Justin Lin, in his analysis of the pretty-boy phenomenon, avers: In the 1990s, the general trend of all cutting-edge design was "super-youth." Many well-established products appealing to the upper middle-class found it impossible to resist the trend toward youth and had to change their own design and style. Looking around, you can see a transition in the most popular types of male models.
「男人誌」總編輯林浩正分析「美男子」流行現象時表示，九○年代，全球引領風騷的各種設計都走向「超年輕化」，許多歷史悠久、以中上階層為訴求的品牌，都敵不過時尚界的年輕化趨勢，必須調整設計風格。