Sorry I've been absent, had my final undergrad exams at uni and then needed some time off to relax/learn how to relax again! So to continue on from my last post, an LE review, here are the outfits that I've styled from some of my purchases - enjoy!
Showing posts with label Limited Edition. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Limited Edition. Show all posts
Sunday, June 1, 2014
Saturday, April 12, 2014
LE - Review!
So yesterday at the pre-given time of 1pm (for me anyways) we got our latest dose of LE, and I have to say I think it was a mad rush, kinda like those ridiculous 7am Boxing day sales that I absolutely refuse to go to! I was online waiting, ok, I was in a study room at uni, shouldn't have been on Stardoll but had it open and sized it down small so no one would see (there were only 2 other people in the room though) and I like to have a good look through everything before making my mind up, and even then some things I was clicking were about down to half their numbers and the items had only been out 10 minutes, so I turned into a bit of a frantic clicker of the mouse and I'm sure the other people thought I was crazy (I kinda am though, lets face it =P)!!! But anyways, here's what all this fuss was about:
So we had 4 floors packed to the brim with designer-inspired LE clothing, including an outfit for the guys out there! I think there was a great mix of resort styled clothes with skirts and dresses galore, I do feel like there could have been a few amazing pairs of trousers there though! I really love pastels, but I'm not so sure about the abundance of black dotted in there, I think a little more cohesiveness between items could have worked out well. There was also a really good selection of shoes and accessories, sometimes they get forgotten about I think, but definitely not this time, although I only picked up a few, there were definitely accessories for everyone!
Now onto prices, I believe them to be a lot more expensive than the collections have been in the past, with quite a few dresses breaching the 200 SD mark. Prices range from 30 for a necklace right up to 260 for a dress. I do think in the rush and madness that is LE people don't really consider the prices, if I had more time to clearly think through pieces and prices I do think things would be different and I wouldn't have spent over 1.5K on items! But I am happy with everything I bought and I do look forward to styling them when I have time =D That seems to be my new motto "...when I have time" =)
Here are some of the pieces that I chose to purchase from the collection, I would show you them all but my computer is being ridiculously slow and it's taking forever! I've not styled anything yet, but I will when I have the time ... in a month!
And finally for a whole lot of LE looks that I've spotted around the site:
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| B-S1997 |
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| Jennakorpas |
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| LadyTiffannie |
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| MandaMichalka |
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| MilaDivaStar |
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| Miloshki |
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| SS-Diamond |
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
Strike A Pose!
*Sorry for the lack of posts this week. I've had an extremely busy few days and I haven't managed to access the blog a lot!*
Admittedly, I'm not impressed by many of Stardoll's limited collections - Instead of them being the utmost quality, I often find that they're a lot worse than even Stardoll regular real brands. Strike a Pose for me combined great graphics, an interesting concept and fair prices. I thought the regular items were priced well and the most expensive were worth the money. The store looked fresh and unique, and ended up selling out in around four to six hours, which is if I'm correct is the fastest ever full collection to ever sell on Stardoll.
Last Monday brought us the release of Strike a Pose, an interesting new store with the aim of creating limited posed clothing items. Throughout the years on Stardoll there have been a few posed clothing pieces released, but none have ever amounted to a full store even with all the demand for posing on and around Stardoll. With this new release we were treated to a selection of non posed items all priced around the 20 - 40 stardollar mark, along side a large variety of jackets, dresses and pants with different poses up to 175 stardollars.
Admittedly, I'm not impressed by many of Stardoll's limited collections - Instead of them being the utmost quality, I often find that they're a lot worse than even Stardoll regular real brands. Strike a Pose for me combined great graphics, an interesting concept and fair prices. I thought the regular items were priced well and the most expensive were worth the money. The store looked fresh and unique, and ended up selling out in around four to six hours, which is if I'm correct is the fastest ever full collection to ever sell on Stardoll.
I'm very excited to see what's next for this exciting new brand on Stardoll, and I hope with time that it can only get better and better. What are your thoughts on Strike a Pose?
