Originally Posted by
Alondra
Mauve is not outdated, for goodness sake... it's just another color. It's pretty evident that we have become a nation of people controlled by the advertising and fashion industries. Who are THEY to tell US what's outdated and what's not? Don't drink the kool-ade, quilters. Go on what you like, not what the industry tells you is fashionable. Their profits depend on your buying what they tell you to think. We need to learn to discern when our thoughts (and our spending) are being controlled by interested parties.
If mauve is outdated, what about puce? <g>
I had written something similar and then decided to delete it all.
I felt like mine was too snarky. So, I'm glad to see that you wrote my thoughts EXACTLY!
I happened to love the mauve/blue combo and STILL like it.
I think people have a tendency to overuse things and then when they get a little tired of it, then it is so "yesterday".
There is little doubt that the chevron stripes (what is so compelling about them that they they are so popular, anyway? They really aren't that amazing of a design--not like someone had to think for weeks/years to figure out a new style/design--, and yet someone has done a fantastic job of marketing them) and certain retro/wild styles are going to definitely be dated in 5-10 years and then some "Oh, that was so early 2010's.". I know that I don't care. If it is something that I like, it doesn't matter to me whether a magazine publisher says it is in style.
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