Clothing store out with pocketless suit to protest corruption

Clothing store out with pocketless suit to protest corruption

Thursday, October 23, 2014 8:58 pm


A Paraguay clothing store is leaving the pockets out of the chain’s latest line of suits as a protest against corruption.

“Let honesty be fashionable,” advertisements for the anti-corruption suits read in the shops of Robert, a popular high-end clothing store in Paraguay’s capital Asuncion.

Roberto Espinola, owner of a chain of tailor shops in Paraguay, who launched a line of  pocketless men suits to be worn as a protest against corruption. AFP

Roberto Espinola, owner of a chain of tailor shops in Paraguay, who launched a line of pocketless men suits to be worn as a protest against corruption. AFP

The pocketless “Ibanez” suit made by Roberto Espinola, refers to Jose Maria Ibanez, deputy of the ruling Colorado Party.

Ibanez was prosecuted for corruption after admitting he used public funds to pay employees at his lavish residence.

The orders have rolled in since the store debuted the model, Espinola said.

“I created this suit as an expression of disgust, I’m disgusted by the many examples that privileged politicians like this give us,” he said.

Corruption issues have plagued Paraguay, a land-locked poor country, for years.

Espinola said he expects to launch a ladies cut of the suit, “Lady Ibanez,” in reference to the legislator’s wife who was also involved in the latest corruption scandal.


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