Tuesday, 05 November, 2024

N’Korea outlaws leather coats to prevent dressing like President


Kim Jung Un wearing the controversial leather coat

The authorities in North Korea has outlawed the wearing leather trench coats by its citizens, with authorities claiming it is disrespectful to leader Kim Jong-un after the dictator appeared on TV, wearing a long leather coat two years ago.

The Presidentā€™s look, according to reports, became quite popular and a lot of people went on to copy it but the authorities now see it as a crime.

President Kim Jung Un has made leather coats popular in North Korea (Photo Credit: WSJ.Com)

The police are also targeting people who sell the fashionable garments and so far, hundreds of dealers have been arrested and charged to court.

A resident of Pyongsong, a city north of the capital Pyongyang, told Radio Free Asia that the coats have grown in appeal this year after leading women, including Kim Jong-unā€™s sister and likely successor Kim Yo-jong, were spotted in them.

ā€œNow the leather coat has become a symbol for powerful women too.

ā€œAs leather coats began to be recognised as a symbol of power, private clothing merchants asked trading company officials to import synthetic leather since September of this year.

ā€œThey copied the design of the leather coats worn by the Highest Dignity and the officials and now they are being sold in the marketplace.ā€

The resident added that police in Pyongsong recently started cracking down on both vendors and wearers, even though young men have been protesting against the new measures.

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ā€œAuthorities have described the fashion fad as an impure trend to challenge the authority of the Highest Dignity,ā€ according to the resident.

Kim Jung Un has made leather coats popular in North Korea (Photo Credit: Express Live)

Another resident, from the North Pyongan province, explained that coats are both ā€œimported from Chinaā€ and ā€œmade domesticallyā€ with imported materials.

ā€œRich entrepreneurs are able to import the fabric for the coats by placing an order with state-run trading companies who have partially resumed maritime smuggling.ā€


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2 comments on “N’Korea outlaws leather coats to prevent dressing like President

Anyara John

The president probably doesn’t want to see any body wearing a replica of his dress. But l do think is that it should be restricted to only presidents.

Goldenboi102

Nawa, isn’t this the man that loves wearing oversized trousers?

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