To ask why is everyone obsessed with unicorns?

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Unicorn cake, unicorn hair, unicorn drinks...it's everywhere. When did this become a thing? What started it? What's next?

It's a bit odd that adults follow these trends as they pop up. Prosecco, gin and pugs being just 2 "trends" that I can think of in recent years.

It reminds me of year 8 when everyone in my class were obsessed with the colour purple and kickers shoes.

I don't know but if you find out, can you also find out why everything has pineapples on it?

I never really thought about it until a couple of years ago reading the columnist in the Times who was paralysed in a horse riding accident and was in hospital for months and months. Then she came out and was like, wtf, why does everything have cupcakes on it? And I suddenly realised I had about 6 things in the kitchen that had cupcakes on them, and no memory of consciously setting out to collect cupcake things.

Marketing.

The bastards

I firmly place the blame on the child in Despicable Me.

I blame the squatty potty unicorn

Don't know but my 3 and 5yo dd are obsessed and practically cry with delight at a pack of unicorn stickers. So I think I like them now as I associate unicorns with their happiness!

Because they're so FLUFFY!!

Mermaids are next

Yes we have not had a mermaid trend... good call!

I'm just glad to see the back of those owls!

I'm still obsessed with purple and kickers.
I also believe in unicorns 🦄

Oooh, Mrs Badger I think you might actually be on to something... like maybe the whole hygge thing was because of Frozen!

It's like that time everything had little moustaches printed on them. Wtf was that all about??

England Under21 netball team's mascot for the world youth cup is a unicorn 🦄 I reckon that's what started it.

Yes what are those moustaches on everything all about?

I thought mermaids were in i have a mermaid coloured pencil case

Mermaids are next

Yes, definitely!

I live in a naice town with a pretty little boutique cafe who have been selling unicorn drinks/cakes/paraphernalia for a while now. They've just started doing mermaid toast. The mermaids are coming.

Dolphins or fluffy bunnies next

In new look they have mermaid and unicorn glitter(so i have been told! ).

Mermaids are totally 'in'. I keep seeing "I grew up with mermaids" printed on everything. It annoys me.

By the way it was the 'secret of moonacre' that did it for me

Sainsbury's are doing 'Team Mermaid' stuff for children. Right down to a baseball cap made of plastic metallic pink fish scales.

They're still doing unicorn stationery though.

I only started noticing them during indyref where it came up on an American tv programme that it's Scotland's national animal. Thought that was pretty cool!

Ooh we have a load of mermaid stuff too. Paperchase had an amazing range last year of mermaids crossed with cats. I still covet dd's lunch bag.

For me it's a work place hazard.

I have noticed flamingos are big this year.

Ikea has amazing pink flamingo glasses