Thailand’s National Office of Buddhism is considering taking legal action against Supreme over its use of an image of a late monk used without permission.
The Fashion Law reports that the wildly popular streetwear brand used an image of Luang Phor Koon, a Thai Buddhist monk who died in 2015, on its “Blessings Ripstop Shirt.” The item is included in Supreme’s Spring/Summer 2021 collection, and features an image of the monk surrounded with script that comes from a form of tattoos that are supposed to be had only by Brahmin holy men and Buddhist monks. It would appear as though the shirt has since been removed from the preview of the SS21 season, as it had yet to drop.
