Euro RSCG's Salzman Makes Her 2011 Predictions

[caption id="attachment_11596" align="alignnone" width="425" caption="Harem pants: Not hot in 2011?"][/caption] Euro RSCG Worldwide PR president Marian Salzman has compiled her list of "Hot/Not" for 2011. On the hot list: Sunday news programs, vajazzling vajacials, kitten heels, niche gyms, Mariah Carey's unborn children, and Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Not so hot: Russian spies, Harem pants, sending e-cards, LeBron James, and Las Vegas. The complete list after the jump. And click here to take a look at Salzman's "11 Trends for 2011." Your thoughts? Leading Trendspotter Marian Salzman Debuts Her 'Hot/Not' List for 2011 President of Euro RSCG Worldwide PR, Salzman Complements Her In-Depth Forecasts for Next Year with These Shorts NEW YORK, Dec. 20, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Marian Salzman, president of Euro RSCG Worldwide PR, North America, is known across industries for her annual analytical take on about a dozen business, consumer and social trends that she believes will become prominent in the coming year. In those end-of-year reports, Salzman has forecast such things as companies making money on the Internet, "sleep is the new sex," "blue is the new green" and the graying of issues important to baby boomers. This year, her annual report dug deep into 11 trends, from a growing anger in American society and people learning to do more things with their own hands to mycasting and changing gender roles. For the first time as head of ERWW PR, Salzman has created a "Hot/Not" list, naming her "Hot 100" people, places and things in business, fashion and general culture—plus "nots" in the same categories. "Year-end lists are fun. I used to listen to all 100 of the songs in Casey Kasem's countdown on my radio when I was young, and today I still get a kick out of seeing wrap-ups of what was popular during the previous year," Salzman said. "Looking to the future is fun, too, but it also opens up serious opportunities for people and brands to be in and of newsmaking. By knowing key business, consumer and social trends, you can plan for long-term success and transform businesses." MARIAN SALZMAN'S HOT 100 Business Madoff malaise Sunday news programs All eyes on Washington, D.C. Kickstarter's first million-dollar project Square (paying through your mobile device) Google's culturomics database Promoted tweets (will they work?) Rise of the "collegepreneur" Group text-messaging apps (Fast Society) Fashion and Beauty Patriotism (Americana Western and military style) Eco-chic Cropped jeans '70s-inspired looks (and vintage YSL) Color and prints Embellished stockings Kitten heels Infinity scarves The ballerina look (à la Black Swan) Anything Kate Middleton wears (and therefore Issa) Messenger bags (more free hands to hold things) Red shoes (could be Converse, pumps, flats; shows a little edginess) Indie Carine Roitfeld William Rast for Target Uniqlo Marchesa (thank you, Nicole Richie's three wedding dresses) Jewel tones Dressing up Pixie haircuts Brazilian hair-straightening Redheads Vajacials Clean-shaven General Culture Muppets (Jason Segel's upcoming movie) Pies (the new cupcakes) Chinese five-spice powder (and other extreme Indo-Chinese foods/spices, such as serrano chiles, Sichuan peppercorns and cumin) Road trips (a new way to avoid a patdown) Niche gyms (Flywheel, SoulCycle) Vacations with purpose Intimate wedding ceremonies Sending handwritten letters/postcards Vespas/scooters (saving the environment one bike at a time) A cappella groups (thanks, "Glee"!) Outdoor markets Technology-free resorts and vacations Random acts of kindness Junk-food-free homes Noodle bars Westerns Fast-food fries with sea salt Anti-energy drinks Piloxing (and other blended exercises) "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" About.me Hipster flea markets Renting The Sensa diet Home and rooftop gardens Branzino Honeysuckle (Pantone predicted this as the color for 2011) Mom-and-pop shops Baking Bowling Pepsi Bourbon Reading the classics Fiat Lotus People The Beatles (OK, when are they not hot?) Cathie Black (the schools superintendent) Drew Brees Mariah Carey's unborn children Dan Choi Bill Clinton Jeffrey Deitch in L.A. Michael Douglas Jimmy Fallon Florence and the Machine Tom Ford Jane Fonda Kirsten Gillibrand Jon Hamm Arianna Huffington Keith Kate Middleton and Prince William Piers Morgan Kelly Osbourne Gwyneth Paltrow (the singer) Natalie Portman Billy Reid Zoe Saldana Jason Segel Kanye West Oprah Winfrey Mark Zuckerberg Places Bali (thanks, Julia Roberts) Brazil Dubai Fiji Fort Greene, Brooklyn Morocco Nashville THE NOTS Business Luggage fees at airports Airlines in general A non-socially-active company The BP Gulf crisis Rising unemployment numbers MySpace (no redesign can bring it back) Car recalls Insider trading Russian spies Fashion and Beauty Silly Bandz Skinny jeans The raw-food-diet wardrobe (we're looking at you, Lady Gaga) Snooki slippers Actually, make that anything "Jersey Shore" Sky-high platforms Designer Uggs (studded, sequined or metallic, these boots are out) Harem pants Suspenders (out with the King; Larry, that is) Small, impractical clutches Lingerie as outerwear Capes (we're fine with the fact that not all of us can be superheroes) Clogs French Vogue Carine Roitfeld '60s hippie fashion (but '60s ladylike is in) Somber palette of black and grey The Gap (and its logo fiasco) Shag haircuts Dressing down General Culture Cupcakes Long flights (no one wants a TSA patdown) Generic gyms Cheap beer Reality TV (enough, already) Remakes of TV shows ("90210," "Melrose Place," etc.; stick with the originals) Sending e-cards SUVs (still on the road and ruining the environment) Flash online sales (going broke saving money) Celebrity perfumes (who wants to smell like Britney Spears and Jessica Simpson?) Celebrity kids Vuvuzelas (still have that annoying ringing in your ear?) Facebook/Twitter updates of what you ate for lunch "Bridalplasty" "American Idol" on Thursday nights The new "Law & Order" (a show that belongs in New York and New York only) Hair whipping Four Loko The toddler who smokes 40 cigarettes a day Bedbugs Celebrity stalkers "The Real Housewives of Orange County" Buying Cleanse diets Tuna Blue Mega-chain retail Roasting Brunettes Vajazzling Beards Karaoke Coke Vodka Reading the tabloids T.I. Spray tans People Julian Assange Cathie Black (the publisher) Rod Blagojevich Anderson Cooper Chelsy Davy Jeffrey Deitch in New York Brett Favre Mel Gibson Kate Gosselin Rielle Hunter Jesse James LeBron James Levi Johnston Terry Jones Jay Leno Lindsay Lohan Bernie Madoff Mick Sharon Osbourne Sarah Palin Charles Rangel Charlie Sheen Tiger Woods Places Alaska Hawaii The Jersey Shore Las Vegas Mexico Miami Williamsburg, Brooklyn [Image via HappyHourMom.com]

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