This is going to be my year, as we usually say at the start of every new year…because I will exercise more, spend a little less, and stop devoting whole weekends to watching my favorite series.

However, the possibility of change or change is also up in the air. What will 2023 bring? We can’t predict the future, but let’s try.

No more “negative energy”

Vague by definition, “negative energy” characterized our empty feelings as we struggled at the start of the pandemic. One friend wrote in a tweet that has gone viral that we are “drenched in negative energy” in an attempt to describe the atmosphere of 2021. The expression “atmosphere change” soon became popular, and reviewers and critics struggled to pinpoint exactly what the infamous energy was, a concept that remained nebulous and sweet. There will always be a word to describe what we cannot put into words – like in the 2010s. the word “mood” dominated – but sometimes “energy” crystallizes into specific events and things make us look around and evaluate our living conditions.

Soft comfort

Last month, designer Marco Simonetti uploaded AI-generated images of a hypothetical Jacquemus and Nike store in Courchevel, France. The collection she offers includes soft knitted athletic boots and inflatable onion-shaped bags. The Jil Sanders spring show featured puffy dresses with feathers and envelope bags. Instagram star Selkie has created a whole trend with dreamy puffy dresses in subtle hues. Lucy Sparrow created a McDonald’s-inspired knitted art installation for a major Miami art show that even featured cute stuffed hamburgers and fries.

A TikTok video of knitted headphone cases by yarn artist Alexandria Masse has garnered two million views. A post about a teacher who turned her students’ drawings into soft toys has gone viral on Twitter. Even the specially designed cars at a major trade show earlier this month were covered in wheel-shaped bubbles. American television has just premiered a documentary series about soft rock titled “Sometimes When We Touch”. Perhaps this is the moment when softness prevails, the year when softness reigns everywhere.

fat lies

Until now, small and painless lies have been widely accepted as payment for doing our job: little tricks that make our society more polite and functional, like a compliment without admitting that something offended us. But in 2023, we will be confronted with a big lie on an international scale that will shock us with reactions like the outrageous “but that’s not really your name!” someone who just introduced himself under a false name. Congressman George Santos was the first faculty member this year, but I predict time will prove that we are only talking about the tip of the iceberg of lies that float in a whole ocean of deceit.

domestic rats

During his first year in office, New York City Mayor Eric Adams has made the rat population problem a pet problem that he seems determined to solve. He installed new Italian-made traps in five boroughs and created a $120,000 director of rodent control position in his office. He also appointed a health commissioner who exaggerated rhetorically at a press conference, saying “we rule this city, not rats.” If all these efforts fail, will he take a more gentle approach, such as encouraging people to start keeping rodents as pets? Last month, New York State banned the sale of dogs, cats and rabbits in stores. But rats are still allowed in, and, of course, there are enough of them in the city.

The laces are running out

Their course has been good so far. But flip-flops, which have been trendy since 2022, could be the end of laces. They already dominate Birkenstock and ugg bootswhich last year spread at the speed of light in tik tak, and after quarantine we returned to the offices in slippers, ballet flats and Mary Jane on the platform. Proof that the used sneaker bubble has burst, as even streetwear lovers are now trying out beach shoes. Maybe we’ll be longer dispose of wearing slippers with some design that makes them look more like shoes due to quarantine during the pandemic. Or we’re just tired of tying our shoelaces like Boy Scouts every day as soon as we open our eyes.

can of oil

Last year us brought it phenomenon from tik tak called “butter trays”, i.e. butter softened and smeared on discs a kitchen garnished with garnishes such as herbs, edible flowers, salt or honey. Yummy! The popularity of butter is eternal, but even the beloved product goes through fads. So this year will be the year of the butter jar, that is, the container that sits on the outside of the refrigerator and is specially designed to keep the butter soft and fresh. It’s worth noting that the USDA recommends storing butter at 4 degrees Celsius, which may be contrary to my prediction. If you need instructions per in for the use of such a vase, see Caroline Gehlen.. Good clothes!

