Treat and Trick 2015
October 31st, the one day a year that Hello!Project costumes are not scary:
Don’t worry, tomorrow they’ll be back to normal:
Meanwhile, I’ve got the promise of a cloudless sky for tonight’s candy-grab, so I stopped at Costco and picked up 75 pounds of supplies. I’m kind of bummed that this year’s non-chocolate assortment has replaced a lot of the standard goodies with things like Haribo, Hot Tamales, and Swedish Fish, though; I blame multiculturalism.
On the bright side, I’ll eat less of it. Or just eat from the chocolates, anyway…
[Update: 65 pounds out the door, last batch of little monsters at just after 9pm. A surprisingly traditional assortment this year, including one group of quite lovely young Japanese girls. In Japan, they’d be old enough for bikini DVDs, but since we have no U-12 idol industry, they went with the more American witch and princess looks.]
Dear Hello!Project Costume Designers,
Yes:
No:
Dear Hello!Project Costume Designers,
You fired the person who did this, didn’t you? It’s missing almost every element of your house style.
Dear Hello!Project Costume Designers,
Am I correct in assuming that someone was fired for not stapling a rhinestone-studded feather headdress to 15-year-old Rikako Sasaki’s head? The outfit just looks incomplete without one.
(via Takitumblr, which includes shots of what was considered matching footwear…)
Dear Hello!Project,
These promotional concert pictures of new ANGERME member Momona Kasahara make her look a shapely 16-17. Unfortunately, she’s 12, which is why I’m linking the pictures rather than embedding them. Now, it’s true that many of her other pictures clearly show her youth, but someone squeezed her into that outfit and enhanced/highlighted her figure, which means you’re already making plans for solo photobooks and bikini DVDs.
I won’t be buying those, but just out of curiosity I’ll set a reminder for her 18th birthday, to see if she still has a career, or if you’ve used her up and thrown her away.
Dear Hello!Project Choreographers,
I’m not sure this qualifies as a dance move, but it’s definitely a performance.
Dear Hello!Project Choreographers,
Nice to see you’re teaching the girls skills that will come in handy when their idol careers end.
Dear Hello!Project Costume Designers,
Actually, instead of discussing the feathers, can I ask what she’s doing with that microphone?
Okay, now we can talk feathers. Clearly these outfits are left over from your canceled musical, “The Dirty Pair Blows Up Vegas”.
