Fall-to-Winter Trends

It's about 70 degrees where I am, (so not fall yet! not fall yet! not fall yet!) but I thought I'd round up what I'm seeing that I like.

THE GORGEOUS:
Plaid. I love plaid. I have always loved plaid.
Doc Martens. !!! I already own four pairs, and I am looking to buy another pair. They are amazing, and comfortable, and DOC. MARTENS.
MGMT. I love this group. Especially Electric Feel. I mean, I know what you're thinking (I thought it too), but I mean, those hipsters are really on to something.
Five O'Clock Heroes. They're really taking off now, which is something. I will tell you more about this as soon as I can get "Skin Deep" out of my head.
Obama. I doubted that the Americans would pull through and get their act together, and then they did. Dole and Sununu are out, as well. Not bad (though gay rights took a hit, as most people expected).

THE NOT-SO-MUCH:
Straightened hair is still in. I mean, people. Seriously. Can we be done with this now? It's not very environmentally friendly, for one, and two, too white-centric. Also, flat irons are too 70s.
UGGs. When will you be done and go back to the hardworking Aussie sheep farmers, where you
belong? Thou art banished from US high schools, due to the fact that you make otherwise stylish and attractive people look like they absentmindedly left their bedrooms wearing their grandmother's least stylish pair of orthopedic slippers.