Bow Regards

For those who missed out on the pog sensation--and, frankly, that includes most of us--there's another trend sneaking its way onto the nation's playgrounds. Sure, we could string you along. Sure, we could drag our feet--making you wade through countless shoe puns before telling you what's afoot. But, well, we're just not going to do that.

What we will do is direct your attention to the soda can on your desk. See that tab on top of the can? You're looking at the latest fashion accessory of cool young kids. These in-the-loop youngsters are attaching soda can tabs to their shoelaces.

Is this a trend with, er, legs? We hope not--we've certainly used up nearly all the shoe puns we can think of. Then again, kids do seem awfully keen on tabs right now, so . . . who knows?

This article was originally published in the September 1997 print edition of Entrepreneur with the headline: Bow Regards.