A season to feel everything.
Five visions of how we will live, create, dress and connect.
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Step into The Age of Aliveness. Watch a preview of the five creative worlds shaping the season ahead.
Our story of vision & possibilities
Spring / Summer 2028 opens a new chapter in how we define a life well lived. Wealth becomes the richness of experience. Identity becomes something we author. Nature becomes an intelligence we design with. Pleasure brings us together. Everyday life deserves an entrance.
The Age of Aliveness translates these cultural shifts into five distinctive creative worlds. A richly visual forecast for the people imagining what comes next, from the things we wear to the spaces we inhabit.
Step inside the cultural forces reshaping desire, then explore the colors, textures, fabrics, forms and ideas that make them tangible. The Age of Aliveness connects human insight with a richly layered creative experience, giving your team both a point of view and possibilities to build on.
Explore changing aspirations, consumer portraits and emerging ways of living. Understand the emotional needs behind each story, so creative decisions begin with people and a clear cultural perspective.
Move through evocative film, original story artwork, fashion and design references, art, music and cultural inspiration. Each world offers an atmosphere to inhabit and a rich set of connections to spark new thinking.
Translate the vision through color, texture, fabrics, materials, silhouette and styling. Extend those cues into branding, image-making and marketing, connecting what you create with how it is experienced.
Shape a seasonal aesthetic. Explore palette, fabric, texture, print, proportion and finish to guide collections, interiors and visual expression.
Develop campaign territories, brand narratives, art direction, content and experiential ideas rooted in an emotional and cultural point of view.
Identify product opportunities and new combinations of function, material and feeling. Give innovation briefs and category extensions a shared direction.
Align teams around changing consumer desires. Inform positioning, merchandising stories, collaborations and the experiences that bring a brand to life.
One connected journey: cultural insight, creative immersion and practical inspiration.
Enter the five worlds ↓Each story offers its own emotional territory, visual language and possibilities for design. Together, they reveal the season ahead.
A life beautifully felt. Warm modernism, sun-washed color and tactile craft turn everyday rituals into a new expression of luxury.
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Identity becomes an open canvas. Modular forms, surreal proportions and unexpected collisions invite us to remix who we are and what we wear.
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Nature becomes a design intelligence. Organic structures, adaptive materials and outdoor ingenuity shape a world that is as resourceful as it is beautiful.
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An unapologetic appetite for living. Saturated palettes, rhythmic pattern and sensory abundance make getting dressed, gathering and celebrating feel electric.
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The pleasure of making an entrance returns. Romantic volume, expressive tailoring and playful ceremony bring occasion back to the everyday.
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A 277-page forecast, with five developed narratives, original presentation imagery and a connected view of the season.
Consumer portraits, changing aspirations and cultural drivers reveal who each world speaks to and why it matters.
Color palettes, materials, textures, silhouettes and visual references translate each story into creative direction.
Fashion shows, brand films and cultural video references sit alongside art, books, music and broader inspiration.
Explore applications across women’s, men’s and children’s, alongside home, beauty, active and lifestyle opportunities.
Move between story chapters, presentation pages, cultural calendars and planning prompts to shape your next conversation.
Bring a richer cultural perspective to your next collection, brand story or creative brief. Discover the Spring / Summer 2028 forecast and how it can inspire your team.
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