While the key aesthetic Miss Selfridge subscribes to is one of fun, trend-led fashion, look a little closer and you'll find subtle nods to design features from past eras, the result of a carefully curated vintage archive sourced from all over the world and used as inspiration for the brand's collections.
For those prom queens and junior fashion fans, braids are perhaps the most fun beauty trend since D.I.Y. nails.
Softer edges on furniture and other pieces are becoming more abundant in retail stores - rolled arms on lounge chairs and sofas, ottomans and other furniture items doubling as coffee tables, etc. Unique, one of a kind and heirloom is a very fun décor trend to work with.
And while watching your chemistry teacher attempt to blow up the lab using nothing more than a piece of sodium and a beaker of water is fun, memorising trends down the periodic table isn't.
From Ethel I learn to spot the significant moves of the season — the new bag, the new shoulder, the cool heel, the name I need to watch (designer or model or niche brand) — which make the business of getting dressed really fun ("Get," "Trends," and "Kerr Goes Kiwi,").
The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness Walker Bookss, £12.99) is guaranteed to entertain and fascinate as it plays with and pokes fun at trends and conventions in young adult fiction (vampires, demons, paranormal activity) while showcasing the outwardly uneventful lives of those usually cast as background characters in the average fantasy high-school tale.
This year, Google already has some fun viral trends in store for us, such as Clocking (where you use your arms to show the time of day).
Make sure not to miss the shopping, especially Kelly's Shop, a magical little boutique full of fun, on-trend apparel.
But no matter what Facebook steals from Snapchat, it's the fun-loving, trend-setting community that's invaluable.
Just a fun question: which style trend should Detroiters jump on right now?
