Under the internal and external conditions of the concession period, the modern textile design in Shanghai sprouted rapidly along with the spread of western textile technology and the development of national textile industry, forming the seeds of modern design industry complementary to the early textile and light industrial products. Under the influence of western learning and the constant conflict between western modern design and Chinese traditional design and their mutual fusion, the local modern textile design was constantly carrying out its own metabolism of the new superseding the old, and finally formed a unique development path.