Japanese designer selling range of shirts with random Scottish place names

A Japanese clothing brand is selling t-shirts with the names of seemingly random places in Scotland emblazoned on them.

Retailer Shoo-La-Rue’s Cutie Blonde range has sparked debate on social media after images were shared of models wearing items featuring Falkirk, North Lanarkshire and West Lothian.

Costing around £7.20 (1,489 Yen), the North Lanarkshire t-shirt is embroidered with flowers, as shown on the World Online Store website.

Another product on offer says Falkirk in red font with the year 1932 on it.

Customers can also shop for a t-shirt with Clackmannanshire on it, which is accompanied by the caption “Clarity Precedes Success” and the year 1974.

Shoo La Rue/World Online Store

Pictures of a “Since 1872 West Lothian” shirt have also been shared, alongside one features both Falkirk and West Lothian.

The designs resemble those associated with varsity style sports teams and world-famous univeristy towns, such as Boston, Harvard, Oxford, or Cambridge.

Shoo La Rue/Lumine

Scottish university’s have their own ranges of prep-school style clothing featuring their names.

But applying the aesthetic to the likes of Clackmannanshire has drawn the attention of users on social media.

Shoo La Rue/World Online Store

A viral tweet from more than five years ago was reshared. It asked the question: “See how Scottish people wear tops that say ‘New York’ and ‘LA’ do people from America wear tops saying ‘Arbroath’ or ‘East Kilbride’.”

X user @mitch_2123 wrote: “Well there ye go. Japanese people wear tops that say Falkirk.”

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