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Forgotten brand is hip after Games
Sat, Dec 06, 2008
The Straits Times

By Peh Shing Huei, China Correspondent

BEIJING: Three months after the end of the Olympics, an obscure Chinese brand is turning out to be the Games' biggest winner - despite not having paid a single cent as an official sponsor.

Feiyue, an almost-forgotten 1960s shoe brand, is suddenly hip again among young Chinese.

After the stylish taiji exponents wore it during the Games' opening ceremony in August, it became a must-have for China's youth.

 


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