around the world. See all the the top models and top designer fashions from the runways of the world.
• Pantone: Pantone is well renowned for it’s color matching products. They are for sale on this site, but there are also many useful free services and articles. Sometimes I have found good reports on color trends, a bit late by industry standards, but then I don’t need them as early as designers and others in the industry do.
• Style: The web presence of Vogue and W, not exactly a forecasting service, but it has some trend reports and great fashion news coverage, and it’s free! This link could just as well be in the Zines section.
• Tobe Report: This is a very sophisticated management tool geared for retailers. It is meant to keep them up to date on the latest market trends.
• Trendguide: Join the global trend-scout network. Meet trendy people and coolhunters, exchange information. Get access to the product/idea ranking. Start your trend consulting.
• Trendstop: This is the top of the line, but, like most trend forecasting services, it is geared for the industry, and thus it's not cheap. They include stunning reports on fabrics and trim, color, graphics, knitwear, accessories, and yeah!, denim. Visit their site, you're in for a feast.

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