Safety and Security Hits the East: The World Has Gone Mad

Klick Klunk; safety first?

The introduction of the helmet law in Viet Nam has led Saigon’s F.T.V. engrossed youth to the dizzy heights of Crashion Helmets. Whether you want a traditional sun hat or a baseball cap bearing logos of Milanese High Street fashion you can get a helmet to fit the bill.

Every former hat shop owner on every street has renovated their shops and fabricated their helmets in order to cater for new growing trends, but are these fashion accessories really worth their time?

Some in all seriousness, others in irony, Westerners and Vietnamese alike are embracing this new craze and the only thing that can be confirmed is that it is ‘happening’, everybody’s happy and everybody’s gaining something from this new enterprise. The Vietnamese head accessory market has certainly peaked as a result of the helmet revolution but the question off everyone’s lips is, is it safe?

Polystyrene lined and fabric outlined these implements of safety are really just to keep the police out of your wallet. But, Viet Nam, as is typical, has minded the law and kept style on their side and fashioned the otherwise non essential crash helmet into the ‘to die for’ accessory of the future.

The range of helmets on display at the present time is simply phenomenal. Bright pink headgear with ear guards for your local xe om driver, electric blue with Korean Bunny detail and double creased inlay for your Nouvo mounted, high powered business woman or for the lads out there, who are dedicated to nocturnal Fashion T.V. voyeurism, there’s a two tone Burberry check cap for driving to match your coffee time two tone check Burberry cap. If it’s something different you’re looking for you can even accessorize your accessory. With the top line technology powered by Vietnam’s open market production lines you can sunhat your helmet. Resourceful as ever, Saigon has come through with the Helmet Halo. Blocking both the sun and the view of accidents, thought to be unlucky by many motorbike riders, the sunhat design has really hit the effeminate market. From floral prints to leopard skin, the Helmet Halo caters for every ladies need. Before the helmet law was upon us ladies, gloved, socked and jacketed, would circle the city streets in floppy hats and matching sunglasses to protect themselves from the harsh sun. But, since the introduction of helmets no one thought that such protection could be replicated. However, reproduction is here, the market has peaked, and now whatever the weather, every lady has a sunhat to protect her from the glare.