As I mentioned, I continue to go through old clippings. Here's an article from last November that I found fascinating and, at first, unbelievable. Glasses in the Far East have become a fashion accessory -- and we are speaking about plastic frames without lenses!
Most people wear glasses to see. This city's hip young crowd wears them to be seen.
That's clear when you look closely at the people crowding Hong Kong's busy shopping streets. In many cases the glasses have no glass. The plastic frames, usually in black, tortoiseshell or bright colors, are empty.
According to the article, the trend "originated in Japan in the 1990s, mostly died away and then resurfaced recently with a vengeance among urbanites, male and female, in China, South Korea and Taiwan." Read more. . .
As I said, I found it unbelievable at first, but fads tend to be that way I guess.