I don’t accede myself a awful guy, but I did feel an basal vibe of oiliness spending bisected an hour videotaping the Hello Kitty abundance in the Hollywood area of Universal Studios. It wasn’t absolutely trench-coat-in-a-playground creepy, but back a middle-aged scruffy-faced macho loiters in the pinkest, best polka-dotty abundance in town, there’s activity to be some alongside glances and hushed exchanges.
It’s accurate that the majority of audience in the boutique are families with adolescent girls. But there is antecedent for the earlier macho HK shopper.
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Exhibit 1: The brony. A brony is a fan of My Little Pony, usually classified as an earlier macho alike admitting websites on bronyism downplay any gender-specific fandom. Bronies accept such an accustomed subculture that Bob’s Burgers parodied it with an episode, “The Equestranauts.” Turns out Hello Kitty has a abutting alongside in kittylers, the acute Hello Kitty fans. The aberration amid the two is a brony usually doesn’t accept to say, “I’m a 32-year-old distinct macho with a close beard.” Admitting about non-gender specific, the developed macho kittyler is not an exceptional of species.
Exhibit 2: Hello Kitty Men. That’s right. Hello Kitty has her own band of men’s clothing. Last year for Japan’s adaptation of Valentine’s Day, the Hello Kitty Men’s abundance opened. Hello Kitty herself bound a letter antecedent to the aperture stating, “It would be nice to be abutting to guys, too, not aloof girls.” The accouterment band is subtler, with added accent on her iconic red bow as an identifier than the cloyingly beautiful character. In fact, the Hello Kitty skull arena with all-over bow is about as hardcore as it gets.
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Unfortunately, the developed macho kittyler visiting the Hello Kitty abundance at Universal will acquisition few accouterment choices, unless he wants to clasp into a set of developed onesie pajamas. It’s bright this abundance skews to a adolescent babe demographic. But the abundance abounds with added HK goodies, from coffee mugs and backpacks to Pez dispensers and lunchboxes. There’s a candied amusement area with bonbon apples and cakes in the guise of adhesive Sanrio characters such as Kerokerokeroppi. I abnormally enjoyed the bank illustrations including a alternation of iconic-movie posters that affection the feline-faced girl. "Jaws" never looked so sweet.
Male or female, adolescent or old, if you charge a aerial dosage of twee, the Hello Kitty abundance is your civil cutopia. It embodies the aspect of kawaii, a Japanese appellation about acceptation “excruciatingly cute.” Accede if every account in the Sound of Music song “My Favorite Things” was burst in a cauldron and above bottomward to actualize a bead of absolute cuteness. That’s the kawaii akin of the Hello Kitty store.
I was aloof alpha to become one with my close kawaii back a absolute activity Hello Kitty skipped by, bouncing at customers. Oh, joy. As I approached to video her, I accomplished I was aerial over a 4-year-old babe in a blush tulle tutu. I backed abroad abominably as Hello Kitty affective the child’s easily and began to dance. Time to go, I thought, hightailing it to the banana book abundance in the Five and Dime beyond the artery area I could analysis out The Walking Dead collectibles. I assumption I’m added of a zombiler than a kittyler.
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