{"id":26646,"date":"2026-01-08T02:08:46","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T18:08:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=26646"},"modified":"2026-01-08T02:08:46","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T18:08:46","slug":"history-of-chinese-style-frog-buttons-seen-on-viral-tang-style-adidas-jacket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=26646","title":{"rendered":"History of Chinese-style \u2018frog buttons\u2019, seen on viral \u2018Tang-style\u2019 Adidas jacket"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\"><em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">From auspicious horse-themed phrases and couplets to whether your luck is in, check out our<\/em> <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\"><em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">Year of the Horse 2026 series<\/em><\/span> <em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">to discover all you need to know about the coming Lunar New Year.<\/em><\/div>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">During Shanghai Fashion Week in October 2025, sports brand Adidas unveiled a limited-edition \u201c<span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Tang-style<\/span>\u201d jacket that combined streetwear cool with Chinese aesthetics. It has since become a huge hit on social media and is expected to be a sought-after item for the coming Lunar New Year.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The tracksuit-like jacket, which is only available in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, has gained so much traction that there is even a version available for pets.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The design is deceptively simple. What would otherwise be a plain zipped jacket, with the brand\u2019s signature three stripes running down the sleeves, has catapulted into the spotlight with one eye-catching feature: frog buttons.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-inline-container e1a5rv550 css-1llrc1m e1yqhwb40\" data-qa=\"Component-renderMap-StyledDiv\">\n<div class=\"image-inline caption e1fvabeq0 css-19sk4h4 ea9pn0s0\" data-qa=\"Component-Container\">\n<figure class=\"image-inline caption ea9pn0s1 css-12vv9w2 e1gf69pb0\" data-qa=\"ArticleImage-ArticleImageContainer\">\n<div data-qa=\"ArticleImage-handleRenderImage-ImageContainer\" class=\"css-0 e1gf69pb3\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Frog buttons are seen on Adidas\u2019 limited-edition \u201cTang-style\u201d jacket during Shanghai Fashion Week in October 2025.\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/img.i-scmp.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/fit=contain,width=1024,format=auto\/sites\/default\/files\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/01\/06\/67a02c0f-2049-4fd0-9bf8-fea3f16c51ff_b5665510.jpg\" title=\"Frog buttons are seen on Adidas\u2019 limited-edition \u201cTang-style\u201d jacket during Shanghai Fashion Week in October 2025.\"\/><\/div><figcaption data-qa=\"ArticleImage-DescriptionContainer\" class=\"css-1ixmelf e1gf69pb1\">Frog buttons are seen on Adidas\u2019 limited-edition \u201cTang-style\u201d jacket during Shanghai Fashion Week in October 2025.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Known as <em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">pankou<\/em> in Mandarin, meaning \u201ccoil fasteners\u201d, the button consists of a knotted cord loop \u2013 the frog \u2013 and a toggle, often a bar or another knot.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/chinese-culture\/article\/3338928\/history-chinese-style-frog-buttons-seen-viral-tang-style-adidas-jacket?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From auspicious horse-themed phrases and couplets to whether your luck is in, check out our Year of the Horse 2026 series to discover all you&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26647,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[15451,15449,10566,267,2284,7386,15450,810],"class_list":["post-26646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-adidas","tag-buttons","tag-chinesestyle","tag-frog","tag-history","tag-jacket","tag-tangstyle","tag-viral","wpcat-33-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26646\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/26647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}