I've always liked it and think it's classic.

Trends are fun, but they are designed to keep us buying things. My advice is to get what you like and ignore it when something else comes into vogue. Eventually, what you have will become the "new" finish, HA!

You can do what you like, and ignore whether it is trendy or not. Many large manufacturers have always kept a little shiny brass in their offerings, with some also offering some kind of matte brass-tone or light bronze-tone finishes as well.

The most common and least trend driven finish is chrome. Chrome replaced polished nickel in the early part of the 20th century.

The reason is that before good lacquers brass needed a lot of upkeep and nickel needs minimal upkeep and chrome needs virtually none. If you look at bath hardware where the lacquer has failed, the brass is almost black.

I don't know if you will get a lot of bang for your buck changing from bright brass to a softer brass finish--if you are starting to like brass, maybe you can keep what you have?