A note from Mandy:

As a trend forecaster and analyst, I spend a lot of time looking at what people buy, wear, and make and trying to figure out what that’s telling us. While fashion is my first love, these trends have a way of escaping the closet. The urge to put charms on your bag isn’t so different from the urge to cover a Christmas tree in ornaments you’ve collected over 20 years. We want our things to look like they belong to us.

That feels especially true this holiday season, when there are approximately one million rules about how everything is supposed to look. This year I’m more interested in the people ahead of the curve and making them their own. The friends crafting kitschy ornaments together. The host dressing the table like an outfit. The person buying a stocking for their dog because, obviously, the dogs are spoiled too.

So when Etsy asked me to be its first-ever Guest Trend Editor, I couldn’t wait to see what its shoppers and sellers were up to. I looked at what people are searching for and buying alongside what I’ve been noticing in fashion and culture. Some of these trends are familiar ideas in a new outfit; others are delightfully offbeat. I am the oracle, after all.

Here’s what I think is going to show up in our homes, on our tables, under our trees and, of course, in our closets. Along the way, you’ll meet a few of the sellers making it all happen.

– Mandy Lee (@oldloserinbrooklyn), Etsy’s Global Guest Trend Insider

Explore the full Trend Edit on our brand new microsite, or take it with you and download the PDF here.