trends for 2022, post-hibernation

The end of one year and on to the next means we spend a little time with the crystal ball to stay ahead of emerging trends.

Not that we are all going anywhere if we have any sense at all, but these things will be on point when we emerge, chubby, blinking in the light, in spring ready to caterpillar-> cocoon->butterfly it out into a better world. 2022 will zing back and forth between comfort and outrage. Not unlike the news cycle. Calling it now.

Trends

IoT (internet of things and they will all “talk” to your handheld and, worse by far, LISTEN.

Machine Learning— see above, but not as nice as Star Trek’s Computer. Also, they will NFT us out of the art mart.

But also, thankfully, a resurgence in hand learning and creation. Encouraged to see so many young people into learning how to create, how to grow their own, and developing a deep appreciation of the slow processes of making.

Nostalgia of all types, but particularly the kitschy, the western— so cowgirl cute, with fringe and boots and pearl button pockets.

Lightweight neutral trench coats in silk or tencel.

SUPER high-water pants, jeans… hate to tell ya’ll, but leggings are on the way out.

Cotton gauze and corduroy, 1970s brown/green/mustard prints— think wearing your cottagecore living room around town.

Doc Martens… frankly, never out of style.

Combat boots worn with your 1980’s romantic prints, cotton florals, puffy sleeves… calling Laura Ashley!

Uber-saturated eye popping color because we are tired, tired, tired of neutral. Hell, maybe even in vinyl. Don’t forget your poodle perm hair and Blondie shades.