Tuesday 20 May 2014

Flashback: Some stores you didn't know about... Part 1

Hey everyone!
I've been searching through Starbazaar and I saw some items from brands I forgot existed (not DKNY, Elle, Viviene Tam and Philosophy, of course). So I decided to share some interesting stores that were part of Stardoll's history.
A store many of you might not know about, especially the new members, is Stuff by Hilary Duff. Now this store wasn't very popular but it was very cheap, even though in the good old days Stardoll's items from Starplaza were exceptionally cheap.
In 2007, the Stardoll members got this message in their mailboxes:









The then famous real-life brand Stuff by Hilary Duff designed by Hilary Duff herself had signed a contract with Stardoll to create the Stardoll Stuff by Hillary Duff store and a Stardoll version of Hilary Duff, which you can check out here:
http://www.stardoll.com/en/user/?id=7576374
This shop had many collections and since when it arrived in Starplaza, Stardoll had less than 8,000,000 members, I couldn't find all collections, but I was able to find these:




















Now, judging by this picture, the collection was very cheap and most of it was available for non-superstars. As you can probably see yourselfs, it's an Autumn/Winter inspired collection.
Here are some other floors of the shop, specifically the last 2 floors:




























As you can see on the pics, these snapshots were taken from when the store had a 50% off sale in the end of April 2010. Then the members of Stardoll back then received this message:




















The store was closing down and Superstars had 50% off all items from the shop. The non-superstars were able to buy the store at normal prices and only the items available for non-superstars. If you read the message carefully, you'll see that Stardoll clearly states: "...hello half-price future RARITIES!''. That means that even though the store was quite cheap, the items won't be released again and therefore, they'll be rare in the future.
And Stardoll stayed to its word - the store never came back after it left Starplaza in the end of April 2010.
I, personally, only own the pink dress on the first mannequin from the left in the third picture. As I've been searching a lot in Starbazaar, I came to the conclusion that the items now, over 4 years later, aren't that common, but with a lot of searching, you can find them for a reasonable price of less than 20 sd.
So, I hope I helped you with this post :) It was a real pleasure to make it :)
Anyways, did you like the items? Will you be searching in Starbazaar for them? And most importantly - do you want Stardoll to restore these items in Starplaza or not?

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