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Life coaching is starting to look a little bit like the pre (and probably post)-bust lending industry: anything goes nobody has to worry about silly regulations! The New York Times ran a story yesterday about the increasing number of 25-35-year-old aspiring life coaches — life experience be damned! — and the opportunistic colleges that are scrambling to accommodate them with accredited programs. But who ever would pay, say, $125 for a one-hour, weekly session with a 27-year-old life coach like Jeannine Yoder? It turns out a lot of people would, including a 52-year-old yoga instructor and a 41-year-old vegan nutritionist, two women with at least a decade on the person they've chosen to steer them through middle age. More »
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Men have had long hair since practically the beginning of time, but, if you believe the New York Times, guys have only just figured out that you can put your hair up in a bun. Cue the simultaneous "duhs" from ladies across the planet, for whom buns are a way of life. Of course, now that young, hip men have latched on to this hairstyle, it's being declared the new "it" thing. More »
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In the last few years, young American women have started utilizing a low, growly part of their vocal register known as "vocal fry," and scientists are flummoxed as to why. Desire to date Taylor Lautner and other such lupine heartthrobs? Because ladies be catty? Britney Spears? More »
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Are you planning on giving birth, adopting, or flat out stealing a baby in 2012? If so, you should probably start worrying about whether the wee one's name will be as weird as the names that all the other parents are giving their kids. More »
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Move over, Silly Bandz; there's a new inscrutable youth fad in town — it's fancy crap designed especially for the inside of lockers. And parents of tweens can't spend money on them quickly enough! More »
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Did you hear about the newest trend? It was invented in prehistoric times, and we've spent thousands of years developing technology so that we don't have to do it, but now urbanites are discovering it and so it's cool again! It's sewing! More »
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Hopeful mothers who also happen to be social media-savvy are helping to create a new pregnancy trend that GMA has so effortlessly dubbed "The Womb Tube." You must know where this is going. More »
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Both Katy Perry and Lady Gaga have released songs featuring a healthy dose of saxophone, prompting speculation as to whether 2011 will be the year that the instrument — invariably played by the hot guy in your high school jazz band — makes its big comeback. We're not sure two songs are enough to call a trend, but we're ready to embrace a sax resurgence any day. More »
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"Planking" is an Australian trend in which people lie face-down in a weird places, take a picture, and put it on Facebook. And it has the Australian police extremely concerned. More »
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After home canning, chicken husbandry, and fixed-gear bicycles, what old practice is next in line to be revived and embraced by hip young urbanites? Answer: typing on typewriters. More »
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Libya? Meh. Japan? So yesterday. The big news of the moment: cupcakes in jars. They're on Oprah. They're on Today. And they will not be ignored. More »
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Now that Silly Bandz are totally passe, the hunt is on for the next trend that will captivate kids and plunge parents into uninformed hysteria. Some are betting on "slap watches." We have better ideas. More »
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No one tell Kanye West: Gold fronts are out. Diamond teeth? So 2010. Hot for 2011: Electronic grins. More »
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Score another for team pie. According to the sort of people who predict such things, the dessert's supremacy will continue in 2011. More »
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Some people think that this year, 2011, is finally the year that the peaceful reign of cupcakes, the Clinton Administration of dessert trends, will end and a new era of Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld pie-terror is upon us. Blasphemy! More »
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The UK's Daily Mail has announced "the dawn of the flexisexual"—a perceived increase of "straight women who flirt with bisexuality." It's a new phenomenon that started with celebrities and is now affecting "regular" women. Trend alert! More »
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The headline of this New York Times story should strike gladness into the heart of any Team Pie member: "Pie to Cupcake: Time's Up." Them's fighting words. More »
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Ever feel like therapy is just too private? Now you can go to a "shrink party" and get your head examined in front of all of your friends. Kind of like a Botox party, but more fucked up. More »
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Since the 1940's, Americans have been told to shower daily, and we've been mostly obliging. A growing movement of people who might smell like the inside of the train during rush hour claim that this isn't necessary. More »
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Apparently the carnation, that stalwart of prom boutonnieres and deli bouquets, is hot. Plan accordingly. More »
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George Bliss, who owns Hudson Urban Bikes in a posh part of New York City says of women: "They are my best customers." More »
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Much has been made about the recent resurgence of Elaine Benes' signature Seinfeld style. But if you think about it, many recent style trends were already worn by the ladies of classic Saturday morning cartoons. More »
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Whoopie Pies? Macarons? So three months ago. The latest star of the bakery case? Our money's on truck-stop staple Moon Pies. More »
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Here's a depressing thought: According to this chart, in about 20 years my theoretical spawn will be begging me to buy her Uggs and trying to leave the house with her thong hanging out of her jeans. [Flavorwire via Buzzfeed] More »
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Pie has beaten cake, but the arrival of (reportedly mobbed) urban pie shops can only mean the beginning of the end. And cupcakes are spawning backlash. A number of contenders have arisen, but what's the real next sweet treat trend? More »
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If you've ever wondered what would happen if Bonne Bell took control of the optometry industry, wonder no more: scented glasses are here, presumably to give you the best smelling migraines of your life. [InventorSpot] More »
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The other week, after purchasing a fetching-but-sturdy pair of Swedish Hasbeens sandals, I was taken aback when not one, not two, but three different people suggested that the shoes would be "cute with socks." Is it time to take sides? More »
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Up in Canada, they're having strip spelling bees. The rules: you can keep your underwear on if you want, no booing, and no audience photography. "I didn't expect that so many participants would get completely naked." [The Globe and Mail] More »
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Today the Los Angeles Times explores the "trend" of women who blog about being the perfect wife. They're like Mommy bloggers, but, well, even worse? And quite creepy! Let's figure this thing out together. More »
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In her imperious 1964 tome A Guide to Elegance, Genevieve Antoine Dariaux declared, "After sixteen years of age, you should not wear shorts of any kind except on the beach, the tennis court, or on board a boat." More »
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I have one other friend who's never done yoga. She lives halfway across the country. Since everyone else we knew was already a nascent expert with her own mat (if not a certified teacher) we'd decided to dive in together: More »
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In case you haven't been to Google yet, now is a good time to mention that it's Earth Day. Not into recycling or picking up trash? Celebrate with some Animal Planet. Or Cute Overload. Animals are so big right now. More »
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According to the New York Times, "young trendsetters" agree. According to this cat's expression, he's clearly her demon familiar. [Vintage_Ads] More »
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In today's Observer, Simon Doonan proclaims that we are living in a time where there is no "in" and no "out." Despite what fashion editors declare, military chic, skinny jeans and other fads stick around. Damn you, Uggs! [NY Observer] More »
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Alexander McQueen's untimely death only happened yesterday, but already the vultures are lining up to profit off the grief. The worst offender? A tribute domain listed on eBay for $1,000,000. More »
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According to the Times of London, track pants are back, though the trend probably doesn't include your paint-covered sweats from 1998, as "the aim is to look like an off-duty dancer, not an on-couch potato." [TimesOnline] More »
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Trend-forecasting expert David Wolfe, on ads featuring supine models: "It's very hard to make a sexy picture of an elegant dress… But throw the woman on the ground, and, oh, it's a sexual come-on. That moves merchandise." O RLY? More »
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With the new decade in full swing, writers at both the LA Times and Washington Post are predicting what will be in and what will be out in both fashion and pop culture over the next year or so. More »
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"I guess what I am trying to do is take the monster and turn the monster into a fairy tale." More »
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