Alien Hat
| Alien Hat | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Collection | Milady Maker |
| Category | Hat |
| References | Tokyo Disney Resort Little Green Men cap; Bladee |
| Count | 61 |
| Rarity | 0.61% |
Alien Hat is a hat trait in the Milady Maker NFT collection, depicting the Little Green Men fan cap produced exclusively for Tokyo Disney Resort, based on the alien characters from the 1995 Pixar film Toy Story. The hat gained wider cultural circulation after a photograph of Swedish musician Bladee wearing it became widely circulated online, establishing it as an object of subcultural significance beyond its origins as theme park merchandise.
Background
The Little Green Men are a group of alien characters introduced in Toy Story (1995), depicted as wide-eyed green figures who worship a claw machine in a toy store and regard it as a divine force. The characters became a recurring presence across the Toy Story franchise and its associated merchandise. Tokyo Disney Resort — comprising Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea, operated by the Oriental Land Company under license from Disney — produces a range of exclusive merchandise unavailable elsewhere, including the Little Green Men fan cap: a bright green plush headwear piece shaped to resemble the alien characters, featuring three eyes and antennae. The hat's exclusivity to the Japanese parks and its distinctive appearance made it a sought-after item in both Disney collecting communities and fashion-adjacent circles. It also appears as a trait in Kagami Academy, Remilia Corporation's pixel art NFT collection launched in January 2024.
Association with Bladee
Bladee (Benjamin Reichwald), the Swedish musician and member of Drain Gang, was photographed wearing the Tokyo Disney Resort Little Green Men cap, and the image circulated widely enough to become part of his visual mythos.[1] On resale platforms such as Grailed, listings for the hat routinely reference Bladee by name, with sellers describing it as "probably most known from that one picture of Bladee."[2] The association drove secondary market demand for a piece of theme park merchandise that would otherwise circulate only among Disney collectors, effectively crossover-coding it as Drain Gang-adjacent fashion.
Bladee's aesthetic, characterized by lo-fi digital imagery, internet-native visual references, and a deliberate indifference to conventional fashion logic, made the hat a natural fit: its kawaii quality, Japanese exclusivity, and cartoon-alien imagery all resonate with the sensibilities of the communities around both Drain Gang and Milady Maker.
See also
References
- ↑ April 25, 2025. "Bladee, Canon Saint of Digital Aesthetics". eeegostudios.
- ↑ "Bladee alien Toystory cap". Grailed.