Japanese Racing Fashion
To be honest, I don’t like horse racing. It seems like sheer exploitation of animals just for money and entertainment. The cruelty involved when racing them til they break their legs and get shot is too much for my fragile sensibilities.
The fashion that seems to go hand in hand with racing carnivals makes it my moral stance difficult. Especially now that it’s spring racing time in my hometown of Melbourne. Still, I try to ignore it.
That doesn’t mean that you need to though, dear reader, so have a gaggle at this:
PingMag have come up with yet another interesting article, this time on the uniforms that jockeys wear. They compare Japanese racing uniforms to those around the world. That little number above was described as having “overall rather un-Japanese colors, but (it) actually looks like Mount Fuji”, hehe.
Nothing on the glamorous frocks and hats this time, which makes it easier for me. I wouldn’t be caught dead in one of these.
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October 25th, 2006 at 9:23 pm
Those “uniforms that jockeys wear” are proper called ‘racing silks’ or ‘racing colors’. Anybody can design and register their own silks with various racing commissions, the easiest being the USA “Jockey Club” registry and ruling body. I’ve done it…it’s cheap and fun—only about $150 USD complete with official registration and one custom silk made for just you.
http://www.horseandhound.com/page_216.htm
October 25th, 2006 at 11:13 pm
Taro, you are a never ending source of weird information :)