This tattoo is pretty cool, but imagine if the torso belonged to a drunk neo-Nazi with burn scars. Would that make it cooler for you? Enlarge/Comments DOs & DON'Ts
Good call hiring Frankenstein?s dead-eyed, football-hooligan grandson to lumber around the mall grunting your store?s name through the PA.
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Fumi Nagasaka: I smuggled my Hello Kitty in a bear costume with me to the U.S. My mom and grandma didn't think I should bring it. Now I sleep with it every night. It is the only thing that knows me.
Fumi Nagasaka is wearing an Indigo People dress and Paper Denim & Cloth jeans.
Matsaki Naito is wearing an Aem'kei top with jeans and shoes by Diesel.
Matsaki Naito: This is a shikishi. It's like a going-away card from my family. It has photos of all of them and little notes like "Good luck," "You can do it," "Embrace the experience," and "Dreams do come true."
Yukie Yonezawa: This is Tony the Tiger. My boyfriend Tony gave it to me when I moved away from Vancouver three years ago.
Yukie Yonezawa is wearing an Original Penguin top, Paper Denim & Cloth jeans, and Converse sneakers.
Koji Moriya is wearing an Obedient Sons top, pants by Matix, and Reebok sneakers.
Koji Moriya: This is half pot-holder, half puppet. I almost feel bad when I use it to grab hot pans.
Mahiro Koza: This is my little pink deer toy.
Mahiro Koza is wearing a top and skirt by Charlotte Corday and vintage Tony Lama boots.
Rei Matsuoka is wearing an Ella Moss top, a Frost French skirt, and Converse sneakers.
Rei Matsuoka: My old boyfriend won this for me at a fair in Hawaii.
Mayumi Tatsuta: This is Cybie the robot dog. I bought it for my boyfriend for Christmas, but we broke up so I never gave it to him.
Mayumi Tatsuta is wearing a Charlotte Corday dress and Gucci shoes.
