# Exaggerated Winter Outerwear The FREIKNOCK FW18 Collection Delivers Dramatic Outdoor Pieces By Amy Duong | Published 2018-03-21 | Fashion Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/freiknock References: [hypebeast](https://hypebeast.com/2018/3/freiknock-fall-winter-2018-runway-collection-amazon-tokyo-fashion-week) South Korean fashion label FREIKNOCK kicked off Amazon Tokyo Fashion Week recently with its seasonal goods for Fall/Winter 2018. The label's wide range of [unique outerwear pieces](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/descente-allterrain-fw25) captivated the attention of many at the show with items featuring exaggerated cut details and simplistic typography accents. FREIKNOCK explored different silhouettes by re-imagining jackets and coats by giving them a new form and billowy wide structures. The new FREIKNOCK [Fall/Winter 2018 collection](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/uniqlo-u-fw24) delivers a plethora of weather-ready goods, including wide-legged trousers, belts, jackets, accessories, sweaters and a range of bags. There were also details such as stripe accents and patterned textiles to make the whole collection pop more as a whole, giving it an emphasized flair for the colder seasons. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 1.4/10 - Popularity: 28% | Activity: 5% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Gen Z, Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America, Asia ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Fashion](https://www.trendhunter.com/fashion) ## Key Themes ### Key Themes Behind This Trend - **Exaggerated Winter Outerwear:** Designing outerwear with exaggerated cut details and simplistic typography accents presents disruptive innovation opportunities for fashion brands. - **Reimagined Silhouettes:** Exploring new forms and billowy wide structures for jackets and coats offers disruptive innovation opportunities for designers to redefine traditional winter fashion. - **Emphasized Flair:** Adding stripe accents and patterned textiles to winter collections allows brands to create a unique and eye-catching aesthetic, opening disruptive innovation opportunities in the fashion industry. ### Where This Applies - **Fashion:** Innovations in exaggerated winter outerwear can create new business opportunities for fashion brands. - **Design:** Reimagining silhouettes in winter fashion opens up disruptive innovation opportunities for designers and fashion labels. - **Textile:** Developing new patterned textiles for winter fashion collections presents disruptive innovation opportunities for the textile industry. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Experimental Fall Wardrobe](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/khaotique-noir.md) - [Oversized Winter Fashion Collections](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/american-symphony.md) - [Winter Apparel Collection](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/everyone-tokyo-fallwinter-2025.md) - [Timeless Winter Outwear](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/fall-and-winter-line.md) - [Outdoor-Ready Luxurious Fashion Series](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/fendi-3.md) - [Seaside-Influenced Fall Menswear](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/fort-2.md) - [Fall Technical Fashion Capsules](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/atom-collection.md) - [Future-Forward Layering Collections](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/north-seainspired-fallwinter-2025-line.md) - [Elevated Winter Fashion](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the-north-face-x-skims.md)