Pink is the new Yellow

ROYALTY / PRINCESS SIRINDHORN'S YEAR OF THE RAT DRAWINGS

Pink's in so Phufa pumps up shirt production
Bangkok Post, APINYA WIPATAYOTIN

The Phufa shop will increase production of pink shirts featuring the latest collection of HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn's drawings in response to skyrocketing demand for pink shirts.

The Phufa shop, which is under the Princess's patronage, will today launch a new collection of shirts decorated with the Princess's drawings of a rat and her handwriting that reads Pee Nu Yai Thai Ruam Palang (Mighty Rat, Thai Synergy) to mark the Year of the Rat next year.

The shop has produced 70,000 shirts in green, yellow, blue, purple, grey, white and pink.

But after the rush to buy pink shirts on Wednesday, when His Majesty the King left Siriraj Hospital in a pink shirt and blazer, the shop had to increase its pink shirt orders, said Katevalee Napasab of the Phufa shop's operation committee.

''We had not expected such a strong demand for pink shirts,'' Ms Katevalee said, adding that the shop had 16,000 pink shirts in stock. It is expected the new pink shirts will sell out quickly after the launch today.

About 10,000 embroidered pink shirts with Princess Sirindhorn's hand-written ''80 years, Long Live the King'' motif were launched in September and quickly sold out.

Phufa shop officials were not the only ones surprised by the pink shirt boom. ''On the day His Majesty the King left the hospital in pink, I knew right away that pink shirts would become a hot item. Unfortunately, I have no pink shirts left in stock,'' said Amorn Techasri-amornrat, a clothes shop owner at Pratu Nam's wholesale market. Ms Amorn said she would have to wait until next week before a new batch of pink shirts arrive. ''As far as I know, many factories have run out of pink fabric to produce the shirts,'' she said.

A garment shop owner at the Victory Monument said she has sold about 80 pink shirts in the past two days, compared to hardly any previously. However, she said the demand for yellow shirts would not decrease because government agencies and private firms had encouraged their staff to wear yellow shirts on working days.

However, according to some office workers, their bosses have already asked their staff to wear pink shirts. Sireethorn Pattrakulchai, who works for a media company, said her bosses told staff to wear pink every Tuesday.


Meanwhile, the Royal Household Bureau yesterday released a statement on the condition of HRH Princess Galyani Vadhana, the King's elder sister, saying her condition remained stable. Royal physicians will continue providing the Princess with physiotherapy and medication.

Bangkok Post

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ROYALTY / PRINCESS SIRINDHORN'S YEAR OF THE RAT DRAWINGS

Pink's in so Phufa pumps up shirt production
Bangkok Post, APINYA WIPATAYOTIN

The Phufa shop will increase production of pink shirts featuring the latest collection of HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn's drawings in response to skyrocketing demand for pink shirts.

The Phufa shop, which is under the Princess's patronage, will today launch a new collection of shirts decorated with the Princess's drawings of a rat and her handwriting that reads Pee Nu Yai Thai Ruam Palang (Mighty Rat, Thai Synergy) to mark the Year of the Rat next year.

The shop has produced 70,000 shirts in green, yellow, blue, purple, grey, white and pink.

But after the rush to buy pink shirts on Wednesday, when His Majesty the King left Siriraj Hospital in a pink shirt and blazer, the shop had to increase its pink shirt orders, said Katevalee Napasab of the Phufa shop's operation committee.

''We had not expected such a strong demand for pink shirts,'' Ms Katevalee said, adding that the shop had 16,000 pink shirts in stock. It is expected the new pink shirts will sell out quickly after the launch today.

About 10,000 embroidered pink shirts with Princess Sirindhorn's hand-written ''80 years, Long Live the King'' motif were launched in September and quickly sold out.

Phufa shop officials were not the only ones surprised by the pink shirt boom. ''On the day His Majesty the King left the hospital in pink, I knew right away that pink shirts would become a hot item. Unfortunately, I have no pink shirts left in stock,'' said Amorn Techasri-amornrat, a clothes shop owner at Pratu Nam's wholesale market. Ms Amorn said she would have to wait until next week before a new batch of pink shirts arrive. ''As far as I know, many factories have run out of pink fabric to produce the shirts,'' she said.

A garment shop owner at the Victory Monument said she has sold about 80 pink shirts in the past two days, compared to hardly any previously. However, she said the demand for yellow shirts would not decrease because government agencies and private firms had encouraged their staff to wear yellow shirts on working days.

However, according to some office workers, their bosses have already asked their staff to wear pink shirts. Sireethorn Pattrakulchai, who works for a media company, said her bosses told staff to wear pink every Tuesday.


Meanwhile, the Royal Household Bureau yesterday released a statement on the condition of HRH Princess Galyani Vadhana, the King's elder sister, saying her condition remained stable. Royal physicians will continue providing the Princess with physiotherapy and medication.

Bangkok Post

Another con eh!

That would be an understatement I'm afraid.
Now that the yellow shirts about at their end, what better than a royal shaft - I mean shirt in oh lets say PINK.
The rich keep getting richer and the poor, poorer.

... an indisputable statement of fact that Sirindhorn is a frump, the notion that she's designing clothes for others has to be somewhat of a joke. That the Thais are buying them indicates how brain-washed they are by the monarchy

Pink shirt fever goes nationwide, stores overwhelmed, stocks sell out. 500 turn up at Phufa shop, limits imposed

Bangkok Post, By Apinya Wipatayotin

Pandemonium erupted at Siam Discovery Centre yesterday when more than 500 people turned up in front of Phufa shop to buy the new collection of pink shirts designed by Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn. The large turnout prompted the shop's committee to adjust its sales plan.

Katevalee Napasab, of the Phufa shop's operation committee, said pink shirts held at the shop's seven branches sold out in a short time after doors opened yesterday.

To avoid an influx of people to the shops, the committee decided to sell the pink shirts only at its branches at Siam Discovery Centre and Sukhumvit Soi 7 from now on.

''We have no idea how long the pink shirt stock will last at the two branches. Probably for a few weeks. But we have to do this because the two branches are bigger and can take more customers. We are trying our best to deliver pink shirts to our outlets,'' said Ms Katevalee.

A large crowd rushed to Phufa shop on the second floor after Siam Discovery Centre opened at 10am.........

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[TrongpaiExpat]

So, the King coming out of the Hospital with a pink jacket had nothing to do with Bangkok Gay Pride?

Perhaps Papa Prem is doing his shopping for him these days.