Odd Trends Galore

Oh, the sweet joy comes but once a month. And this being a new month, it has returned: the November edition of Trendwatching’s Briefing. This time around, it’s a whole slew of miscellaneous trends, from the horribly named “Generation Z” to the thing we’ve never heard of but find both interesting and off-putting at the same time, “Blandtastic” (which is just as it sounds: love expressed for the no-frills amenities). Here’s a bit from the last one, “Turquoise Triumph,” which we particularly like because, for about a year in this writer’s youth, he was obsessed with the color for no apparent reason and demanded that everything be painted to reflect that devotion, from the ceiling fan to the bookcases (yeah, it was weird):