This has been especially true since the advent of the "age of handicrafts" with its emphasis on getting back to basics and making things with your own two hands. Professions that require advanced hands-on techniques have shattered the blue-collar stereotype. By enhancing their specialized knowledge and skills, an increasing number of late entrants are joining the ranks of the gray-collar workers.
尤其在強調返璞歸真、一切自己動手做的「手工時代」來臨後，技術操作性強的職種已紛紛打破藍領的刻板印象，透過內涵提升，一個個成為後勢看漲的灰領新貴。