The traditional outfit drew attention after BTS’s Santiago concert, with Chilean coverage reporting sellouts and orders from overseas.
A blue manta and a wide-brimmed hat turned a moment from BTS’s Santiago concert into a story about Chilean clothing, local retailers and international orders. Jimin’s appearance in the traditional outfit has drawn particular attention, with MoneyToday reporting that a product sold under the name “Manta JIMIN” was listed as unavailable across its size options.
The look came during BTS’s October 17 performance at Santiago’s Estadio Nacional, where the members appeared in mantas and chupallas. Chilean broadcaster 24 Horas described the audience’s enthusiastic response to the outfits, placing the moment within the group’s tribute to the country’s local culture.
How BTS Chose the Outfits
According to ADN Radio’s reporting, Chilean retailer Catrón said members of BTS’s team visited its store looking for traditional mantas de huaso. The performers then joined a video call to select the designs they preferred, making the clothing choice a personal part of the preparation rather than a selection made entirely on their behalf.
Jimin wore a blue design with horizontal stripes, paired with a traditional chupalla hat. The combination connected his concert appearance to the clothing of the Chilean huaso, a figure associated with the country’s rural and equestrian traditions, as explained in 24 Horas’ coverage.
That cultural context matters because the outfit was recognizable locally before it became a subject of international fan attention. The concert gave an existing garment a new setting, with the members’ selections creating individual points of interest within a shared acknowledgment of their hosts.
What the Sellout Reports Establish
On October 20, Canal 13 reported that the mantas worn by BTS had sold out on Catrón’s online store following the concert. That is a report about a particular retailer and period, rather than evidence that every similar garment across Chile became unavailable.
MoneyToday’s November 11 coverage later focused on a listing called “Manta JIMIN,” describing its adult, intermediate and youth options as sold out. The report also discussed MantasChile and additional production, extending the story beyond the initial concert photographs.
The businesses should remain distinct in that account. Catrón is the store identified in Chilean coverage of the original outfit selection, while MantasChile is separately named in the later reporting. A product bearing Jimin’s name also does not, by itself, establish an official BTS merchandise partnership.
Orders Reach Beyond Chile
Chile Travel, the country’s official tourism website, included the Catrón visit in a guide to BTS-related locations in Chile. According to its account of the store’s experience, orders arrived from Germany and England after the performance, showing how attention to the clothing reached customers outside the concert’s host country.
The same tourism coverage describes the store as a longstanding part of Santiago’s traditional clothing trade. Its inclusion places the concert moment within a broader visitor story, where interest in an artist can lead people toward local businesses and cultural practices they might not otherwise encounter.
MantasChile’s own website also emphasizes the making of the garment, describing work that begins with arranging threads and continues through hand weaving and final construction. That background offers a useful reminder that the finished clothing represents a production process, not only a memorable stage photograph.
Why This Fashion Moment Is Different
Our reading is that the story’s strongest point is the connection between personal selection, cultural recognition and a documented retail response. The video-call account gives the outfits a deliberate connection to the performers, while the Chilean reports show how that choice was received locally and commercially.
It also offers a different setting from Jimin’s Dior and A24 appearance, which we covered as part of a fashion partnership. Here, the starting point was traditional Chilean clothing brought onto a concert stage, rather than the announcement of a luxury-brand collaboration.
BTS’s visit also complements our coverage of V’s CazéTV appearance in Brazil, another example of the tour creating encounters with local culture beyond a set list. In Chile, the lasting image was a familiar garment seen by a much wider audience, followed by reported demand that reached beyond the stadium.