Uniqlo's new spring jacket is loose fitting, made of light cotton, has four large square pockets and, some have said, bares too close a resemblance to the uniform generally worn by the former chairman of the Communist Party in China, Mao Zedong.
"Any resemblance that customers or people on the web have commented on is purely coincidental," Aldo Liguori, a representative for the clothing company, which is owned by Fast Retailing, told the "South China Morning Post." "That was never in our minds when we designed the item."
The arguable similarity of its new jacket and Mao's uniform were pointed out by Twitter users. Some argued it also evoked the clothing worn by North Korea leader Kim Jong Un.
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The jacket, which the company calls its "men u fatique jacket" comes in khaki, black and navy. It describes the jacket, which retails for $69.90 as an "iconic military jacket," that is part of its "progressive essentials" collection.
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