13 predictions for life in 2023

What trends will the year bring? Guess.
Oh, the possibilities of a new year. This will be the one, we say, where we exercise more, spend a little less, and stop devoting entire weekends to binge-watching "house hunters." (OK, maybe it's just me.)
However, change is in the air. What will the rest of 2023 bring? We can't see into the future, but let's try. Here are some of our best guesses for what lies ahead this year. —Lindsey Underwood, Managing Editor, Styles
More "vibes"
ImageWhat was the "vibe", anyway?Credit...Michelle Groskopf for The New York Times
Unclear by design, “vibes” defined our vague feelings of unease at the start of the pandemic. The “vibes are off,” my friend Steve Macfarlane, who works in the film department of the Museum of Modern Art, wrote in a viral tweet he now regrets, describing the mood of summer 2021. Shortly after, news of a "change of mood" gathering on the horizon. Writers and reviewers have tried to pin down exactly what vibes are, but the word has remained slippery and, to me at least, frustrated and overused. There will always be a term for what we cannot express clearly at the time - in the 2010s it was "mood" - but at some point simple "vibes" crystallize into concrete facts, and we are forced to look around and assess the circumstances of our lives. — Marie Solis, resident editor
Soft comfort
Image "Sweet Boys and Sweet Girls may have been on the rise for a while, but this is the year we all get soft," writes Dodai Stewart.Credit. .Alessandro Lucioni/Gorunway.com
Last month, designer Marco Simonetti published images he had created, using artificial intelligence, of a a hypothetical Jacquemus and Nike pop-up store in the French ski resort of Courchevel; the collection on offer includes spongy knit sneaker boots and bulbous padded bags. Jil Sander's Spring 2023 show had fuzzy, feathery garments and clutches; Instagram favorite Selkie has built a cult following with

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What trends will the year bring? Guess.

Oh, the possibilities of a new year. This will be the one, we say, where we exercise more, spend a little less, and stop devoting entire weekends to binge-watching "house hunters." (OK, maybe it's just me.)

However, change is in the air. What will the rest of 2023 bring? We can't see into the future, but let's try. Here are some of our best guesses for what lies ahead this year. —Lindsey Underwood, Managing Editor, Styles

More "vibes"

ImageWhat was the "vibe", anyway?Credit...Michelle Groskopf for The New York Times

Unclear by design, “vibes” defined our vague feelings of unease at the start of the pandemic. The “vibes are off,” my friend Steve Macfarlane, who works in the film department of the Museum of Modern Art, wrote in a viral tweet he now regrets, describing the mood of summer 2021. Shortly after, news of a "change of mood" gathering on the horizon. Writers and reviewers have tried to pin down exactly what vibes are, but the word has remained slippery and, to me at least, frustrated and overused. There will always be a term for what we cannot express clearly at the time - in the 2010s it was "mood" - but at some point simple "vibes" crystallize into concrete facts, and we are forced to look around and assess the circumstances of our lives. — Marie Solis, resident editor

Soft comfort

Image "Sweet Boys and Sweet Girls may have been on the rise for a while, but this is the year we all get soft," writes Dodai Stewart.Credit. .Alessandro Lucioni/Gorunway.com

Last month, designer Marco Simonetti published images he had created, using artificial intelligence, of a a hypothetical Jacquemus and Nike pop-up store in the French ski resort of Courchevel; the collection on offer includes spongy knit sneaker boots and bulbous padded bags. Jil Sander's Spring 2023 show had fuzzy, feathery garments and clutches; Instagram favorite Selkie has built a cult following with