Bizarre Asian Fashion Trend: Plastic grocery bags

Fashion trends come and go, some stranger than others… This one has got to be one for the records. According to Chinese media “凤凰网” a trend of wearing plastic bags from convenience stores and taking a selfie has gone viral among Taiwanese netizens.

This trend is especially popular among teenage girls and one of the requirements is to have the brand of the plastic bag visible in the photos.

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The trend has spread to Taiwanese males and their SNS channels are being filled with selfies of men and women wearing nothing but….plastic bags.

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Perhaps it won’t be long until this trend reaches Korea or did this Korean celebrity already
kickstart the trend in Korea?

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Source: Insights