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| 2008: Setting the new trends |
| It's a reminder of the 80s when androgynous musicians - Boy George, David Bowie, and Prince - made headlines as they captured the world's imagination
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| INDIA
, 31-December-2007
0:54:56 AM |
| It is the year of the rat or so says the Chinese calendar. While one usually slips from one year to the next without any decisive changes, it is fun to leave all that has been lousy behind and welcome the New Year on a clean slate.
What will 2008 be all about, trend spotting can sometimes be way off the mark but we take a look at some trends that are bound to make a mark in 2008.
Defining sexuality
Sexuality is being defined and redefined all the time. Before you've had time to get used to the metro or uber sexual man, here's the androgynous male.
It's a reminder of the 80s when androgynous musicians - Boy George, David Bowie, and Prince - made headlines as they captured the world's imagination with their sexual ambiguity.
Androgyny or blurred lines between male and female sexuality is set to become one of the big trends to watch out for in 2008 as men get in touch with the female in them.
The trend is already being explored in Bollywood as Shahrukh Khan embraced the almost androgynous look in his 2007 hit Om Shanti Om.
Many compared his lean, six-pack almost vacant look to Michael Jackson. Earlier in the year, he signed up to sell a fairness cream brand, which many say endorses him as an androgynous entity one with the perfect blend of estrogen and testosterone.
Shrinking public space
Real estate prices sizzled in 2007 and in cities like Bangalore, Mumbai and Delhi deals were struck at record-breaking figures.
Experts say it's a trend likely to continue in 2008 and that means dream homes for the middle class will get smaller and costlier.
Farmland in Haryana is being sold for crores, making way for complexes and multiplexes.
Bangalore has expanded and is now halfway to Mysore. Meanwhile, Mumbai people are still hungry for a mouthful of sky.
According to a planning commission report, the country's urban population is expected to grow 28 to 40 per cent by 2020 and public places will get more and more crowded.
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