Sarah Owen says true trend forecasting is all about connecting micro trends like clothing to larger societal shifts, aka mega trends. Trends are longer than fads and have resonance because it hits the zeitgeist. We'll swing back to indie sleaze hipster in the next couple of years.
Articles of Interest is a show about what we wear. Host and producer Avery Trufelman investigates our collectively held beliefs about fashion and explores topics like the intellectual property law behind knockoffs, creation of tartan and the history of plaid, and how a dolls in a rural museum in Washington state saved French haute couture. This new season investigates a style that keeps coming back again and again and again.
Previously part of 99% Invisible, the show is now an independent production and a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX.