North Korea bans tight trousers as Kim Jong-un cracks down on ‘indecent’ fashion

KIM Jong-un’s fashion police are pouncing on youngsters in hipster-style tight trousers. The North Korean dictator fears more and more young adults are copying western trends. Kim Jong-un’s fashion police are pouncing on youngsters in hipster-style tight trousers The North Korean dictator fears more and more young adults are copying western trends The Socialist Patriotic Youth League, which acts as his police, has been filming women in their 20s and 30s who flout the law in tight pants or skinny jeans. They are dragged before branches of the league and told to write letters of self-criticism, pledging not to repeat the fashion crimes. They are then released, although footage of their dress can be used in lectures to dissuade others. In one video, the women were even described as having “indecent clothes” and “impure ideology”. Read more on North Korea RISKY MOVES North Koreans found 'jailbreaking' phones to access 'forbidden media' ESCAPE FROM HELL I fled North Korea at 15 after goons grabbed my mother off the street Dyed hair, mullets, Western-branded shirts and jackets are outlawed. Also banned are any kind of facial piercings such as in the lips and nose. Sources say the lectures started in early April in North Hamgyong Province. At them, authorities stress that wearing clothing and hair in the North Korean style plays an important role in establishing a socialist lifestyle. Most read in The Sun MADDIE PROBE Madeleine McCann cops 'find new evidence' in suspect Christian B's van 'HIGH FIVE' Soap star Philip Olivier is expecting fifth child 7 months after having fourth HARD FACTS I’ve dated men who are big & small - does size REALLY matter, asks Vanessa Feltz FASHION FIX I'm a fashion expert - the outfits that make you look cheap in an instant 'MONSTROSITY' Our neighbour built an extension we hate - now they've months to bulldoze it NO CLASS My boy, 7, has NEVER spent a full day at school - he can't read or write People breaking the rules are regarded as “capitalist delinquents”. The lectures included the statement that adhering to uniform fashion is “directly connected to the future of the motherland”. Read More on The Sun GIRL POWER Mel B beams as she curtsies to William while receiving MBE in front of proud mum TAKES THE NICK Nick Hewer takes swipe at former Countdown co-star after Anne Robinson quits Kim’s teams aim to dampen the progressive spirit and creativity of young people. They also want to stop them growing “ideologically disaffected” through exposure to foreign cultures.