This just makes me sad. I know you've already read about it on practically every Stardoll blog there is, but for whomever hasn't I'll recap. A Stardoll member by the name of
Migliukee (try saying
that five times fast!) submitted some drawings to Stardoll which impressed them so much that they decided to create a clothing line in Starplaza based on her designs,
Migliukee for Stardoll (
the first time EVER that a Stardoll user designed their own line for Stardoll). Little did they know that these were not her designs, they were sketches she had stolen from a relatively popular blog,
www.paperfashion.wordpress.com, though clearly not popular enough that anyone at the Stardoll offices had ever seen it. Unfortunately for Migliukee many Stardoll users had, and the controversy of the stolen artwork blew up all over the blogs. As of late last night the shop has been removed from Starplaza, and Migliukee (who has since all but deleted her account, or perhaps had everything taken from her by Stardoll) has posted the following on her presentation; you can also see the guestbook comment of an outraged Stardoll member:
LadyVenuz raises an excellent point, why hasn't Stardoll addressed this? Is merely removing the content enough? I think some sort of statement is in order, this is an incredibly embarrassing situation in which they failed to verify ownership of these designs, and not only betrayed the trust of their members with their negligence but also wronged the incredibly talented artist, Katie Rodgers (you can see the drawings that the clothing was based on
HERE* on her blog).
What is also sad is that this will certainly discourage Stardoll from ever giving legitimate artists and graphic designers a chance to have their work showcased in Starplaza. If they were too lazy to make sure the designs were legit this time they will probably be too lazy to do so in the future.
You can still see the clothing in
Migliukee's Styling Studio (and the people that purchased them before the store was removed still have them):
*link provided by
Stardoll's Most Wanted**Picture of the
Migliukee for Stardoll shop provided by
WTF Stardoll?!
They need to release these dresses in the Starplaza like NOW. Right. Now. Rapido!!! (Gracias Señora Vasquez in 8th grade Spanish! =D) This is how the fairytale princesses dress in my dreams!! Her actual Cinderella dress is quite ghastly however, it looks Victorian and not in a good way! But whatever, who wants a big blue poofy princess dress when you can dress like a silk chiffoned tulled embroidered goddess instead?
Today as I was browsing Starplaza I noticed the dress I'm wearing above in the first image, the rust orange "Basic Jersey Dress" from the Stardoll shop, and I'm no prude but I was like, "Whaaaaat?!? Does the material really have to cling to my chest like that? Are those really protruding boobs I'm seeing?? Isn't this a KIDS website?!?" So then I start searching the other shops and I find even more questionable ensembles, like the gold lamé "On stage" bra and skirt (on stage and on a stripper pole maybe....j/k Beyoncé, I can't hate on ya! But really Stardoll??). 
This just makes me sad. I know you've already read about it on practically every Stardoll blog there is, but for whomever hasn't I'll recap. A Stardoll member by the name of Migliukee (try saying that five times fast!) submitted some drawings to Stardoll which impressed them so much that they decided to create a clothing line in Starplaza based on her designs, Migliukee for Stardoll (the first time EVER that a Stardoll user designed their own line for Stardoll). Little did they know that these were not her designs, they were sketches she had stolen from a relatively popular blog, www.paperfashion.wordpress.com, though clearly not popular enough that anyone at the Stardoll offices had ever seen it. Unfortunately for Migliukee many Stardoll users had, and the controversy of the stolen artwork blew up all over the blogs. As of late last night the shop has been removed from Starplaza, and Migliukee (who has since all but deleted her account, or perhaps had everything taken from her by Stardoll) has posted the following on her presentation; you can also see the guestbook comment of an outraged Stardoll member:
LadyVenuz raises an excellent point, why hasn't Stardoll addressed this? Is merely removing the content enough? I think some sort of statement is in order, this is an incredibly embarrassing situation in which they failed to verify ownership of these designs, and not only betrayed the trust of their members with their negligence but also wronged the incredibly talented artist, Katie Rodgers (you can see the drawings that the clothing was based on HERE* on her blog).
What is also sad is that this will certainly discourage Stardoll from ever giving legitimate artists and graphic designers a chance to have their work showcased in Starplaza. If they were too lazy to make sure the designs were legit this time they will probably be too lazy to do so in the future.
Now it seems that Dan aka DanPuffs has also reappeared, also quite suddenly, and also without addressing his own identity controversy (that he is a girl named Bella, and that he's the Burn Book, and that he's Mimi_LaRue who deleted her account). Will he and former Perez co-contributor Undamyumbrella ever hash out their feud over the comments she made on Britneys07's blog? Will he and Perez ever address these rumors about them? Do they even care? And speaking of Perez, Dan has her on his Best Friends list as "Madame Morrible", a character from the novel and play Wicked who isn't exactly the protagonist as far as I can tell from her character description online (I've never read the book, to be fair.)...is this a dig at Perez? Only time will tell...if anyone finally starts talking!
So a while ago the Gossip Girl published a damning article claiming that PerezStarGossip was LaPrimaDonna, and it was the hot topic for a while on the blogs. Then right before Halloween Perez herself pops up in a Willy Wonka costume and posted a quick hello to her readers on the blog. She said nothing about the LPD controversy, and LaPrimaDonna has said nothing about Perez's (her?) appearance. I can't help but wonder, what's the deal?
Baroque wall ensemble, $12.95
