This morning, I may have risen and saw a very explosive picture.
In the photo, a camouflage uniform engraved in Chinese mind is hung on a hanger in a foreign store, and there are seven big characters on the chest - Yeosu Technical School.
Foreign clothing stores sell second-hand military training uniforms for Chinese students, is it possible to steal any state secrets from them?
After searching the news, I realized that second-hand clothing was about to "rule" the world.
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China's second-hand clothing has become a sweet potato abroad
I suddenly remembered that a few days ago, a friend who works in Africa was chatting with me and said that I couldn't tell where I was now.
The reason is that he saw the following old brother one day:
You may not believe it, but in the African second-hand clothing market, clothes from China account for more than half.
In the Pearl River Delta region, tens of thousands of second-hand clothing vendors are active in various communities every day to collect clothes.
That's right, the clothes you washed and dried and stuffed into the second-hand clothing recycling bin, thinking that they would be donated to poor mountainous areas, are actually sold as commodities again after crossing the ocean.
And these clothes with different styles that have been eliminated are definitely no less popular on the streets of Africa than the domestic first-line fashion brands.
More than kindergarten uniforms:
There are also high school uniforms:
Vocational College Uniform:
If someone really can't choose the school they want, then directly bring "China" on their chest, and even Wu Jing calls him an insider when he sees it.
In addition to the campus theme, there are also a lot of local Chinese elements clothing gathered in Africa:
There are colleagues from Ele.me Africa:
There are advertising shirts that have been spread in Africa for opening events:
There are also non-mainstream literature who don't know how many generations of disciples have obtained their own "quietly be a beautiful man":
What's more powerful is that this girl directly participated in the Shenzhen session of "Run Brothers" in Africa:
Seeing this, you may say that Africans wearing second-hand clothing is not new for a long time, so there is no need to fuss.
If I post the picture below, what should you do?
This familiar blue and white color-block school uniform with a black hooded sweatshirt makes people suspect that it is not the same fat school uniform he wore back then.
The same Minions, this dude with little white shoes and skinny jeans is sure to be the brightest star at tonight's party.
If you think the above two are too small and fresh, then look at the handsome guy in uniform below, there is an alternative uniform temptation...
After these pictures were transmitted to domestic websites, many netizens cried and laughed, calling out spicy eyes, after all, those outdated old clothes are their own black history.
Foreigners must not have imagined that one day their "trendy" outfits would become the talk of hundreds of millions of people in eastern countries after tea.
However, let's take a look at the corners of your upturned mouth, and while we take pleasure in this, some people at home have also become fun abroad...
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Foreign vintage, Chinese "IQ tax"?
When the young people in the small town were excited to welcome the first local national trendy brand, thinking that they could finally become an urban beauty, they must not have expected that the young people in the big city had long been unable to see this kind of fashionable matching.
In order to highlight their own uniqueness and avoid colliding with other people, young people began to fall madly in love with "vintage clothes", which to put it bluntly, is actually buying second-hand clothes from foreigners.
Unlike second-hand clothing in Africa, these clothes are usually well-made garments in the past, and in order to be passed down to second-hand stores, regardless of the fabric used, the cut of the details and even the use have a microcosm of the era.
Because the main retro and rarity, it has become a symbol of the unique taste of trendy people, of course, the price will not be as cheap as ordinary second-hand goods.
The ancient dress culture originated from Japan and was popular in Europe and the United States, but because it did not take long to spread to China, all kinds of chaos emerged, and the jokes made were enough for foreigners to laugh for a year.
For example, it has been hotly discussed on the Internet for a long time, about whether vintage is foreign garbage. At first, some netizens posted the ancient clothes they found, not only the source is unknown, but there are actually strange patterns like blood stains and charms on them.
As a result, some people began to suspect that the second-hand clothing they paid a lot of money for may not be retro style, but funeral style.
Hipsters wanted to feel the call of antiquity, but they almost heard the call of death, so after thinking for a long time, they decided to give up fashion and change the personality signature of a certain book to "domestic products as self-improvement".
On the other hand, many newcomers to the ancient circle can not find shopping channels, began to explore on the domestic second-hand platform, black businessmen saw the business opportunity, overnight to hang the old clothes at the bottom of the box at home on the link, only need to add "vintage, slight defects, recognize the goods" and other keywords in the introduction can make the price soar, sit and wait for the fish to take the hook and close the line.
Foreigners wanted to break their heads, but they didn't expect to sell second-hand clothing to have this kind of operation.
When the hipsters finally bought the one that had been published in magazines in the last century, they were ready to dress up carefully to go to Sanlitun for a walk, but when they opened their collars and saw made in China, they understood that there were also tribute replicas of vintage clothes.
After spending a lot of money to prepare to experience a new trendy way, the clown turned out to be himself, no different from those foreigners who complained about wearing second-hand Chinese clothes.
However, despite so many jokes, second-hand clothing is actually not so bad, and it will even be a manifestation of a country's influence.
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Second-hand clothing is also cultural transmission
As far as Chinese traditional wisdom is concerned, most people are prejudiced against wearing second-hand clothing, as this is often equated with the word "poor". Therefore, many people are also biased against Africans wearing Chinese second-hand clothing, and even think that this is just a garbage recycling project and there is nothing worth reporting.
But you may not know that it is not all the poor who buy second-hand clothes in African souks, many local middle class people also enjoy it, and those colorful clothes written on Chinese were once a beautiful sight on the streets of Nigeria.
In Europe and the United States, second-hand trading has been popular for many years, and some people will offer unimaginably high prices for their favorite second-hand clothing, and some out-of-print is difficult to find in the world.
In some major cities in China, vintage works from Japan, the United States, Germany and other countries are treasured in the hearts of young people.
On these second-hand clothing, to a large extent, you may be able to see the awakening of national consciousness, the birth of the great revolution and the fusion of world cultures... Looking at it small, even those non-mainstream clothes that look embarrassing now in China may become a precious witness of history in the future.
From this point of view, the trading of second-hand clothing and the retro trend led by it have long become a window to peek into the development of a country's lifestyle and cultural concepts, and have become a new cultural communication channel.
Therefore, while second-hand culture is prevalent abroad, China's second-hand clothing has found another way to go overseas, which can not only promote economic development, but also promote cultural dissemination, why not?
If the fashion trend of Africa is changed by China again in the future, and second-hand clothing from China in European and American vintage stores has become the main commodity, then the spread of Chinese culture can be said to have reached a new level.
I hope that the influence of Chinese culture in the future will not only be reflected in Chinese language and Chinese food, but also Chinese second-hand clothing can break into a new world in the world! Text/Charlie