Sunday, February 9, 2014
A Limited Edition Review (Part Two)
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After the collection had sold out and I had taken some time to digest my thoughts about the new release I found that although it was no show stopper, the collection was undeniably a step in a positive direction. The clothes, although not particularly well made nor ultra stylish like so many had hoped for, were presentable and far more 'LE' than previous seasons.
If Stardoll were to take more time perfecting a lot of these pieces, this collection really could have been a lot better. For example, the skirt in the picture above has some interesting ideas and a nice shape, however Stardoll's LE logo ruined the piece. Limited Edition should be able to look like Limited Edition without having to have the logo of the brand plastered onto it. Sure, some brand logos are iconic and a statement piece with a logo on it is lovely, but you certainly do not see real life designers plastering every runway with their own logos.
Personally I would like to see LE grow up a bit. It began more than five years ago now so it is obvious that over this period Limited Edition would have gone into a new direction, however I feel like out of every store in the starplaza, Limited Edition should be the one that takes direct inspiration from the runways, in both quality and design.
All in all Stardoll still has a lot to do until they perfect this brand once again, but for now this collection has been somewhat of a breath of fresh air in what had been a devastatingly poor timeline of releases. A good release? Yes. But is 'good' really enough for a brand like LE?
★★★★★★★★★★
Monday, February 3, 2014
A Limited Edition Review (Part One)
To many the excitement of getting your hands on a new piece of Limited Edition clothing disappeared while Stardoll implemented many new and mostly unpopular changes a few years back. However the newest collection of everyone's favourite stardoll shop, prior to its downfall that is, revealed a glimmer of hope in the revival of Stardoll's signature LE tag brand.
On Thursday afternoon, 23rd of January, Stardoll unveiled the first hint of a new collection through the form of a colour palette image through Snapchat. Although it was such a minimal spoiler it was more than enough to get the majority excited for what was to come and admittedly, it did indeed look like a promising choice of colour from the design team. Later that day another hint, again shown through Snapchat, was given and on Friday morning Stardoll released the first official teaser, as shown above, for the coming edition. It was, and is, an undeniably beautiful spoiler and everything in the image seemed to be perfectly executed, which is a rather unusual feat for the dolly designers who have made a living out of meagre graphics and advertisements.
Hours later, the Limited Edition store went incognito and closed its doors for the first time in 4 long months while users waved goodbye to the dreadful plastic plaid mess which filled the Starplaza previously. Hours passed and not another hint or spoiler was released, with thousands upon thousands of comments accumulating on the Underneath Stardoll blog as perplexed fashion lovers tried to figure out what on Earth Stardoll was doing with their time.
Stardoll dropped the first reveal of the store interior on the social networking sites Instagram and Google Plus at around 2PM GMT. It is safe to say that the interior is easily the best backdrop that Stardoll has crafted since the beautiful floral LE scene created back in the summer of 2011. But yet, still no sign of the new collection everyone was so eagerly anticipating.
The store was finally released at around 8:50PM GMT, which was the latest a Limited Edition release had ever come. Certain pieces sold out in mere minutes and very quickly Underneath Stardoll had crashed and Stardoll was full of crazed fanatics filling their carts with the clothing they had been visualising for so long. I got to the store around 15 minutes after the initial release and around six things were already sold out. In fact, unlike prior collections which took between 7 days and 1 month to sell out, this edition took as little as 36 hours, with the vast majority of things gone after a mere 18.
More to the point though, how does this collection actually fare?
Check back tomorrow to find out!
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| The Stardoll Advertisement (Issued 24/1/14) |
Hours later, the Limited Edition store went incognito and closed its doors for the first time in 4 long months while users waved goodbye to the dreadful plastic plaid mess which filled the Starplaza previously. Hours passed and not another hint or spoiler was released, with thousands upon thousands of comments accumulating on the Underneath Stardoll blog as perplexed fashion lovers tried to figure out what on Earth Stardoll was doing with their time.
Stardoll dropped the first reveal of the store interior on the social networking sites Instagram and Google Plus at around 2PM GMT. It is safe to say that the interior is easily the best backdrop that Stardoll has crafted since the beautiful floral LE scene created back in the summer of 2011. But yet, still no sign of the new collection everyone was so eagerly anticipating.
