Posted on 04/07/2010 10:41:21 AM PDT by Dallas59
AFP - The trademark suit sported by North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il is now in fashion worldwide thanks to his greatness, Pyongyang's official website said Wednesday.
Uriminzokkiri, quoting an article in communist party newspaper Rodong Sinmun, said the modest-looking suits have gripped people's imagination and become a global vogue.
"The reason is that the august image of the Great General, who is always wearing the modest suit while working, leaves a deep impression on people's mind in the world," it said.
"To sum it up, that is because his image as a great man is so outstanding."
The article quoted an unidentified French fashion expert as saying world fashion follows Kim Jong-Il's style.
"Kim Jong-Il mode which is now spreading expeditiously worldwide is something unprecedented in the world's history," the stylist was quoted as saying.
The suits consist of an overall-style zipped-up tunic and matching trousers, usually in khaki or blueish-grey.
The 68-year-old leader wears them even when receiving foreign dignitaries.
During his outside "field guidance" trips in winter, he also dons a shapeless anorak and fur hat.
Kim and his deceased father Kim Il-Sung are at the heart of a personality cult that borders on religion, with near-magical powers ascribed to the younger Kim.
Rainbows supposedly appeared over sacred Mount Paekdu where Kim Jong-Il was allegedly born, and he is said once to have scored 11 holes-in-one in a single round of golf.
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I have the same suit, only it has Velcro on the shoulders for my epilets when I feel like looking like Ghadaffi.
I hear Marty Feldman glasses are making a comeback.
I have one in every color of the rainbow! I like how it minimizes my primary gender characteristics while still maintaining that ‘leisure suit’ aura...
Well, Lawsy me....JC Penny leisure suits have finally made it N. Korea!
Please, someone tell me this is satire.
I thought they were leisure suits.
“and he is said once to have scored 11 holes-in-one in a single round of golf.”
AND on a nine hole course, mind you!
Devo would wear those suits! They’d look great with the flower-pot hats!
Why haven’t we nuked this guy yet?
Gah.
The world would be a better place if some American President, one day, just decided to be done with it all - simultaneous nuclear strikes on Teheran, Pyongyang, and Mecca. He could resign the next day, as his work would be done.
Nice, but lime green is very popular in the discos these days.
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