Hitler Chic
Thailand captured the attention of the world in 2013, when out of the blue a spontaneous fashion phenomenon for Nazi memorabilia and Hitler imagery emerged in the South East Asian country. It started as a craze for T-shirts printed with cartoon images of Hitler’s face and soon continued with SS style bike helmets, swastika tattoos, and pictures of cute teddy bears doing the Nazi salute. The madness has since reached other Asian countries with the sale of Hitler key rings in 7/11 stores in Taiwan, Nazi T-shirts in Japan and a clothing store in Hong Kong caught decorating the counter with Nazi flags.
