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Tuesday, February 14, 2006

hangul jacket designs


When vacationing in Rome, we had seen glimpses of jackets with texts with texts which looked like imitations of hangul already on our first day there. The very second day in a visit to the Porta Portese outdoor market opening on Sundays we got a chance to have a closer look. First there was this yellow vest hanging on a trader's booth. A little further down the street lined with market stalls was this fellow wearing a "New Men" jacket. And yes, it actually reads "New man" in Korean letters and Korean language in the jacket as well, save for a couple of misplaced or missing strokes which may be intentional or mistaken, can't tell. (An Italian sportswear manufacturer intentionally spelt one design as Napapijri instead of the "correct" Napapiiri (Finnish for "polar circle".) And all this harmoniously set with insignia resembling the Japanese navy flag and the flag of England.

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<Anonymous Anonymous> said on 15.2.06 : 

저 글자체는 한글로도 나왔군요, 일본어체로 만든 건 전에 봤었는데. 미국TV에서 Janne Ahonen을 야니 아호넨이라고 하는데 야니가 맞나요 아님 얀네가 맞나요. 이 친구 올림픽 개인 금메달이 없어 요번에 주목을 많이 받고 있죠. 다섯번째 올림픽 출전인데요.

<Anonymous Anonymous> said on 11.3.06 : 

Actually it's an imitation of hangul which spells out English words. If you look with slightly blurred eyes you can see it says "Authentic Japanese Clothing" Perhaps im just stating the obvious here but you didn't seem to make it clear in your post that u realised this.

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