Fashion Foreign

While roaming the hallways of Narita International, looking for more of my blollowers to satisfy with a warm hancock (Note: yelling "Get Down anyone? Get Down?!" at an airport is a good way to make new besties with handsy individuals in uniform), I couldn't help but notice that GI Joe must be really popular in Japan because everyone was dressed up as Storm Shadow. Though these were the laziest cos-players I've ever seen since they never wore the complete costume, only the mask and the eyes. Where was the PDiddy white outfit and requisite sword accessories (accesSwordies)? That's like wearing the t-shirt with the tuxedo print on it rather than wearing the actual tuxedo. Pitiful.

I did think to myself (I assure you, this phenomenon does occur from time to time) that only in Japan can droves of people walk around dressed as lazy ninjas working for Cobra Commander and nobody thinks twice about it, or once for that matter. Many young Japanese also sometimes dress up as goth clowns, little beau peeps, and Koreans. No looks of disapproval, no shame, only awesome.

If it were socially acceptable, I too would walk the streets of New York dressed as a ninja. Shoot, if it were socially acceptable, I would walk around in a full onesie too, everywhere. And a onesie preferably with the square button-down butt-flap in the back, not because I think it's particularly useful but more because I've always wanted to be able to shit while in my pants without shitting my pants. Well isn't that quite the paradox?

I wonder though about ninjas. Were they also cos-players, merely dressing up as hyper-germaphobic surgeons? Maybe they covered their faces to keep bacteria from spreading? That seems practical.