Check out what we’ve written about the future of fashion and trend forecasting on the Behind the Seams blog.

• Alternative Fashion Week is in its 15th year of showcasing experimental, cutting-edge fashion.
• The future of fashion is bright with innovation, as Missouri high school senior Aimee Kick proved with her self-designed prom dress made from unbleached coffee filters.
• The future is now: Check out this amusing video of 1930s designers predicting what fashion would be like in the year 2000. We’re still waiting for transparent net dresses “to catch the males.”
• The Future 100 Young Entrepreneurs of the Year Awards honored Claire Watt-Smith, a 25-year-old jewelry designer with a promising talent for working with reclaimed metal, with one of its top prizes.
• At the 2009 Natural Products Expo West, beauty companies remained optimistic that the future of beauty is green.