ROME (Kyodo) Italian shirt maker G. Inglese has released the Premier collection of multicolored patchwork shirts to remove the stain inflicted on its brand name when former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama wore such a shirt in April and drew media flak, its president said.
Angelo Inglese, president of the designer shirt maker based in the southern Italian city of Ginoso, said Wednesday he decided to release the eight types of high-quality checked shirts to counter the negative publicity his firm received when Hatoyama, reportedly a G. Inglese shirt buff, wore a checked patchwork shirt at a barbecue on April 4 at his official residence.
Hatoyama came under fire from CNN and other news organizations for wearing the red, yellow, green, purple and blue-checked plaid shirt at the event called "Real Hato Cafe." At the time, CNN quoted a designer as calling the shirt a "fashion disaster".
The patchwork shirt worn by Hatoyama was then reported to be the product of G. Inglese.
