[Richard has yet to come to his fashion senses.]
Fashions come and fashions go. Sometimes they are in, and sometimes they are out. Taiwan has had some unique, beautiful, and smart takes on popular style.
One memorable fashion fad was the witches’ shoes–shoes with sharply pointed toes. Over ten years ago they were popular because they were fashionable, and they were fashionable for reasons that can never be explained. Smart and self-aware women wore them. Some women just had to have shoes with exaggeratedly pointy-toes. You won’t see them so much anymore. They’ve gone the way of the Dodo shoes.