Missing the point

Fads are a funny thing. Take the latest It item, the Anya Hindmarch carrier bag. It costs HK$120 but because of its chic factor, the price has been driven up to over HK$2000.

$2000 for canvas shopping bag. Really, has society really become this shallow?

It's just pathetic how blinded people can become over something so trivial. And the sad thing is that they're all missing the point. Instead of seeing it for it's purpose as an environmentally friendly shopping bag, they're using it as a fashion accessory. I wonder how many of the 100's of who people scambling all over each other to get this bag are actually interested in getting a shopping bag?

Well, the silver lining (if you can call it that) is that at least the shoppers in HK were relatively more sane than the ones in Taiwan. I just saw a news report showing over 1000 Taiwanese literally trampling each other to get their grubby hands on a bag.

Ginger, you asked me today why I disliked Taiwan. I guess they just gave me another reason.