The deadline for the next project is quickly approaching. In one week, I’ll be turning in my third trends story. After mulling over several interesting choices, I decided to go with my most recent idea. I’m going to be covering “wearables”, which are technologies that are worn as fashion accessories.

                One of the most popular of these is Beats headphones. I constantly see people wearing them wherever I go: on campus, in the café, or on the bus. And the funny part is that most of the time I see these people they have them around their neck instead of on their ears. Why wear the big bulky headphones if you know you’re not going to listen to music? It’s literally become part of the clothing accessories now, such as watches and hipster glasses. It’s meant to be seen just as much as it is to be used. There are all different styles and colors. It seems to be a new way of getting noticed.

                And before this, NBA players wearing nerdy clothing and glasses with no prescriptions popped onto the scene. I think this is a reflection of America’s materialistic mindset. The more you have, like accessories, the better. And often the more expensive, the better. That’s why certain brands are associated with high class and are so highly soft after.

                However, these are merely my opinions. So I’m going to talk to the fashion experts and kids on the streets and get their view on this subject. We’ll learn from the source what’s really driving the rise in wearable technologies. Perhaps it’s simply due to the greater wealth of technology in today’s world. It’s my job to find out. Trends are everywhere and are extremely important to recognize and understand. I’m very excited to see all the different people I may talk to and how different they all may be. In fact, each of them may have different reasons for following this trend and there is no real “blanket statement”. I’ll let everyone know what I learn when my video is finished in a week! Wish me luck!