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TIMELESS
FINNIES THE JEWELLER
SPIRIT
of the age
If you want to be ahead of the zeitgeist, look no further. KAROLINE NEWMAN takes a lighthearted look at six strong lifestyle trends for 2018
GARDENING // INSIDE OUT AND OUTSIDE IN
In Silicon Valley, so valued are the digigeeks that interior and exterior spaces seamlessly connect to avoid breaking their train of thought when walking from place to place. Modern homes also feature this blurring of boundaries between house and garden
as we move fluidly from inside out and outside in. Even our furniture is blurring boundaries, as sofas and beanbags appear on exterior decking and the garden aesthetic moves indoors. Surely the most extreme example is the kitchen worktop beside the cooker, that runs along the wall inside and continues,
beyond a plate glass window, into the garden to finish beside
the built-in BBQ. Just add sunshine.
FASHION // SHOES THAT LACE
Zips and Velcro are so unforgiving! Lacing, on the other hand, gives a little lassitude when it comes to proper fitting. But there is an anomaly. Whilst laced corsets, basques and even bridal gowns – with their air of suggested innocence – gain a frisson of fetishism from their tightly-pulled, interwoven ribbons, there is little that’s sexy about a pair of practical lace-up shoes. Except that branded trainers run off the retailers’ shelves as fast as Usain Bolt and plimsolls in various guises are perennially popular. Whilst Rosa Klebb in ‘From Russia with Love’ and Nurse Ratched in ‘One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest’ gained notoriety in their shoes, they also created a negative image. Now, a new generation of fashionistas are heralding a comeback for the lace-up, as a comfortable and trendsetting fashion accessory.
LIFESTYLE // COMEBACK NAMES
Move over Apple and Peaches, hip and cool fruits on the register. In keeping with the vintage vibe, parents are even upcycling names from a previous era for their newly-minted babies.
Class rolls are filling up with Wilfred and Herbert, Mabel and Martha, Edith and Ethel. Little gems like Ruby and Pearl rub shoulders with heroic Percivals and Edmunds. In an age of uncertainty, these names feel reliable and suggest a sense of permanence. When optimism finally prevails over realism, can we also expect to see Grace, Patience and Constance making their triumphant comeback?
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