Bad decisions are made every day. If you're a JE designer that's just not trying hard enough. PicWar
OK people. Here's the deal:
Summary: Picwar = an excuse for me and lockability to abuse each other with the terrible terrible clothing karma of JE band members. This has now been going on . . . for a while. When will it end??? I have no idea of this. I do know, however how it will end. In tears. Probably not hers or mine.
*stares at flist*
^_~
Anyway . . .
The picwars now have an event poster! The wonderful panthera-mort made it as a birthday present&hearts
hee! So:
A recap of the first 10 installments:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 , 9, and 10: V6 brings us great tidings of fluffy airborne joy . . . and rhinestones.
So in her last foray, Locky treated us to Christmas Pageant!V6 . . . as I recall, she linked it to Catboy!Arashi with the theme of "Misguided Halloween Costumes," or something to that effect. This was the result:
Continuing with the Halloween theme and the idea of heavenliness, I decided also to pick up on the excessive dangliness exhibited by the previous costume. A brief hint . . .
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Locky! I hope this meets with your horror approval! I was going thematic, so . . . some horribleness may have been sacrificed. But I don't think so.
So tiny_hydrus and I have theories. Theories pertaining to the costume designs and choices in JE. We also have theories as to the emotional and social lives of retired Arashi costumes, but that's not the point right now. Anyway.
TH: Maybe they throw fabric scraps against a sticky surface and then sketch the design?
Me: Nice! Or they lay all the fabrics our and have . . . I don't know, rabbits pick them--but that's why there are so many florals--the rabbits loved them all! And who are the designers to argue with the sacred rabbits, so they had to find a way to make it work. It could explain so very much.
Your animal theory of clothing design. My brain has taken this theory, and squished it with Cinderella. *cues all the animals of the forest* This also explains Jun's solo outfits. No one could turn down a kitten,a bunny and a duckling, when they presented you with a new outfit, they'd lovingly prepared. *refuses to consider any other reason for awful solo outfits* When Nino forgets to pay attention to them, they get their revenge by giving him awful yellow shawl type thing for Step and Go/Short trousers for the gay wedding PV. It's a shame that none of Arashi have realized, their animal helpers all possess rather dark humour.
So there you have it. Arashi secrets, at least, exposed to the world ^_^ And once you see this costume, the truth of this theory becomes more and more obvious.
This is the costume. It doesn't look that bad at first.
That's because they keep obscuring bits of it behind other things, mostly crane baskets:
And pianos:
Ok Flange, you might say. It's busy. It's kind of tacky and cheap-looking. It has 14 different shades of sky-blue. But surely we've gone beyond the 'generally ugly boring costumes' stage of this picwar?
But you see, this costume is deceptive and tricky. In order to truly appreciate its horror, you need to see it a lot. And in motion.
So: an unobscured body shot:
Not convinced? How about closer?
Alright, I'll stop teasing. Prepare:
Ok. So. A quick rundown of a very flawed concept. I call it "Let's take thin lanky idols and swathe them in ill-fitting gloopy festoons of blue fabrics loosely swaddled about the body in chunky loops and braids."
It looks like this because they couldn't get the slightly more seamstress-oriented birds and mice from Cinderella.
No, no. Arashi's tailor-critters have attitude. And a lot of pent-up rage. And let's face it, they spend a lot of time around Nino. Which is why they dress idols up like this:
Some other details you might have missed. Not one, but two types of sequin to add to the busyness factor--because you know we would hate for anyone to get bored with the simplicity of these costumes:
(Have I mentioned how much I love Ohno's taste in accessories?) You know, how he manages to try to keep this outfit from being too girly? Or something like that).
Remember how I mentioned that the true genius of this costume is revealed in motion? Behold:
*beams*
That's right! Dangly braids of love! Almost like tails! Only not.
In fact, these costumes have plenty of dangly and swishy surprises:
(Love the shoes&hearts)
It's Prince Nino!
Umm . . . Sho. Really.
One of the more hilarious things about watching this performance is watching the boys try to be all manly at a Disney princess toga party.
And also:
. . .
So maybe Jun isn't trying that hard. That's because he's secure in himself ^^"
He stood under that waterfall, remember? Nothing left to prove. To anyone.
When you're wearing something like this, you have to perfect a "princess wave:"
Aiba's needs a little work.
On to a random barrage of terrible costume:
Ai-Aiba? ^^" What are you . . .
*averts eyes*
Right, then . . .
How about some more badness?
So, this is one of those costumes that you can tell they put a lot of work into. You just . . . don't know why.
