In true North Korean fashion, women are ‘encouraged’ to choose from 18 officially sanctioned hairstyles (and men only get ten!)
In true North Korean fashion, women are ‘encouraged’ to choose from 18 officially sanctioned hairstyles (and men only get ten!)
In true North Korean fashion, women are ‘encouraged’ to choose from 18 officially sanctioned hairstyles (and men only get ten!)
By TARA BRADY
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2282134/North-Korean-fashion-women-encouraged-choose-18-officially-sanctioned-hairstyles.html
You won’t see a North Korean woman sporting the Jennifer Aniston style blow-dry.
That is because women are being encouraged to do their bit for the world’s most conformist state – by getting a specially approved haircut.
The bizarre campaign exhorts women to choose from one of 18 officially sanctioned hairstyles chosen by communist officials eager to clamp down on western influences.
And judging by this display on the wall of a salon in the capital of Pyongyang, there are not many styles to choose from.
Back in 2005, North Korean state TV launched a five part series entitled ‘Let us trim our hair in accordance with Socialist lifestyle’ with the aim of promoting short back and sides for its male population.
At the same time, a number of reports appeared in North Korean press and radio urging tidy hairstyles and appropriate clothing.
The TV show sent out teams with hidden cameras to catch ‘rebel’ North Koreans who were breaking the North Korean strict hairstyle code.
The makers of the program went so far as to name and shame those who had the audacity to get their hair cut differently.
The program even claimed there were health reasons not to grow long hair including the bizarre claim that long hair would rob the brain of energy.
Men should keep their hair shorter than five centimeters and have it cut every 15 days.
Older men have a bit more leeway – they are allowed to grow their hair up to seven centimeters before they must make a trip to the barbers for a trim.
But North Korea’s first lady, Ri Sol-ju, has proved herself to be more fashion forward than traditional North Korean women stepping out in stylish two-piece suits and slicked back hair rather than billowing dresses and short bob suggesting there could be a change for the country’s younger generation.
日本人はこういうニュースを見て笑うけれど、これに一番近いのが日本。
学校で、髪の長さがどうの服装がどうのって、すごくうるさかった記憶がある。
禁止したおかげで、ギャル男だの、渋カジなどが大量発生する。
禁止しなければ、服装以外のもっと面白いことに目が向くはずだ。
酒がダメと言われれば飲みたくなるし喫煙がダメと言われれば吸いたくなる。
マリワナだってセックスだってみんな同じ。ダメと言われればやりたくなる。
いっそのこと、音楽を禁止したらいい。
きっと商業的でないインパクトのある音楽が生まれてくる。
ビジネスのことを話すのを禁止すればビジネスが育つかもしれない。
でも、では北朝鮮で黒ギャルやおたくが大量発生するかと問われれば、それはどう考えても No だから、やっぱり禁止するだけではだめなのかもしれない。
朝鲜官方推荐28种发型 称能抵御腐化影响
你永远不要指望在一名朝鲜人头上看到什么标新立异的奇特发型。因为他们有自己的“最舒适发型二十八式”。
走进朝鲜的理发店，墙面上都会挂着两幅画，分别是提供给男性和女性顾客选择的发型示例。
朝鲜女性有18种不同的发型可选，多采用直发搭配传统服装，而穿着西式服装的时候，发型则相对活泼，可能烫发或采用卷发发型。已婚的朝鲜女性头发较短，而未婚者更多地会选择留长发，扎辫子。通常，未婚女性的发型比较简单，而已婚女性可以在头发上稍稍做点花样，人们可以从发型上轻易分辨出她们是否已经结婚。
朝鲜男性发型相对较少，只有10种选择，而且要求更加严格。朝鲜年轻男性的头发长度不得超过5厘米，每15天必须剪一次头发，因为“长头发会夺取本应供给大脑的营养”；年长男性最多可将头发留到7厘米长。
据称，这些发型都是朝鲜官方挑选出来的，是“最舒适”且“能抵御资本主义腐化影响”的发型。
朝鲜媒体多次向全国发出呼吁，号召民众衣着得体，发型简洁。