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MINI CHE GUEVARA, BSX CLOTHING STORE IN HONG KONG. REVOLUTIONARY MILITARY LEADER, KAWAII DESIGN.


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I walked into this Hong Kong clothing shop and thought, “Hmm, this cute, Lego-like mascot looks familiar. But who is he?”

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I couldn’t quite put my finger on it. And then it dawned on me. Hontou? Could it be?

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Believe it or not, the brand is called Mini Che by BSX (Giordano’s Bluestar Exchange). And the chibi mascot represents… revolutionary military leader, Che Guevara!

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Che Guevara doing a Riverdance? Posing in Burger King, Starbucks and Nutcracker tributes? I think the Marxist guerilla is rolling around in his grave, wherever that may be.

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I wonder: did the brand get permission from Che’s estate to turn him into a cute pirate cavorting with a bunny? I’m guessing not.

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In Hong Kong, you’ll see a lot of “fudging” of trademarks and likenesses. China and copyright are not exactly friends. Yet the designs and concept are strangely appealing… What do you think of Mini Che?

PS: Can you spot La Carmina and Seba in this Luisaviaroma video, of fashion bloggers arriving at the Firenze4Ever event? We finished our second shooting today — I wore a leopard print dress! You can see previews on my Twitter, and tons of photos to come on this blog.

Song of the Day: Che Guevara Song (the real deal is quite different from the cute version…)

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20 Comments

  1. ☆ Parangnabi ☆
    Posted June 11, 2011 at 3:01 pm | Permalink

    dunno why but the store reminds me of Lego figures XDDD

    • lacarmina
      Posted June 11, 2011 at 3:16 pm | Permalink

      I thought it was legos at first — so funny how a lot of Chinese brands “borrow” from all over!

  2. Anna
    Posted June 11, 2011 at 3:02 pm | Permalink

    weird store, but I dig it !

  3. leyla cavusoglu
    Posted June 11, 2011 at 3:34 pm | Permalink

    That is pretty weird :s
    http://www.leylafashion.blogspot.com 

    • lacarmina
      Posted June 12, 2011 at 9:26 am | Permalink

      Wait til you see what we wore to last night’s party… now THAT is weird ;)

  4. Mike
    Posted June 11, 2011 at 6:37 pm | Permalink

    “I wonder what Fidel thinks…!”

  5. Susan Byrnes
    Posted June 12, 2011 at 4:40 am | Permalink

    lol Those legos are strangly cute!

  6. Chechi
    Posted June 12, 2011 at 9:22 am | Permalink

    awesome!

  7. Anonymous
    Posted June 12, 2011 at 10:07 am | Permalink

    Hummmm not sure how I feel about Mini Che, they’re very cute but very, very wrong at the same time :/

  8. Magnales
    Posted June 13, 2011 at 8:24 pm | Permalink

    It’s communist propaganda gone cute! How weird… I remember the red Che Guevara T-shirts trend from a few years back. Perhaps it stayed in Hong Kong???

  9. lorna and larna luv mini_che!
    Posted June 22, 2011 at 5:00 pm | Permalink

    love my new mini che tshirt!!

  10. Rothcomilitaryclothing
    Posted June 29, 2011 at 3:56 am | Permalink

    A GREAT POWERFUL POST…military clothing related.
    thank you so much Joy!

    Military
    Clothing

  11. shoesforest
    Posted July 4, 2011 at 8:03 am | Permalink

      [/PRE]  Experience is the child of shoesforest , and thought is the child of action. We cannot learn men from books. [/PRE]

  12. Barbarella Buchner
    Posted July 20, 2011 at 8:29 pm | Permalink

    Yep kinda wrong but very cute at the same time! ;)

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