Korean shirts with surprising English on them
January 25, 2009 9:28 AM

How to find a kind of shirt I saw in Korea.

I was in an underground bazaar in Seoul and saw the most amazing long-sleeved shirt for sale and have regretted not buying it.

It featured lyrics from Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean" in a loud font and some surprising additional text about being a menacing bear. Is there any way to re-find such a product, back here in California, or is there no chance of locating such a bootleggy item?
posted by Kirklander to Clothing, Beauty, & Fashion (3 answers total) 1 user marked this as a favorite
Ohhhhhh man. Best get a friend in Seoul to go look for it for you.

That shirt is an Engrish shirt, most likely and the factories switch some out quickly and keep running the better-selling ones.

If you don't have a friend there, you can try hitting the Seoul teaching messageboards and see if some kind expat soul (ha) is willing to hunt it down and mail it to you. Perhaps you could offer to mail them something they're missing from home also.

The other option is to just design it yourself and to have someone do a one-off for you. Go find your artist friends.
posted by HolyWood at 12:25 PM on January 25, 2009


Yeah, that's Konglish. Where did you see it in Seoul?
posted by smorange at 5:27 PM on January 25, 2009


Figured it was a long shot, but thanks. I saw it in a large marketplace near a subway station and between a couple of housing complexes, but I can't remember where it was unfortunately.
posted by Kirklander at 8:33 PM on January 25, 2009


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