Underwear as Outerwear

Glittery Knickers for Adventurous Fashionistas

Forget comfort for a few weeks--sequined hot pants are what fashion's all about. I love them. You can wear them over a pair of opaque tights and trot about like a sparkling show horse, ignoring the fact that you are just wearing a pair of glittery underwear as outerwear.

In the UK, Urban Outfitters and Topshop led the charge on the 'underwear as outerwear' trend with only a few sequined pieces left in stock.

Implications - This pattern was created simply by looking at a product in a different light and marketing it in a shocking and effective way. Companies can follow suit by creating their own patterns of popularity by re-thinking existing products in order to profit from them.

Sequined Hot Pants
Opportunities to create and market dazzling, attention-grabbing clothing items that blur the line between underwear and outerwear.
Underwear as Outerwear Trend
Potential for fashion retailers to embrace the concept of wearing underwear as outerwear and offer unique, bold designs.
Re-thinking Existing Products
Disruptive innovation opportunities exist by exploring new ways to market and repurpose existing products, as seen with the underwear as outerwear trend.

Sectors Adopting This

Fashion Retail
Fashion retailers can capitalize on the underwear as outerwear trend by stocking and promoting sequined hot pants and other attention-grabbing garments.
Apparel Manufacturing
Manufacturers can explore the creation of bold and unconventional clothing pieces that cater to the growing demand for unique fashion statements.
Marketing and Advertising
Opportunities for marketers and advertisers to develop innovative campaigns that challenge traditional fashion norms and promote the concept of underwear as outerwear.
SCORE
2.7 out of 10
GENDER
10% Men90% Women
MARKETTop markets: North America, Europe
GENERATION
  • Gen Z
  • Gen Alpha
  • Millennial (primary audience)
  • Gen X (primary audience)
POPULARITY
Popularity 49%
Activity 23%
Freshness 8%

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