Twilight fans cross the line
Liz Brasington
Issue date: 11/5/09 Section: Opinions
Book and movie themed T-shirts are nothing new. Publishers and Hot Topic stores have been selling them for years. But the Twilight apparel craze has gone far beyond the occasional "Team Edward" or "Team Jacob" sweater and crossed into a full-on creepy cultural obsession. Even reputable department stores like Nordstrom have succumbed to the craziness with their "BP Twilight Saga: New Moon" clothing line. But the most disturbing apparel of all is that made for and by the fans.
To be fair, Nordstrom's line is mostly dominated by blatantly Twilight-centric clothing. Their site boasts a myriad of the team T-shirts in addition to tanks and tees printed with phrases made iconic by the films. While more suited to middle-school fangirls, these items are nowhere near as bizarre as the fact that the line contains some supposedly "normal" clothes to help you dress like America's favorite emotionally dependent teen, Bella Swan.
Nordstrom's Web site also features a page dedicated to Twilight-inspired beauty. In case dressing like your favorite characters is not enough, items from this line help to transform the average teen into a cold-skinned creature of the night. "Fresh Light Body Glow" by Luna Twilight promises to give skin that "other-worldly beauty" of the bedazzling Cullen Family. It's not all that different from that Bath and Body Works roll-on body glitter you wore to your first school dance. The major difference is the price - $34 - and the marketing strategy: When you were trying to impress the hottie in algebra class, your main goal wasn't to look like a 500-year-old walking corpse.
Luna Twilight's "Just Bitten Staining Balm" and DuWop's "Twilight Venom" can also be purchased through the Nordstrom site, and the descriptions are just plain weird. "'Twilight Venom' is a shimmering crimson lip stain suspended in a venom-laced lip conditioner with an intensely potent bite," the makers state.
Even the indie craft site Etsy.com has fallen victim to the Twilight trend. Beside some admittedly pretty jewelry lie some truly heinous homemade creations. For instance, if your boyfriend's Axe isn't doing it for you, you can buy him the Edward Eu de Parfum spray for the low cost of $13.95 - vampire initiation not required. The maker, CozyMoments, purports that the scent is an interpretation of Edward Cullen's alluring body funk. "Warm woods, sweet honey and soft lilac notes are harmoniously blended, creating the core of this fragrance," CozyMoments writes on the product site. "Precious sunshine and a few little secrets further enhance this accord, adding to its alluring appeal. Impossibly beautiful, just like Edward."
To be fair, Nordstrom's line is mostly dominated by blatantly Twilight-centric clothing. Their site boasts a myriad of the team T-shirts in addition to tanks and tees printed with phrases made iconic by the films. While more suited to middle-school fangirls, these items are nowhere near as bizarre as the fact that the line contains some supposedly "normal" clothes to help you dress like America's favorite emotionally dependent teen, Bella Swan.
Nordstrom's Web site also features a page dedicated to Twilight-inspired beauty. In case dressing like your favorite characters is not enough, items from this line help to transform the average teen into a cold-skinned creature of the night. "Fresh Light Body Glow" by Luna Twilight promises to give skin that "other-worldly beauty" of the bedazzling Cullen Family. It's not all that different from that Bath and Body Works roll-on body glitter you wore to your first school dance. The major difference is the price - $34 - and the marketing strategy: When you were trying to impress the hottie in algebra class, your main goal wasn't to look like a 500-year-old walking corpse.
Luna Twilight's "Just Bitten Staining Balm" and DuWop's "Twilight Venom" can also be purchased through the Nordstrom site, and the descriptions are just plain weird. "'Twilight Venom' is a shimmering crimson lip stain suspended in a venom-laced lip conditioner with an intensely potent bite," the makers state.
Even the indie craft site Etsy.com has fallen victim to the Twilight trend. Beside some admittedly pretty jewelry lie some truly heinous homemade creations. For instance, if your boyfriend's Axe isn't doing it for you, you can buy him the Edward Eu de Parfum spray for the low cost of $13.95 - vampire initiation not required. The maker, CozyMoments, purports that the scent is an interpretation of Edward Cullen's alluring body funk. "Warm woods, sweet honey and soft lilac notes are harmoniously blended, creating the core of this fragrance," CozyMoments writes on the product site. "Precious sunshine and a few little secrets further enhance this accord, adding to its alluring appeal. Impossibly beautiful, just like Edward."
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Mandy
posted 11/07/09 @ 12:10 PM EST
THIS IS SO FUNNY! I had no idea twilight has come to this (low) point.
They didn't do wand dildos for Harry Potter, why would do for Edward Cullen? Oh, how innocent I was. (Continued…)
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