March 20, 2025 - Hello again, you're at Part 3 of my series on TrendWatching, so make sure you go back and read the previous parts first: TrendWatching Part 1: Philosophy TrendWatching Part 2: Castlecore, Pre-Raphaelites, and Feminist Nuns So we've talked a lot about the different levels of TrendWatching (in short, the deeper you go, the further ahead of a trend you can get) but there's also deeper currents in Trendwatching that affect what's happening on the surface level. Last post we talked a lot about the Collective Unconscious. Things will affect the Collective Unconscious of society as a whole, and that will influence trends. Fashion and Advertising keep a really close eye on these movements. Both industries rely on noticing trends early and adapting to them, but they also see the seed of a trend, then weaken…