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Today the study of trends is an emerging discipline, a constantly changing social science that arises from the observation of society. The study of trends has arisen in the last twenty years increasing interest from sociologists and companies, intent on obtaining significant increases in sales. The literature on the subject is relatively young. Therefore the role of education in fashion schools and colleges becomes essential to develop in the new generations an adequate spirit of analysis and a targeted series of "skills" useful for identifying evolutionary paths regardless of the field, the business and the activity sector. This article describes what trends are, introducing skills and tools that are nowadays taught in high education modules.