Industry IFFTI · RMIT Vietnam April 2026

Rethinking Trend Forecasting

Why micro-trends are dying and what comes next for the fashion cycle.

Research by Parrie Chhajed and Harroop Kaur Grang Research paper · 1 min read · Excerpt Source: Original document Read complete piece

WGSN STEPIC Innovations report screenshot with six trend and innovation themes — WGSN STEPIC Innovations report for 2026 · WGSN screenshot reproduced in the IFFTI 2026 source paper, Figure 2

The algorithm has accelerated the trend cycle to a point of collapse. When everything is a trend, nothing is.

Mind map summarizing themes from interviews about fashion trend forecasting — Interview data analysis visualized in a mind-map, Figure 1(a) · IFFTI 2026 source paper, Figure 1(a)Source ↗