5 trends that will dominate menswear in 2022 From tunics to fuzzy-core

We live in chaotic times – which can be a hassle if you're trying to organize a New Year's Eve trip, but also a stimulus if you try to predict what the new cutting edge of fashion will be next year. Much of the trend forecasting that is done in fashion is less about cold statistics than instinct – half of the forecasters, independent or corporate, who publish their horoscopes for the year to come are a bit like those Apache hunters who keep their ears on the ground to perceive the movements of their prey miles away. That said, never as in 2021 and certainly in 2022 has fashion been the faithful barometer of identity and social instances: as society evolves, so fashion re-orients itself. It is no coincidence that all the voices agree in asserting that, in the state of flow in which we have found ourselves in the last two years, we must closely mark the tastes of the new generations, the whims and tastes of the multifaceted Gen Z, as multifaceted as it is nostalgic and, strangely, predictable. 

So here are the 5 trends that will dominate fashion in 2022 according to the editorial staff of nss magazine.

New Sexy

If the many attempts seen in the last two years have made us understand something, it is that making genderless clothing is really difficult. Beyond the genderless basics such as blazers and crewneck sweatshirts that are technically suitable for everyone but which definitely lack the thrill of innovation, it is complicated to create a genderless fashion that can really speak to the totality of the public and not to too narrow audiences. But the solution exists: the tunic. From the oversized shirts that reach the knees to the sweaters of Raf Simons that look more like capes, from the mega-oversized suits that appeared almost everywhere to the belled silhouettes of Balenciaga and Rick Owens, the arrival of the wave tunic is just around the corner. A wave that brings together a bit of everything: body inclusive, genderless, declinable starting from every item of the wardrobe – and above all very comfortable.