After the last "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie, wearing skull clothing and accessories became a huge big deal around here (only Goths had worn it before). Claire's and Limited Too have been full of it. Now the thing for the younger ones is "happy skull" clothing and accessories. Usually the skulls are pink on a brown background and they're smiling. Somehow, smiling pink skulls are a huge contradiction--like the pink camouflage clothing all the kids were wearing last year! "Skulls 'n' Cherries" are another combination we're seeing a lot of.
Anybody else think this is an obvious ploy on manufacturers' part to make scary stuff more acceptable to younger kids?
