Many shops in Thailand are faced with a shortage of black shirts, which began to be actively bought up by the residents of the country in connection with the mourning for the deceased king. Some sellers have taken advantage of this and sell black clothes at inflated prices. This is not surprising, because at death and funerals everywhere there are those who want to earn as much as possible.

Uniqlo, Tesco Lotus and BigC stores in Bangkok have queues for black shirts and other black clothing. In addition, free black dyeing stations were opened in major cities, and on October 17, the Thai government announced that the government is allocating funds to distribute free black shirts to the country's 8 million poor!

King Bhumibon Adulyadej passed away on October 13 at the age of 88. As of October 2016, he was the longest reigning monarch of all living and in the history of Thailand. The mourning for the king will continue throughout the year.

Mourning and fashion for black

In the Caucasus, you can see women dressed completely in black - a black dress, a black headscarf and black shoes. It is believed that these women keep mourning for the loss of a loved one. But in fact, not everyone is in mourning, just some people are very fond of black and continue to wear all black when the mourning is long over.

Observing mourning, people are forced to buy black clothes and wear them for a long time. As a result, a lot of black appears in the wardrobe, which you get used to, because black is very elegant and visually makes the figure slimmer... Therefore, in Thailand, black can come into fashion seriously and for a long time. A lot of black clothes will be bought during the year, which later not everyone will want to part with.