Revenge for normalcy

2016-2022 have been noted from the prevalence of chaos at the international level, with the pandemic culminating after four years of incoherent screaming (period Trump). In 2023, as I watch people of all political stripes cringe at the sight of a Congress unable to elect a president, I foresee a reversal of controversy and dysfunction. Americans will turn to media, experiences and politicians who are just ordinary and relatively moral. More taken from “Abott Elementary” and “Ticket to Paradise”. More teenagers are resisting technology and starting book clubs or stargazing. Less extremes and more everyday joys.

crafts

As inflation shrinks our purchasing power and fast fashion becomes more boring and ethically questionable, the “investment clothing” debate will intensify in 2023. But for those of us who have neither the money nor the interest to buy expensive clothes in TV shows, I hope this year will end. come back from “to correct its “in clothes.”

Thrift stores may no longer offer the great deals they did ten years ago, but they still have a lot of raw materials to work with the way you want to create unique items from a point of view. So I expect his algorithm tik tak show me more videos with conversion instructions T-shirt in a dress, and I foresee evenings with friends where we sew together instead of exchanging clothes. In this age of collective nostalgia, it’s time to embrace handmade imperfections.

Monkey accessories

tik tak caused a transition to a new era of monkey products in fashion. Fake accessories have gained popularity thanks to websites that have proven to be faster than fast fashion, selling designer items at inflated prices. wandering merchants of such products. One of them became famous selling handkerchiefs on Seventh Avenue in Manhattan. But fashion, which is inherently cyclical, this year offers even more variations on the classic “monkeys”: products that created a playful subversion, poking fun at the logo frenzy and obsession with luxury reproduced on social networks. The last time something like this happened, we had 2017 and a house Gucci created a line of T-shirts dedicated to the biggest provocateur who used their logo, Dapper Dan. Entrance to houses luxurious something about this game made it all a little more boring. However, obviously fake clothes and accessories will always be more interesting than relatively accurate imitations of authentic goods.

Hair care is more important than skin care

The 12-step facial is definitely a thing of the past as we move from skin care to hair care. This will be the year you upgrade your drugstore shampoo and conditioner to something a little more special, or alternatively discover a drugstore brand that will make your hair shine like you’re in a pop band, whatever that means to you. you! Maybe you just need a towel microfiber or one cotton wax T-shirt dry your hair with a hairdryer or a special comb for curls. OUR come back pre-2022 buns, which are less damaging to hair than elastic bands, were just the start. Follow the relevant pages on tik tak and to Instagram for creams and hair masks. If you’re still unconvinced, take a look at the huge debate he’s caused. tik tak using hair oil in the first week of the new year.

Justifying those who wear hoodies and shorts

As a voter, I never felt like someone represented me more than when Mr. John Fetterman, a tough guy who appeared on the campaign trail in shorts and a sweatshirt, was sworn in as a Senator from Pennsylvania, even though I’m voting for a different seat. As a guy who has worn clothes like this for years, I deeply appreciate the dedication of this gentleman. Fetterman On this style: neither rain, nor snow, nor heat, nor fog prevent him from putting on his favorite outfit for all to see.

I hope his boldness along with the concept of “pandemic chic” where is becoming more and more acceptable even outside video calls, will allow us, sweaty guys in shorts, to “come out of the closet” and star on the public stage. We’re talking about something more than sporty and carefree style: we’re talking about movement!

Chat with strangers

It’s strange when the person next to you on the subway or in a restaurant starts a conversation, no matter how innocent and mundane it may be. I expect and maybe internally wish that in 2023 this will change. More strangers in public places will start talking to each other about small things or more serious things. This will make us feel like we are all living together, not each one alone, and new ideas will be circulated that will spark conversations as if we were in a 19th century living room.

Crusade against caffeine

Last year, wine and non-alcoholic cocktails became fashionable in clubs and bars. Caffeine will collapse in 2023. Consider mugs filled with mixtures that taste like tea, but without the active ingredient. decaffeinated menu at Starbucks or soda without caffeine. influential person pastel-colored graphs of evidence against the substance will be posted on wellness issues, “before” and “after” videos of its cessation will flood tik tak showing people who have passed a a day, a week, a month of cocaine without coffee. Maybe it’s time for a caffeine-free Red Bull. Then good luck to coffee shops that won’t serve coffee.

Source: New York Times.