Teenage lifestyle - What's the latest fashion?

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Latest teenage craze: the wearing of fake braces. The media has been abuzz over the past week with reports of youngsters in Southeast Asia buying black market braces fake metal-and-rubber mouth accessories in a rainbow of colors and designs. Indeed, reports have shown that rappers have brought jewellery to the next level with the introduction of grills, blinged out diamond encrusted golden mouthpieces. This new trend of mouth-wear is blowing up among hip teenagers of China, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand an other parts of the world. In America, teenagers think that braces are awkward, dorky and annoying. Orthodontic braces that actually function to realign teeth can cost as much as $1,200 in Thailand and is considered a premium luxury for the privileged. The new fake fashion braces are valued at as little as $100 and feature attractive designs including Hello Kitty and Micky Mouse themes. While the new trend in Asia may seem like a wonderful alternative for the less privileged multitude, experts say that the colorful trendy braces can actually be deadly...

Product details

• Assisted by: Edward R. Miller-Jones (Editor), Edwar R Miller-Jones (Editor), Edward R Miller-Jones (Editor)
• Publisher: FastBook Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2013
• EAN: 9786130148348
• ISBN: 978-613-0-14834-8
• No. of pages: 132
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous