To forecast consumer attitudes, avant-garde designers keep abreast of market developments and shifts in the wind by being perceptive observers and receiving constant updates from the front lines of the fashion market, because next season's hit might be based on an international blockbuster movie or the latest pop diva.
所以頂尖的設計師必須具備敏銳的觀察力、洞悉力，並隨時與市場尖兵交流情報，才能得知市場動態、環境變遷，進而預測出消費者心態。