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Jailhouse chic jolts Japan
- July 16, 2008 1:21 PM
- By Commodities
The Associated Press
Japan's latest trendy fashion comes from a place most high-end shoppers wouldn't go looking: a jailhouse.
The must-have apparel — cotton aprons, tote bags and pouches — is emblazoned with the character for "jail" inside a circle.
They're cut, sewn and assembled by inmates at a juvenile prison on the northern island of Hokkaido.
The items first went on sale in October 2006 as souvenirs for tourists and prison visitors, but didn't immediately catch on.
The line's popularity suddenly picked up last year when a government-backed corrections association began to carry the logo at its Tokyo outlet store.
With orders flooding in on the association's Internet shopping site, all items are currently sold out.
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