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Good Lord. Typical Asians--If I must wear a SARS face mask, might as well make it Burberry or Hello Kitty. Otherwise order the not so trendy ones from ebay. Outbreak creates new fashions; this is no laughing matter:
"... one bright spot for Hong Kong businesses - designer surgical masks. An AC Nielson survey last week found that 2 out of 3 Hong Kong dwellers are wearing masks. And that's created a market for personalized face masks.
Hong Kong, long famous for its designer knock-offs, is branding surgical masks with patterns from Gucci, Louis Vuitton and Versace. Trendy teenagers sport Nike and Adidas rip-offs. Children wear masks with Winnie the Pooh, Hello Kitty and Disney characters. The knock-offs cost about two dollars Canadian on the street ... a quarter of what heavy-duty surgical masks cost in drug stores.
One Hong Kong resident wearing a "Burberry tartan" mask said they may be poorly made, but at least he looks good before he gets it."
By way of CBC Radio One