back in 1941, when House Beautiful declared plaid taffeta all the rage, boom—there it was, on the shelves at B. Altman & Co. and in the windows at Lord & Taylor. Like magic, we were always right! Those were the days. Then, as today, our editors attended the big trade shows, where the major retailers told us then and there exactly which products the buyers had pounced on. Six months later, those items hit the stores—but not before we magazine editors could publish our spot-on “predictions” for the season. It’s not quite as simple anymore. “Post-trend” is how Jeff Lincoln, this month’s cover designer, describes today’s climate, but I’d say it’s poly-trend. With a zillion clickable products to buy and a deluge of diverse ideas for the taking, it’s harder…
