“Is it a Cartier fake? On that day, Mrs. Kim Jung-sook’s brooch gift was… ”

[이데일리 송혜수 기자] A person claiming to have provided the leopard-shaped brooch, which was the most talked about in relation to the controversy over the cost of clothes of President Moon Jae-in’s wife, Kim Jung-sook, came forward to explain. He said, “The brooch was made based on a folk tale, and the report that it is a fake Cartier is not true.”

This controversy arose when it was claimed that the brooch worn by Mrs. Kim in the past was a product of 200 million won from ‘Cartier’, an overseas luxury brand. In particular, as suspicions that the expensive product was purchased with the Blue House special activity expenses spread, some even argued that the brooch looked like a fake Cartier.

Person A, who provided the brooch, refuted the allegations through KBS1 radio ‘Jinwoo Joo Live’ on the 30th. He released a message to the Chosun Ilbo reporter saying, “I went to see that it wasn’t Cartier, called and texted me a few times, but the Chosun Ilbo continued to report.”

According to the message, Mr. A said, “There is a tiger in the mid-to-low-priced accessory brand that I prepared to launch, so I thought it would be nice to wear this brooch on a jacket with a tiger pattern designed by Mr. Woo and walk it to the Paris fashion show, so I just gave them two.”

She continued, “Mrs. Kim, who loves the traditional Korean folk tales of Mr. Yang’s clothes, said that (the brooch) was as cool as our traditional tiger and said that he would wear it because it is Korea’s representative animal. ” explained.

He said, “(The price of this brooch is about 500,000 won for a set of three in a box.” did.

He continued, “(brooches) were purchased from a Namdaemun wholesaler by a person who bought them for gallery sales, and were supplied to me as a mid-priced accessory brand. . I never said it was a fake Cartier, and I never deceived it into being real.”

Mr. A said, “I am afraid and afraid that a simple gift of good intentions, given with good intentions as a beloved tiger that resembles a tiger I saw in our folk tale, can be sold so horribly. Accessories costing around 10,000 won are correct.”

In fact, Mrs. Kim’s brooch is a product made by a Korean designer based on folk tales, and it is known that it can be purchased for tens of thousands of won at traditional markets such as Namdaemun Market. In addition, if you compare the product with that of Cartier, you can see many differences, such as the direction and posture in which the leopard is turning its head.

The Blue House also dismissed the report about the Cartier brooch as “fake news”.

After briefing on the allegation that the special activity expenses were used to purchase Ms. Kim’s costume on the 29th, the Blue House said, “Since last week, fake news related to Mrs. Kim’s brooch has been coming out in the community and other communities, and I thought it was a self-cleaning effect. It was reported over the weekend as if it was not true, so I thought I should tell you exactly.”

“I can’t believe that all the leopard-shaped brooches are counterfeit of a certain product, and that they are fakes,” he said.