The aftermath, when it came, was unprecedented.

After years of seeing tweens and young girls tarted up like cheap trollops, the hammer came down with force.

In his state of the state address, the president said that if children wanted to dress like grownups, they’d have to act like grownups; any child found to be wearing adult themed clothing or using adult appliances in public, including mp3 players and phones that did more than make calls and came in colors other than primary, was to immediately be given a job. DVD players were allows as long as they were playing G rated material.

Overnight, sales of Osh Kosh B’Gosh went through the roof, and supply was unable to keep up with demand. Sales of Barbie plummetted as sales of rag dolls and stuffed animals went through the roof.

The only drawback was that rather quickly older teens and college students picked up the new style, and within a year, babydoll outfits, previously limited to a subset of manga and anime fans, were everywhere, which cause teen and twenty-something males no end of panic, as they constinually feared they’d accidentally hit on a thirteen year old instead of an eighteen year old. But even that had it’s bright side, as the scared men and boys became unfailingly polite, since they often couldn’t tell if the females around them were actual children or potential dating material.

(See here for something akin to an explanation.)