TOKYO - 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 and are cut, sewn and assembled by inmates at Hakodate 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.
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Monday, July 21, 2008
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