"trend leading" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use this phrase when you are referring to someone or something that is setting the pace and direction of current trends. For example, "This company is trend leading in the fashion industry."
Top incomes were rising as part of a long-term economic trend, leading economists to overestimate the beneficial impact of tax cuts.
In a year when toy sales have fallen, board and party games bucked the trend, leading more people to attend gatherings like the one Mr. Valentin and his friends hold each week in Hoboken, N.J.
In the case of ozone, scientific research helped motivate world leaders to take political action to reverse the trend, leading to the signing of the Montreal Protocol in 1987 and subsequent updates.
The global phenomenon of environmental movement is reflected on the architecture trend, leading a creation of an urban fabric to be more integrated to the city, being energy efficient and environmentally friendly.
However, significant ionomer mass loss is found to reverse the water sorption trend, leading to an increased water uptake per ionomer mass unit, in agreement with the dilation effect.
"We think it's normal to be alone in the world as we are today," Dr. Tattersall said, and to see human evolution as a long trend leading to Homo sapiens.
Within minutes the hashtag #DemiLovatoIsOverParty was trending, leading to an apology from Lovato.
Some of the trends leading to increased costs are bound to continue.
We discuss the trends leading embedded system designers towards the use of platforms instead of customized chips.
The digital home is the result of trends leading to increased communications, entertainment, home control, and convenience.
Fashion manifests perceived obsolescence (keeping up with trends) leading to a cycle of purchasing more clothing, which we are wearing less.
