On trend street

 

 

This month Toni Marshall reflects on how being on trend helps you make sense of so much that surrounds you
 
"Neon is BIG this summer mum!" our twenty-something fashion barometer exclaimed at breakfast. I had just shared how ridiculous a woman looked as she walked up our main street yesterday with what looked like glow in the dark runners on.
"Oh? So bright is back?" I enquire.
"No mum! Neon is in!"
I did leave the breakfast table wondering if some of the disco era clothing I have kept at the back of the closet would qualify as neon but never bothered to search for them as they would probably be a wee bit too small for me anyway - they certainly were twenty years ago!
Being on trend actually explains so much of what has been bothering me lately. The fact that every channel is saturated with reality shows that require people to perform one act or another can only be because shows like that are on trend. After all, it would be rude of me to suggest that it was because the viewing public have not a brain cell to share between them.
Being on trend must provide a reasonable excuse as to why so many people are sharing public spaces with large, brightly coloured headphones on their head. It can't be because they have lost the skill of being part of the human race.
Why, being on trend may even give good reason for the myriad of people who are invading my private email space with invites to become 'linked in'. Trendy email stuff must be excused from being junk mail!