The Rise Of Videogame Fashion

Thanks to the San Antonio Express-News for their article charting the rise of videogame fashion. The article suggests: "Who would have thought the video game industry would issue a fashion statement? Increasingly, clothing based on game characters, icons and lingo, is calling a nation of game players", and references the wacky (the Dead Or Alive-inspired bikinis), and the less wacky (innumberable retro-styled T-shirts) in its search for a connection. Can retro clothing even help popularize forgotten characters? Wataru Maruyama of GamePro thinks so, saying "With Nintendo stretching their classic characters, those things create a continuity for gamers of all ages. Sometimes there can't be a regular game, but awareness of a title or imagery can be sustained through fashion."

Comments

sonic playin' for the other team?

[aderusha]

Where else would you spot a licensed motorcycle jacket patterned after Nintendo's fleet-footed Sonic the Hedgehog?

"nintendo's" sonic? i'm just too much of a dork fanboy to let that one go...