Someone once said, “Style is nothing but a reflection of the collective vanity of the times.” I think it was uttered yesterday, and the bearer of this epiphany was none other than me. Either way, I thought it would make for a weighty phrase to start the annual trend of sifting through what worked and what did not.
So before I share my covet list, here is a list of trends that you can KonMari (that is the verb form of Marie Kondo ie to discard.)
Smartwatches: Purist as I am and much prefer old school timepieces to anything on my wrist with an LED screen, funnily enough, smartwatches are not losing out to tradition. The newest kid in town are smart rings — sleeker, inconspicuous, and a world of data which can be even more precise than anything smartwatches can register. It is so tempting an idea that even I am considering one! And why not, if I can wear a lovely manual-winding movement to suit my mood and still be clocking all my body metrics in real time without looking like a dork – that is a win-win.
