Some time back, I did a double-take when I noticed something in a window display outside a fashionable shop in Taipei’s Shin Kong Mitsukoshi Building, near the main train / subway station. Too bad I didn’t have my camera.
Fortunately, I later saw it again in Taipei’s Warner Village area, where this picture was taken. The right-hand side of the display couldn’t fit into the shot because the lens wasn’t wide enough, but you get the idea:
Notice anything unusual? Take a closer look at the newprint wallpaper in the background:
Man, nothing says contemporary fashion better than the IRA, right?
Alright, that’s Monday’s fashion headline. Here’s Tuesday’s:
OK, I’m spotting a trend here. Take my word for it, there’s IRA wallpaper for each day of the week, except Sunday. On the seventh day, the display designers opted for a local story about a typhoon, instead:
Now admittedly, VERY few Taiwanese window shoppers can actually read the English in the background. But these are sure strange choices, nonetheless.
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