ATTENTION!
this is a rant and if you don't like those kind of posts feel free to skip this one.
just a few seconds ago i stumbled upon this little post published by one of our community's more dedicated blogs (dedicated as in posting regularly and always ahead of the current SD events) and normaly i live by the premiss of post and let post, meaning i don't comment on other peoples post but this time i thought why not offer my readers a different postion on this subjects matter and also give you a piece of my mind.
and this is what all the fuzz is about
picture taken from thestardolllookbook.blogspot.de
a piece of this months SD hotbuys. the hotbuys posed fall look and whether to buy or not to buy it. the author of the post i'm referring to suggests to buy it as it is a cool thing getting a posed look which wasn't part of the strike a pose collection. besides the price which is shockingly high (68sd) she writes it's a nice piece which fits very well in the upcomin cold seasons.
and now i want to tell you why you shouldn't buy it. this is an unnessecarry thing to do you may say but as i have seen so many people wearing this garment i just wanted to offer a different approach on this topic.
first of all we have the price. 68sd is simply to high and as hotbuys kind of lost their magic you won't be abel to resell it for a much higher price. this may only concern resellers (like me) but who knows someday you may don't like it as much anymore and want to get rid of it.
the next problemis the biggest in my eyes, this look only really works when you have the right pair of pants! can't be that hard you may think but it is. i've seen so many dollies who failed at that. and remeber you payed 68 sd for this so shouldn't it be a lot easier to create a good looking outfit with it. i for one would have preferd to buy the coat sepretly, in an normal sd pose. but by selling this as a "complete" look SD can make much more money from it.
another thing which kind of bothers me about this whole posed looks thing is the fact that it kind of kills your creativity. you get this almost finished look and it's somwhat hard to make it part of your style and on top of it you have to pay much more for it than you would have payed by buying a coat (which can cost between 12 and 30 sd) and a cropped sweater ( between 12 and 20 sd) sepretly.
it's the newley blossomed desire of making your doll look as realistical as possible (which i could say so much more about but won't as this is a story for another post) which makes pieces like this so popular. a popularity which i can't really support.
before i will close this post let me say one last thing, i am totally fine with people buying this coat and i think everybody should have the right to their own opinion, i just wanted to express my true feelings about this matter. so if you bought the coat don't be mad at me for not buying it or suggesting to not buy it. i like to help my readers with their style and give them inspiration for good looking and well created looks and i simply don't think you can achive any of this with this coat but if you want to proof me wrong just let me know about it in my medolls GB.
so long