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How Fashion Forecasters Actually Predict Next Season
Runway counts, street photography and fabric reports feed a research pipeline that runs years ahead of the racks.

Runway counts, street photography and fabric reports feed a research pipeline that runs years ahead of the racks.

Team kit design has fed everyday dress for decades. The pipeline is structural, and it repeats for reasons forecasters can actually track.

The same pipeline that moves a color from runway to rack now moves a flavor from a restaurant counter to the supermarket shelf — faster, and with less staying power.