{"id":220723,"date":"2025-12-31T23:28:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T23:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/220723\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T23:28:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T23:28:12","slug":"how-to-be-cool-in-2026-from-what-to-wear-and-to-listen-to-and-what-to-avoid-we-ask-the-experts-how-to-get-with-the-zeitgeist-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/220723\/","title":{"rendered":"How to be cool in 2026: From what to wear and to listen to \u2013 and what to avoid \u2013 we ask the experts how to get with the zeitgeist this year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-91174671_secondary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom4 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop4\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\" data-testid=\"title-summary\">\nBeing cool is a complicated concept: it has far more substance and longevity than a trend, isn\u2019t always dinted by mass recognition and ultimately depends on perspective and personal taste\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"(l-r) Singer Charli XCX has proven to be more than a flash in the pan; the Labubu trend was one of many mini-fads in 2025; the Prada fashion label maintains its cool through integrity; exposure to new artists through Spotify\u2019s Discover Weekly playlist can help predict trends\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/3c8e9d75-2a18-4d94-b765-c45cc92e1ce8.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">(l-r) Singer Charli XCX has proven to be more than a flash in the pan; the Labubu trend was one of many mini-fads in 2025; the Prada fashion label maintains its cool through integrity; exposure to new artists through Spotify\u2019s Discover Weekly playlist can help predict trends<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">So what does it mean to be \u201ccool\u201d? It\u2019s a complicated concept \u2013 hard to define, yet instantly recognisable, the kind of thing you just know when you see it. And while it can be highly subjective, there are certain people we can all generally agree are cool, whether it\u2019s Robert Redford or Rihanna.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Today, however, it can be hard to keep up with the zeitgeist. Last summer, the phrase \u201cLabubu matcha Dubai chocolate\u201d circulated rapidly online, a meme about the overload of mini-fads that hit peak popularity in 2025. With trends coming and going at lightning speed, what\u2019s really worth our attention?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Being cool is a complicated concept: it has far more substance and longevity than a trend, isn\u2019t always&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":220724,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[93,61,60,6361],"class_list":["post-220723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-life-magazine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220723\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/220724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}