man also, $70 for 100% nylon and polyester, not so great

rofl yeah, that too

They super over charge for their pop culture lines

haha I don't really buy merch so I am unused to that!

I almost always buy on sale. But the limited lines are hard because they often don't sale or restock them. :|

Torrid has the same jacket but at least they didn't paint the girls face?

i got one of the her universe sw jackets for my birthday and it's probably worth about what they charged for it

inkedhymnal: I was talking less about the cosplay makeup and more about the Japanese flag and writing on the sleeve (let alone the flowers, which could be 'artistic')

it certainly wasn't gonna be real leather for $70

yeah I have a her universe SW sweatshirt and it was really nice!!!! def about worth what I paid for it

I love the Her Universe stuff in general, and get why they charge more.

oh I think I did get it on sale though lol now that i'm thinking about it

But idk man. If they ignored the japanese character, that's shitty. But by adding them, it feels.. weird. I'm saying this as a white girl, so obv not the best person

I think HU is a much smaller company than Hot Topic though? unless they're part of an umbrella corporation I'm not privy to

Oh I see it now I didn't flip through the photos

I do know Japan in general doesn't mind cultural appropriation so much as we think of it (see: all the kimono makers asking people to please put kimono everywhere you can) but idk on this specific one

I thought Her Universe was created by Hot Topic employees for Hot Topic? But I could be wrong. I just read some tagline

especially since this is very... nationalistic with the chrysanthemums

OH. wow, if that's true I am totally wrong

chirality: That's good to know, at least.

And maybe it was just about the specific lines? Not the company? idk

I didn't actually realize they existed outside of Hot Topic, hahaha

it is sort of weird for me to imagine wearing this, like if you wore a jacket with a huge Portuguese flag on it someone would ask if you were Portuguese, inevitably

Right? Like "oh, no, I just liked this comic book movie, I know nothing about what's on my jacket or what it means"

I think they're actually a small independent fashion company that got picked up by Hot Topic as a distributor, upon some quick googling, but don't quote me

yeah like I want to know what those kanji say... LOL

I looked on their site and apparently the voice of Ashoka started teh company with some group?? I think you're right they probs got picked up by Hot Topic

HAHA OH REALLY that's cute

Good on 'em. I like that they design to look good instead of slapping a photo on a shirt.

the sweatshirt I have was $40 and I'd say worth it, it's really nice

I bought one of their raglans aaaaand I think a couple shirts.

I bought the Black Widow dress but it looked bad on me. I wanted the Rey cardigan but couldn't bring myself to pay that much when I was broke at the time

I'm a total cheapskate about clothes, so I feel they're grossly overpriced but it might be normal

I only have the one thing so idk how the quality is on the rest but the prices look about comparable to me, tbh

except for a couple obviously marked up things

my japanese is rusty as fuck but i think it's printed l -> r and the words are he/that thing over there (context dependent and i have no idea)

thought (or like a zillion other meanings, again context dependent), and the verb form of crying

thank you jisho dot org radical search

彼を思い涙する

hmm, might be wrong on the last word