# Futursitic Fictional Fashion Warriors of Downpower City by Anne van Galen Addresses Climate Change By Meghan Young | Published 2014-11-08 | Unique Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/anne-van-galen References: [psfk](http://www.psfk.com/2014/11/fashion-accessories-anne-van-galen-downpour.html) & [annevangalen](http://www.annevangalen.com/?p=208) Anne van Galen, a recent graduate from Design Academy Eindhoven, has created a line of fashion that explores a fictional world. Dubbed 'Warriors of Downpour City,' the pieces imagine the wardrobes of people living in a perpetual rainfalls. Aesthetically pleasing and eye-opening, the designs do more than simply imagine a future that is completely altered due to climate change. From [experimental headgear](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/khaotique-noir) to [transparent jackets](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/haven-fallwinter-2024-collection) and other strange shields, Anne van Galen's vision of the future of fashion is utterly beautiful and revealing. It appears that she predicts a time and place in which people also embrace nudity along with rain. Anne van Galen writes, "In my vision, I celebrate the rain, in which fashion becomes [naked, transparent and layered](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/north-seainspired-fallwinter-2025-line) with thin diluted colours." ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 6.3/10 - Popularity: 91% | Activity: 89% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: Europe ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Unique](https://www.trendhunter.com/unique) ## Key Themes ### Why This Trend Is Growing - **Fictional-world Fashion:** Opportunity for designers to create imaginative fashion that explores alternative realities. - **Climate Change-inspired Fashion:** Potential for fashion lines that address and raise awareness about the impact of climate change. - **Transparent and Layered Fashion:** Disruptive innovation opportunity for designers to create garments that embrace nudity, transparency, and layering. ### Industries Being Reshaped - **Fashion Design:** Fashion designers can leverage storytelling and futuristic concepts to create unique and thought-provoking collections. - **Sustainable Fashion:** Opportunity for sustainable fashion brands to incorporate climate change themes and materials into their designs. - **Performance Wear:** Potential for performance wear brands to develop rain-resistant and transparent garments that enhance the wearer's experience in adverse weather conditions. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Eco-Conscious Rain-Harvesting Headwear](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/daughters-of-rain.md) - [Futuristic Fall-Centric Fashion](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/origins-collection.md) - [Futuristic Statement Fashion](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the-future-is-not-set.md) - [Sustainably-Focused Experimental Fashion](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/upcycled-fashion-collection.md) - [Textile Fashion Exhibitions](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/regeneration-fashion-from-the-ground-up.md) - [Future-Forward Layering Collections](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/north-seainspired-fallwinter-2025-line.md) - [Earth-Honoring Fall-Ready Technical Fashion](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/nanamica-4.md) - [Fantastical Hyper-Utility Fashion Liness](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/dirty-dirty-jobs.md) - [Biomimetic Fashion Lines](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/nonhuman-life.md)