Archive for September 24th, 2008

FASHIONABLE FELONS

Fashions made by convicted criminal are causing a stir in Germany, thanks to a new label called Haeftling- Germany for “captive”. The public can’t get enough of the handbags, clothes and sneakers being turned out by inmates of Germany’s Tegel Prison. Products include blue and white striped shirts, authentic prison jackets and shoes. “Lots of my friends on the outside would kill for one of these shirts”, said one 38- year- old prisoner- turned- tailor who is serving a three-year sentence for drug dealing.