Is "Traditional" a Good Thing When It Comes to Wheel Designs?

I'll admit to having a bias against wheels that strike me as prizing fashion over function. But where do you draw the line? Do you prize traditional, tried and true materials, lacing patterns and the like in your wheels? Or is "traditional", just code for "outdated"? Are you absolutely open to running anything and everything when it comes to wheels? Any new technology and material that comes down the pike is fair game? Where do you stand?

• When it comes to wheel design, I'm a stone cold traditionalist.
• There's a lot to be said for proven materials and designs, but I'm always open to new and better things.
• Everything on bikes change--that's evolution--if you can prove that new materials or designs work on wheels, then I'm all for it.
• Screw "tradition". Just make it strong and light--out of any material or spoke configuration!