Ugly Duckling : Gift-O-What

So, apparently, my short stint as an internet-free non-ss over New Years and Christmas was just the perfect time for Stardoll to release a gift-o-meter. To be honest, I'm not mad that I missed most of it, but I'm still going to try to style the gifts I did receive. Which are, frankly, not that great.
If only they'd been seperate, the sparkly shoe-and-starry-sock combination might well have been OK. I'm always down for a feature print sock, or a crazy shoe, but stick them both together and it becomes far too difficult to style around.  I made an appropriately futuristic-space-travel inspired outfit. Silvers and Greys, this is your day.

On the other hand, the shape of the jeans was tragic - they don't sit properly at the waist at all, so all my crop top plans went right out the window! I decided to contrast the other look, and incorporated bright neon and khaki green.

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Gag Gifts: This Royalty Member Is Unimpressed

My laptop decided to die today, so I couldn't get online, but I was super excited to find out we had a new  Royalty exclusive gift -  which, if you didn't catch it, look identical to the one on the left, from It Girls. The only difference is the colour.

And, in case you didn't notice last time, this has happened before. The previous gift, the Royalty Body Shirt, was also a jumpsuit, and a re-coloured version of a previously available item. And, the original versions of both items are horrendously overpriced.  You can check out my Ugly Duckling styling and review of the Body HERE.

So... what am I so unimpressed about?

I think it would be obvious. 

Quite simply, these are gag gifts. They're so promising, and such a small taste of what you'd expect for how much loyalty and payments Royalty members put in. I don't expect to be showered with gifts, but to have items simply recoloured and sold back to us is just appalling. If you're going to re-colour something, stick it into BASICS. No one is convinced that it's a good deal. If you're going to make something to keep your members happy, put some effort into it!

The other recent item, the Pearl Beaded Jacket, was an original Superstar exclusive gift. It, too, was very similar to a number of similar items gone by, but at least it was not a simply re-coloured version - the pose was different, there was added texture, and it was actually something new. It's not my personal favourite, granted, but there was a clear effort put in by the stardoll staff.

And don't get me started on the bizzare mix that is the Superstar Weekly gifts..

Let's hope that whatever comes next, for Royalty and SS members all round, is much more original than these recent items.

Anyway, what do you think of the recent gifts?

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So Many Gifts

I finally completed the gift-o-meter! These are a few of my favourite items from it.

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