I'm afraid that still shots really don't do it justice. If you want to see it in all its swishy glory, go check out the How's it Going? concert. There is much lovely lovely crack to be had&hearts
You will probably see some of it in the very near future. ^_~
*waves to flist*
Hey there! It's been a rough week, but I finally made it to the weekend \o/ Sick, work drama, blech. But! Weekend&hearts
Summary: Picwar = an excuse for me and lockability to abuse each other with the terrible terrible clothing karma of JE band members. This has now been going on . . . for a while. When will it end??? I have no idea of this. I do know, however how it will end. In tears. Probably not hers or mine.
*stares at flist*
^_~
Anyway . . .
The picwars now have an event poster! The wonderful panthera-mort made it as a birthday present&hearts
hee! So:
A recap of the first 10 installments:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 , 9, and 10: V6 brings us great tidings of fluffy airborne joy . . . and rhinestones.
So in her last foray, Locky treated us to Christmas Pageant!V6 . . . as I recall, she linked it to Catboy!Arashi with the theme of "Misguided Halloween Costumes," or something to that effect. This was the result:
Continuing with the Halloween theme and the idea of heavenliness, I decided also to pick up on the excessive dangliness exhibited by the previous costume. A brief hint . . .
+
Locky! I hope this meets with your horror approval! I was going thematic, so . . . some horribleness may have been sacrificed. But I don't think so.
So tiny_hydrus and I have theories. Theories pertaining to the costume designs and choices in JE. We also have theories as to the emotional and social lives of retired Arashi costumes, but that's not the point right now. Anyway.
TH: Maybe they throw fabric scraps against a sticky surface and then sketch the design?
Me: Nice! Or they lay all the fabrics our and have . . . I don't know, rabbits pick them--but that's why there are so many florals--the rabbits loved them all! And who are the designers to argue with the sacred rabbits, so they had to find a way to make it work. It could explain so very much.
Your animal theory of clothing design. My brain has taken this theory, and squished it with Cinderella. *cues all the animals of the forest* This also explains Jun's solo outfits. No one could turn down a kitten,a bunny and a duckling, when they presented you with a new outfit, they'd lovingly prepared. *refuses to consider any other reason for awful solo outfits* When Nino forgets to pay attention to them, they get their revenge by giving him awful yellow shawl type thing for Step and Go/Short trousers for the gay wedding PV. It's a shame that none of Arashi have realized, their animal helpers all possess rather dark humour.
So there you have it. Arashi secrets, at least, exposed to the world ^_^ And once you see this costume, the truth of this theory becomes more and more obvious.
This is the costume. It doesn't look that bad at first.
That's because they keep obscuring bits of it behind other things, mostly crane baskets:
And pianos:
Ok Flange, you might say. It's busy. It's kind of tacky and cheap-looking. It has 14 different shades of sky-blue. But surely we've gone beyond the 'generally ugly boring costumes' stage of this picwar?
But you see, this costume is deceptive and tricky. In order to truly appreciate its horror, you need to see it a lot. And in motion.
So: an unobscured body shot:
Not convinced? How about closer?
Alright, I'll stop teasing. Prepare:
Ok. So. A quick rundown of a very flawed concept. I call it "Let's take thin lanky idols and swathe them in ill-fitting gloopy festoons of blue fabrics loosely swaddled about the body in chunky loops and braids."
It looks like this because they couldn't get the slightly more seamstress-oriented birds and mice from Cinderella.
No, no. Arashi's tailor-critters have attitude. And a lot of pent-up rage. And let's face it, they spend a lot of time around Nino. Which is why they dress idols up like this:
Some other details you might have missed. Not one, but two types of sequin to add to the busyness factor--because you know we would hate for anyone to get bored with the simplicity of these costumes:
(Have I mentioned how much I love Ohno's taste in accessories?) You know, how he manages to try to keep this outfit from being too girly? Or something like that).
Remember how I mentioned that the true genius of this costume is revealed in motion? Behold:
*beams*
That's right! Dangly braids of love! Almost like tails! Only not.
In fact, these costumes have plenty of dangly and swishy surprises:
(Love the shoes&hearts)
It's Prince Nino!
Umm . . . Sho. Really.
One of the more hilarious things about watching this performance is watching the boys try to be all manly at a Disney princess toga party.
And also:
. . .
So maybe Jun isn't trying that hard. That's because he's secure in himself ^^"
He stood under that waterfall, remember? Nothing left to prove. To anyone.
When you're wearing something like this, you have to perfect a "princess wave:"
Aiba's needs a little work.
On to a random barrage of terrible costume:
Ai-Aiba? ^^" What are you . . .
*averts eyes*
Right, then . . .
How about some more badness?
So, this is one of those costumes that you can tell they put a lot of work into. You just . . . don't know why.
I'm afraid that still shots really don't do it justice. If you want to see it in all its swishy glory, go check out the How's it Going? concert. There is much lovely lovely crack to be had&hearts
You will probably see some of it in the very near future. ^_~
*waves to flist*
Hey there! It's been a rough week, but I finally made it to the weekend \o/ Sick, work drama, blech. But! Weekend&hearts