
After you finally got Kenji to go down on one plastic bendable knee and propose, what could be more perfect than to dress up like Barbie for the wedding? In America girls put away the impossibly-built doll with her wardrobe of rubber shoes long before they get old enough to fill out a lookalike gown, but in Japan the brand has successfully colonized adulthood. Behold Barbie Bridal, with nails to match!
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Jonelle Patrick writes novels set in Japan, produces the monthly e-magazine Japanagram, and blogs at Only In Japan and The Tokyo Guide I Wish I’d Had
She looks like she’s been hosed down with Pepto Bismal. Ugh.
Ahaha, you totally nailed that color! It IS the Pepto Bismol palette! (And I don’t know about you, but that particular stomach remedy not only spoiled the color pink for me, I’m also totally unable to eat anything that even HINTS of wintergreen…)