The store was finally released at around 8:50PM GMT, which was the latest a Limited Edition release had ever come. Certain pieces sold out in mere minutes and very quickly Underneath Stardoll had crashed and Stardoll was full of crazed fanatics filling their carts with the clothing they had been visualising for so long. I got to the store around 15 minutes after the initial release and around six things were already sold out. In fact, unlike prior collections which took between 7 days and 1 month to sell out, this edition took as little as 36 hours, with the vast majority of things gone after a mere 18.
More to the point though, how does this collection actually fare?
Check back tomorrow to find out!
Saturday, February 1, 2014
VOTE ON: Limited Edition (Part One)
These results will be contributed to a future post. For now, simply rate every LE collection listed with your opinion on it out of five! If you wish to comment your thoughts also, go ahead. Apologies for the bad quality images - not sure what's going on with Blogger at the moment.
LE Season One (December 2008)
LE Season Two (February 2009)
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LE Season Three (April 2009)
LE Season Four (September 2009)
LE Season Two (February 2009)
LE Season Three (April 2009)
LE Season Four (September 2009)
Friday, October 18, 2013
MY STYLE, LIMITED EDITION
As every season passes I find myself getting more and more bored of Limited Edition on Stardoll. Although the most recent collection had a promising concept the graphics lacked completely, leading to, in my opinion, the collection falling flat and becoming what could be the worst ever collection of LE.
I want Limited Edition to do well, and I really want some real life fashion to be injected back into the Stardoll world. Below I have compiled multiple looks, all made by myself, consisting of looks from different Spring/Summer 14 shows that could slot perfectly into the Limited Edition brand. What are your thoughts? What would you like to see Stardoll create?
Credit to Jack (QueenDetox) for the flawless mannequin!
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
A LIMITED EDITION REVIEW
Another season, another Limited Edition collection. Stardoll's October release of LE brought us heart print, plaid and awfully made graphics, but what was this fall collection really like?
Sadly Stardoll's inability to shade a simple graphic have turned what was once the enjoyment of getting your hands onto the most glorious pieces of LE, into having to spend time deciding whether the piece in your shopping cart is good enough for all them stardollars you are parting with or not.
If Stardoll were to put more effort into their graphics then I am certain that LE could become as good as the brand that it once was. The concept is all there and many of the pieces could have looked amazing if they weren't so badly constructed.
My top (... and only) picks from this collection are the purple and burgundy tartan bags, cage dresses, black clunky sandals, cross body heart bag, lace kilt, Donatella black pants, chain necklace and pink jersey logo and tulle dresses. What were your favourite items from this collection?
CONCEPT
★★★★★★★
GRAPHICS
★★
OVERALL
★★★★
What are your thoughts on the 18th(!) collection of Limited Edition?
Would you like to see a LE showdown between all of the collections?
Monday, August 19, 2013
Then and Now: Limited Edition
Limited Edition first came to Stardoll in the December of 2008. Many were shocked by the massive prices but the collection was perfection and it was also extremely limited, with only 100-350 pieces on all items. It is the most sought after collection of Limited Edition and is extremely rare, with prices now shooting up to the 20,000 stardollar mark.
The second collection came in the February of 2009. It was known as the Valentines or Denim collection and was full of pastel pinks, red hues and summer blues. Although it definitely isn't as wanted as the first edition, it is still a mostly beautiful collection with some truly gorgeous garments. The LE Cupid Dress is the most wanted item, with only 150 pieces available to purchase.
Now, only a mere four years later, we are on the 17th collection of Limited Edition. Prices and quality have both been drastically dropped, with items and quantities shooting up. The 17th edition of LE was released in late June 2013 and was heavily inspired by the Versace Spring Summer 2013 collection which Stardoll failed to replicate - leading to the loss of beauty which was presented in the real life collection.
Although LE is still nowhere near as good as it first was back in the early days of 2009, it is still showing signs of becoming a sought after and truly exciting envision once again. What are your thoughts on LE then and now? What is your favourite collection? Let us know in the comments below.
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