FADS AND TRENDS!!!

5 Fads:

1) Live Strong - Everyone and their mothers had a live strong armband while I was in my teenage years. The band came out in 2004 after Lance Armstrong's tour de France effort. These bracelets sold for a dollar and are still in circulation, but the fad has died out over the years and less and less people are wearing them. 

2) Osiris Shoe were huge when I was in middle school. If you didn't have a pair, you weren't that cool (I didn't have a pair). Osiris brand is still around, but that style of shoe is no longer sought after by youth skaters. The fad ended in my world around 2005.

3)  Tamagotchi was a huge hit with younger kids back in the late 90's. These small electronic toys required care and affection or else they would die. Too bad that after a couple years, not only did the computerized animal die out, but that fad did as well.

4)  Beanie Babies were a huge deal in the mid to late 90's. Ty Warner Inc. turned into a 6 billion dollar corporation in the matter of a few years, creating thousands of different collectibles, each with increasing value. After they tried their comeback in the early 2000's, TY Inc. realized that their dynasty was coming to a halt.

5) Pokemon cards were all the rage, coming to America in '98. You could no go into any corner store or grocery market with running into a pack of Pokemon cards. The card game kept people entertained for years. Unfortunately, you can give most of these cards away today (I saved all mine hoping they would be worth something someday... Still Waiting!).

5 Trends:

1) Snowboarding was a fad beginning in the early 70's, but has slowly progressed to a trend of my generation. As more and more people getting into snowboarding, it has become a widely popularized sport, gaining entry into such competitions as the Olympics and having the spot light in the x-games. It is a sport that has truly changed a time period.

2) The iPhone was first introduced in early 2007 by Apple. This phone, which was supposed to combine the best of what Apple computers could offer and a sleek cellular phone, soon became the number one selling cell phone, selling over 100 million devices. This has been the phone of our generation.

3) Tanning beds came into the scene in the U.S. in the early 80's. Although having proven negative effects on users health, these beds have become a very popular thing over the past 30 years. Being tan has become a much desired look in my generation, and there is no easier faster way to achieve this look.

4) Subwoofers came around in the mid 60's to increase the low end sound quality of home theaters across America. By the late 1980's subwoofers started crawling their way into car stereos and have been being installed ever since. There is no question that subwoofers increase the sound quality of music and will continue to do so for years to come.

5) Bumper stickers have made a huge mark on society ever since World War II. Originally used as propaganda in the United States, bumper stickers have been used for politics, advertisement, religion, humor, sports and everything in between. Bumper stickers have been a trend allowing drivers to express themselves and will continue to do so for a long time.