EDIT: (Dec 15, 2009) A Stardoll member says afia14 has been removed from the contest. I haven’t heard anything officially from Stardoll.com
About a week ago I started to receive comments about Stardoll.com and this user afia14 who stole my designs for a contest. I was very confused. I checked Stardoll.com out and it was a paper doll site. A link in the comments brought me to afia14’s horrible profile page. I was still confused.
It took a few more comments for me to get it straight. Stardoll.com was having a contest where you could win $400 dollars in game dollars. All you had to do was submit a clothing sketch. Afia14 decided that Pat McDonagh’s Dare to Wear Love sketch was great and submitted it as her own. Yup, kinda moronic.
I wasn’t going to get involved. I told the kids that were members to report her. I wasn’t going to saying anything publicly but then someone left the a link to the Stardoll Design Contest page.
Afia14’s submission was #1. I had to act now. I sent an email to Stardoll.com using their online form. I let them know that this person is cheating like she’s Tiger Woods or something (I know, I HAD to go there). I send links to my blog page with the comments and the Stardoll.com contest page.
Just to refresh your memory, Pat’s sketch looks like this.
Dare to Wear Love Pat McDonagh sketch courtesy of Rockit Promo
I haven’t heard back from them yet. If I do, I will update you all.
I want to thank all you commentors too for alerting me. They initially thought I was the creator of Pat’s sketch.
I have a real hate on for the spring merchandise in H&M recently. It’s terrible in there. I’m amazed at how awful everything is. Mind you I’m not impressed with Zara or Club Monaco right now either, but there are still some decent pieces in those stores. They are actually attempting to follow the trends for the season for people to purchase. I can’t tell what trends H&M are going for at all.
This is Dallas tshirt has made me write off H&M this season. It’s offends all my fashion sensibilities and I pray I never see it on the streets.
I’ve gotten a couple press releases for this shoe and I just have to laugh.
Toronto, ON – Make the best-dressed list this fall by wearing Alegria, the new “it” shoe from LA. They’re comfortable, affordable and feature the hottest patterns and colors.
Ooooooh, the new shoe trend from L.A. can I hop on the bandwagon? /sarcasm off
Fall Fashion Forecast With Allegria
Cuddle up! Warm, soft and stylish – from jackets to footwear, shearling will be seen on the best dressed this fall. Featuring an ultra-comfort insole, Alegria’s shearling collection is an ideal companion for a crisp fall day.
Get Trendy with Tartan: Plaid is back and hotter than ever. Tights, short dresses, long jackets – Fall runways are cluttered with all sorts of colors and styles of this pattern that’s not going anywhere anytime soon.
Purple Haze: Fall fashion runways are awash in a sea of purple and high-gloss plum. Keeping on trend, Alegria has designed a plum, patent shoe that will take fashionista’s from the catwalk to café.
Welcome to the Jungle! Animal prints continue to make a mark on fall fashions, as Out of Africa inspires international runways. Trendsetters will step happy this fall in whimsical, giraffe printed Alegria shoes.
Just like the Ugg, Crocs and this particular Coach shoe the Alegria shoe will stay on my permanent don’t list. It’s doesn’t matter if it’s patent, zebra or tartan. However for you misguided folk who are serious about purchasing a pair of this ugly shoe, visit stephappy.ca to find retailers.
I was reading Jason Kottke’s site and came across one of his Twitter entries. It was the second funniest thing I’ve read all day. First thing was my friend trying to convince me that the Tom Cruise Nazi movie is going to be a blockbuster. I’ve reproduced Jason’s twitter entry here.
Warning: This is probably the more irritating thing you will see all day. Unfortunately this is the only Star Wars clip I could find. Fast forward to 0:43
Longtime readers must know by now that I don’t do celebrities on this blog. I don’t really frequent celeb style blogs and I can’t stomach to write about the topic. I do read some gossip blogs (dirty habit) and I came across this lookbook photo:
Having a shoe break on you is a bitch. Having a shoe break on you after 5 wears turns me into a bitch. That is what happened to me at the most inconvenient time a few weekends ago.
I was running late to meet friends for dinner; we had a reservation. I grabbed these yellow wedges I bought from Payless last year (they were perfect with what I was wearing). I’ve worn these shoes about 5 times in total and they were in like new condition (so I thought). I don’t have much luck at Payless (even though my friends do) but I found this pair and another white strappy sandal that I liked last summer.
Just as I reach the subway the shoe’s strap breaks. I look down and I’m dumbfounded, how the hell did the strap break like this.
Usually, good shoe manufacturers uses the shoe’s upper material and attaches it to the the metal ring needed to make the strap. Payless decided that elastic material was sufficient instead. This resulted in a shoe I couldn’t fix. I had to deal with walking in this stupid broken shoe all night because I couldn’t miss the reservation.
My friends were like, the shoes were cheap who cares. I do actually. When I buy something, it’s for the long term. I had plans for those yellow shoes. What galls me more is the waste, if they used the upper material instead of elastic, I could have repaired these shoes. It would have cost more than the shoes did, but I could have salvaged them. Now, they goto the garbage.
If something cheap breaks on you fast and you have to replace it all the time, is it really worth it? It seems that this stuff ends up costing more.
