Fashion really has no place in computing. These are tools and we should treat them as such

"The reaction, as all reactionary trends, was to throw out everything that came before and fully embrace this new direction of minimalist ui, white space layouts and magazine typesetting. Some argue that it was a timely change to meet the demands of the increasing complexities of the interface. That we had grown out of the need to include real world cues in our digital analogies. Evolved the interface."

No, a bunch of kingmakers got on stage and we foolishly listened to them.