Where lethal voltages and rhetoric pass harmlessly to earth Dressing down the fashionistas

摘要

Fads come and go.We all get hooked on one of them at sometime,only to wonder later why we fell victim to a’must-have’item that was,in the cold light of dawn,a triumph of clever marketing over substance and soon abandoned to gather dust.The hidden cost of being up-to-the-minute or,as we say in England,’keeping up with the Joneses(not wanting to be outdone by friends or neighbours),is staggering.Gadgets are frequently the hottest items we drool over,such as mobile phones,watches that double-up as fitness monitors and beyond these designer sunglasses and clothes...you know the sort of thing.