Friday: burgundy tweed Prada mules

Years ago — maybe ten years ago — I wrote a story about Japanese street fashion. I remember thinking that I just couldn’t understand why anyone would want to look so, well, odd, with their jumbled, mix-and-not-match clothes and accessories.

Well, I confess that a decade later, Gwen Stefani made me have a change of heart. Her Harajuku obsession has sort of grown on me — not that I would ever wear anything from her Harajuku Lovers line in public, but I have to say I appreciate the kitschy cuteness. (Kitschy kawaii, anyone?)

So I was looking on the Harajuku Lovers site today and saw this onesie. And I immediately thought, Oh my god, I need to have a baby. Er, not really. But I did instantly think about which one of my new-mom friends would appreciate that little number, and the matching hat too. Yes, I know, my friends might just tell me that their children are not dolls for me to play with in such a fashion. Oh come on, am I really supposed to believe that?!

For me, though, wearing thermal-underwear type leggings with little bunnies or bananas on them may not quite be appropriate for, say, the office. On the other hand, no one ever has to know that I’m wearing these underneath my grownup clothes. . .