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The clamour for glamour puts grunge in its place

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BY DAY it's flares and platforms but when the lights go down it is goodbye grunge and hello glam. Never has there been such a rush to restore glamour to fashion.

With the recession afflicting much of the world, the first cutbacks were glitter and gold - and then came grunge.

Grunge taught us not only to recycle our old clothes but other people's charity shop cast-offs.

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But now, after two seasons of hippy chic, two seasons of being told not to wash your hair, two seasons of looking drab and dowdy, women are saying enough is enough - they simply want to be gorgeous again.

Making the transition back to glamour is not hard for many of the territory's women.

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Hongkong has always been low on eccentric dressing and high on style. The shops are filled with dresses that are clingy, slinky and sexy.

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