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Consumer predictions

So, I have been told for years that I live on the edge of the zeitgeist and I am tired of not getting any credit for intuitive ideas. So, I am going to tell you what I am obsessed with right now and then we will see if and when any of those come to fruition. I do suspect that some of these will already be common knowledge in other parts and that I am just repeating what I have seen but lets give it a try:

1. I had a dream about short shorts in those pastel floral patterns that we used to wear in the 90's. Think 90's- tight rolled jeans, keds, z cavaricci's (spelling?), cross colors, baggy pants, zulu knots-you name it!

2. Yellow Gold. It is back and it will take back its position in every wedding ring rack in the US.

3. Those wide toed chunky, clunky boots that we wore in early 2000 but they will be in earth tones like brown-black will not be the thing- and they may have like a steel toe with copper instead of steel (again, that yellow, rose gold will be big).

4. Zinnias will be a big flower

5. leather jackets-not black

6. hippies will be back. no comment.

okay. Just a start. Lets see what happens!

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