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...going to bother talking to someone about fashion's future, I'm not going to waste my time with Tom Ford's hazy guesses. I'm going to an actual spiritual medium: James Van Praagh. Having hosted the syndicated show Beyond with James Van Praagh and having written both Talking to Heaven and Reaching to Heaven, Van Praagh has 22 years of paranormal experiences. Can Tom Ford talk to dead people? If not, then I'm not letting him pick out my spring '08 wardrobe...
...Van Praagh, wearing a tasteful striped, button-down shirt and black pants, said he was excited about making some fashion predictions. "I do a lot of aesthetic work," he said, telling me about his business designing healing gardens. "And I watch a lot of HGTV...
Sitting on the porch outside his bungalow on the CBS lot, where he is a co-executive producer of Ghost Whisperer, Van Praagh spewed predictions, often interrupting his fashion visions with personal revelations about my future. "Headpieces?I don't want to say hats. Not hats. But a simple hat kind of thing," he pronounced. And then, "I see kids in your future. Sooner than you think. You're going to have a son." Followed by, "Bolder prints for women. Big prints like 1965, '66?that look." And, "Who's Alex? That's someone you'll meet. Maybe...
...knowing how this whole medium thing worked, I brought several swatches of fabric that I thought might speak to him. Van Praagh felt the gold lamé and the pink floral print and didn't say anything. Then, running a piece of denim through his fingers, he said, "A lot with denim. More denim. I think you'll see lines that are simpler and cheaper and more accessible...
Looking to step it up a bit, I asked Van Praagh what fashion will look like a decade from now. I expected some kind of shaking or a trance or at least some touching of the temples. Nothing. Van Praagh didn't even pause; he just kept on talking. "Hairstyles will change drastically. I see unisex type of things." But the textile future was still coming in hazy. "I can't describe what textile it is, but large stitching." And?more good news?2015 will mean a lot more skin. "Josh, have you ever been to Brazil? It's beautiful...