Elite has some colorful styles, modelled here by pop group Girls' Generation. By comparison the uniforms at my schools are rather staid. However, I heard that to boost sales and raise revenue we might debut special third jerseys this spring.
More on the issue of celebrities modelling ridiculous school uniforms here from An Acorn in the Dog's Food, with many relevant links. Apparently it was ruled illegal for celebrities to model uniforms, but posters of pop stars are still hanging in store windows.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but the school chooses the colors, don't they? I mean, the students have some freedom in the style, but it's not like girls could all go with pink or something if the school didn't authorize it, right?
My understanding is that schools pick the colors. However, to help enhance the promoting celebrity's image - and possibly make uniforms seem more desirable to students - a different set of colors are used in advertisements.
Like you, Brian, I can still see posters of celebrities modeling uniforms up here in Uijeongbu. I don't know the exact details of the government ruling though, so it could be that "old" advertisements are still allowed and the stores are trying to milk them for sales as long as they can. But that's just a guess on my part.
p.s. Having you link to my site will probably see my hits go up at least 500% for the next couple of days. ;)
They aren't allowed to make new posters. The old ones can stay.
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