Faded Fads: Do Fads Ever Really Go Out of Style?

<![CDATA[Teddy Ruxpin. Furby. Tickle Me Elmo. Beanie Babies. These brand names are familiar to ‘80s and ‘90s kids who’d seen the commercials or print ads for them and ruthlessly begged their parents to place one of them under the Christmas tree. There is a four-letter F-word for these things: fads. Do fads really dissipate, as though they had an expiration date, or is it just the vision of some cynical person who desperately wishes Elmomania never happened?]]>