Every January my For You Page becomes inundated with trend predictions for the new year. With the videos often claiming to reveal the ‘colour of the year’, ‘next big pattern , ’ and sometimes offer obscure takes about new fashionable silhouettes.     While 2025’s most notable trending pattern was the polka dot , the ‘trend prediction experts’ claim that stripes are the new ‘it girl.’ Though the classic polka dot has been seen on almost every item of clothing imaginable, anima