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...democratization of fashion to blossom in a nation famed for buying sprees that hurtled every citizen toward stylistic conformity. After all, who can forget the Japanese tourists who thronged exclusive boutiques in Paris or Milan, all loading up on exactly the same must-have purse or belt? Or the platinum-haired, deeply tanned kogyaru look that painted Tokyo teens like a badly conceived Hawaiian Tropic advertisement? But Japan today boasts a diversity of expression unmatched anywhere in Asia. Years of recession have galvanized a generation of faceless students, salarymen and office ladies to shed the uniforms they associate with...
Going for Platinum...
...went through the whole line looking for tickets,” she said, grinning broadly beneath her platinum locks. She carried a copy of Clinton’s book beneath one arm—one of the pre-signed copies that Wordsworth began selling when the tickets ran out, she explains...
...Optio S, above, have hit stores, offering eye-popping designs, loads of features and sharp picture quality. Sony's candy bar-size DSC-U30 is the cutest ($200), Canon's PowerShot S400 the most rugged ($500) and Casio's slim Exilim the most likely to be confused for a platinum card ($280 to $400). --By Jeffrey Ressner
...Through what it calls its "alarm centers"-and there are 14 of them in Asia, from Shanghai to Saigon-International SOS acts as the medical-service provider for American Express platinum cardholders, and some Visa cardholders, as well as private and corporate clients. The members-only section of its website attempts to furnish these clients with the information they lack, tracking every virulent pox and security scare in the region. To browse it is to enter a landscape of meningococcal meningitis and dengue fever, of bush wars and (inevitably) the increased risk of terrorism...