More examples: look up Dieter Rams (a person). Ran into the name a while back, and man- he made a record player 50yrs+ ago and it was never meant to be in fashion. It sure would still fit in as "simple device that does X" in the 2020's.
Granted, I does hold up better than most, but I don't think it's an example of some immutable, objective principles of fashion.
Like you statement could not be more absurdly wrong to a laughable degree.