Autumn Winter 2026-27 Knitwear Trend Forecast
Where craft meets intelligence and texture becomes emotion - each piece a conversation between material, body and movement.
Step into the season through the lens of knitwear as structure, protection and sensory expression with our Autumn Winter 2026-27 forecast - an immersive exploration of surface, silhouette and substance.
Every trend in this forecast is a system of ideas, guiding designers through tomorrow's knit languages while remaining rooted in comfort, emotion and quiet resilience.
This is your knitwear atlas. Your design intelligence toolkit.
What You'll Unlock:
- 15 Defining Knitwear Narratives—From digital softness and crepe architecture to bio-textural tactility, each story reveals how knitwear shapes identity, adapts to context and connects with human feeling.
- Moodboards and Material Directions—A visual and tactile guide to evolving yarns, finishes and constructions that inspire.
- Craft and Technology Fusion— Explore how advanced fibres, low-impact innovation and bio-engineered techniques redefine knitwear as both sensory and sustainable.
- Concept to Application—Actionable insights that move seamlessly from narrative to product, translating concept into retail-ready design.
Autumn Winter 2026–27 is tactile, intelligent and deeply connected - a season where knitwear embodies adaptation, protection and poetic form.
It positions activewear as language and landscape - designed to feel, function and endure.
The future is knit. Ready to shape it?
Autumn Winter 2026-27 Knitwear Trend Forecast
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