Which colour and material is most in vogue in 2024?

AFTER years in the doldrums, brightly reflective chrome finishes are back, gleaming in the spotlight. Pinterest, a pictorial social-media network, noted an appetite for “cool silver tones and bold chrome” in its annual trend report, “Pinterest Predicts”. Architectural Digest, House Beautiful and Kaiyo, an online second-hand furniture marketplace, all foresee a renewed interest in chrome in interiors.

In popular culture, shiny metallic finishes are key to the punkish retro-futurist aesthetics of the “Mad Max” film series and “Fallout”, a popular, post-apocalyptic game series, both of which have adaptations coming out in 2024. (“Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga”, arrives in cinemas in May; “Fallout”, on Amazon Prime in April.) The revival is also under way in fashion. Beyoncé sported high-shine silver costumes and accessories by Boss, Lanvin and Mugler during her gold mine of a tour in 2023. Wide-brimmed chrome hats worn by the singer and her dancers during the performance of the song “Formation” were pivotal props, obscuring and illuminating body parts.