日本推出一款由獅子操刀設計的“動物園牛仔褲”

How much would you pay for a truly one-of-a-kind pair of jeans featuring an abstract pattern of scratches and bite arks designed by lions at a Japanese zoo? Only ten pairs will be available this year, so you’d better be ready to break the piggy bank.
日本一家動物園的獅子們設計了一款牛仔褲，上面佈滿了由它們的抓痕和咬痕組成的抽象圖案，你願意爲這款獨一無二的牛仔褲出價多少？今年只會限量發售十條動物園牛仔褲，所以你最好現在就準備好自己的小金庫。

Zoo Jeans are part of a revitalization campaign for Japn’s Tohoku region, and were originally thought up at Sendai City’s Tohoku Gakuin University. The first pairs were originally launched in 2014, when lions, tigers and bears were given a series of toys wrapped in denim and allowed to literally leave their mark on the fabric. The toys were then retrieved and the denim was passed over to jeans makers who made sure the placement of claw and bite marks on the pants was just right. Although very pricey, Zoo Jeans proved extremely popular, so this year, the Tohoku Gakuin University is selling another 10 pairs designed by lions, via online auction.
動物園牛仔褲隸屬於日本東北部的一項振興運動，最初是由仙台市的東北學院大學提出。第一款動物園牛仔褲於2014年發售，其製作過程是將一些包裹着牛仔布料的玩偶丟給獅子、老虎和熊，然後任它們隨心所欲地在牛仔布上留下自己的印記。這些玩偶隨後被回收，牛仔布料則交給牛仔褲製造商，他們負責確定抓痕和咬痕在牛仔褲上的合適分佈位置。雖然這款牛仔褲價格十分昂貴，但它還是吸引了許多人爭先恐後的購買。所以今年東北學院大學將在網絡拍賣平臺上額外出售10條由獅子設計的動物園牛仔褲。

The two resident designers for 2016-edition Zoo Jeans are Curtis, a 19-year-old male lion, and O’Neal, a 16-year-old female. On June 25th, they had their favorite playthings wrapped in denim and left to work their magic on them. The material was then sent to Momotaro and Japan Blue, two of the country’s top jeans manufacturers to create 10 unique pairs of jeans out of it.
2016版動物園牛仔褲的設計師是19歲的雄獅柯蒂斯和16歲的雌獅奧尼爾。6月25日，工作人員把它們最愛的玩具包上牛仔布再丟給它們，任它們在玩具上“大顯身手”。布料隨後交予日本最頂尖的兩家牛仔褲製造商桃太郎和正藍屋，他們會用這些布料製造10條獨一無二的的牛仔褲。

This year’s Zoo Jeans will be sold online on August 1st, with auctions starting at 98,000 yen (US$957.55), plus tax, per pair. Proceeds will be donated to Yagiyama Zoological Park to be used for their animal environment preservation activities.
今年，動物園牛仔褲將於8月1日在網絡拍賣平臺上開售，起拍價是每條稅後98000日元（合956.55美元）。所得收入會捐贈給八木山動物公園用於園內動物環境保護活動。