Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Childhood, Meet Disappointment

Forever 21 has apparently joined forces with Disney to create line "designed" by Minnie Mouse, called Minnie Muse. Look what they did to her:

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Remember this?
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 Pretty cute, right? Well that's just too darn bad. In order to be adorable, you also need to weigh literally nothing.  Say hello to your new fashion muse.


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The clothes themselves aren't that great, but I can see how someone in their tween years or so would like them, and therein lies the problem.  This line is showing young girls that to be "modern and glamorous", you probably shouldn't eat. The old, normal sized Minnie is not cool or hip enough.  This new, "sexy" Minnie is fashionable and skinny and everything you lazy 12 year-olds aren't.

For those who are older, I can imagine the nostalgia or possible cuteness of Minnie being attractive, but personally I don't want some new, weird looking Minnie all over some cheap-ass clothes. Not like Forever 21 is some bastion of ethics and creativity or anything, so this just seems to be one of those "what is Forever 21 doing NOW?" things.

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