The Main Street Monthly Preview Issue - August 2015 | Page 10

Disney in the City
Confessions of a Grown Up Disney Princess
by Michele Atwood

Being a Princess of a particular age
is hard. For example, finding socially acceptable Disney fashions
that don’t look ridiculous is an ongoing struggle, at least for me. One
store that we like to check out at the
mall is Hot Topic. Back in the day,
Hot Topic used to be the goth store,
filled with black clothing, chains,
and hard rock music. Well, nowadays, they have a huge selection of
pop culture items, including a lot of
Disney and Marvel shirts and accessories. Great, right? Well, in theory
yes. Every time I see new merchandise come out, I get excited...... then
immediately wonder how it would
look on me. For example, the Cinderella line of clothes that came out for the movie. Super cute..... or so I thought.
I was at Hot Topic with the family, and low and behold, some of
the cute Cinderella line items were on the clearance rack. I had
been eye-balling this particular skirt with Cinderella pumpkins
on it, and black lace underneath. They had said skirt on the rack,
and the matching shirt too. I thought I hit the jackpot. Something told me I had better go try it on, and my gosh, I