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OCR: FASHION wear diamonds as a tie to experiment with different styles. Even less pin, rings, or cufflinks," conventional are using diamonds to decorate says Terawan. "In Bang- wallets and, perhaps the most innovative use kok, though, we have to dreamed up by the enterprising Thais, as an convince them that jew- embellishment for the mobile phone antenna. ellery can enhance their "To people who looks." do this, I tell Viroj, however, says them that one that men in Thailand have day they will find been using diamonds to their phone is some extent for a while, still there but the usually to decorate wat- antenna is gone," ches, pens, belt buckles, Terawan says and the like. He himself wryly is an avid diamond con- sumer-"sometimes a special one, for formal occasions"-and collector, noting that apart from their permanence and beauty, they are also easy to maintain as collector's items. As people are continually trying to be more crea- tive, diamonds are also starting to make an ap- pearance in forms other than traditional jewellery. Hair combs, for example, are perfectly suited to Thai women who usually have long hair and like