Online shopping is by and large a busy shopaholic’s ultimate best friend. She’s busy at the office on weekdays and doing chores and running errands on weekends. Then all of a sudden, she receives a couple of last minute invitations to dinner and drinks with friends and an engagement party that’s coming up in a couple of weeks. Unfortunately, her busy schedule doesn’t give her enough time to run to a retail store or two and shop around for new dresses. Hello, Internet!
Luckily, there’s a plethora of very reputable online shops out there, such as Amazon, Victoria’s Secret, Gap, Zara, and H&M. However, these credible companies come with a price tag, as their items cost a little more than stuff that’s unbranded. So said shopaholic tries to get the best deals possible by visiting smaller, less-known websites that sell affordable knock-offs. Of course, this may have dire consequences as well, sometimes more horrible than if she had just bought from a good brand. Here are some of the worst clothing items ordered online.
14 Knit coat from Nastydress.com
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The site no longer has the leisure knit coat available, but at the time the buyer put it in her online shopping cart, the coat looked great on the photo: bright red knit, baggy, hem at mid-thigh, and baggy sleeves, perfect for wearing on top of a tank top or a fitted t-shirt. Lo and behold, when the buyer put it on, it looked like a bolero jacket—and it was a pinkish-reddish shade, not the bright red that was on the site.
13 Elegant dress from bridesire.com ($11.90)
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This woman just wanted a nice modest dress to wear for an occasion, that's not too much to ask right? Well, to her surprise, what she had sent to her was nothing like this website had described. Knockoff nightmares described the dress as the 'The Kindergarten Craft Class Nightmare' which we can agree with. Hopefully she ended up finding a nice dress for her occasion.
12 Loose-fitting Dolman sleeve sweater from Nastydress.com ($13.75)
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When you see a sweater that’s described as “stylish V-neck loose-fitting Dolman sleeve sweater for women” and it costs only $13.75, this should raise suspicions already. Nothing that looks that elegant should come that cheap. The photo on the website showed the model wearing it with a pearl necklace and skinny-pants. But when the buyer tried it on, it wasn’t loose-fitting in the least. And neither was it flattering to the body.
11 Green Dress from Aliexpress.com ( $165.00)
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This dress was shown on Knockoffnightmares' Facebook page and isn't it a gem. This girl ordered her dress on Aliexpress.com and paid paid $165 for it. Once she received the awful Halloween costume looking dress she requested a fell refund, which the seller refused to do. Luckily for the buyer, the seller pressed 'full refund' by accident and then harassed her for a while to get his money back. The worst part of all of this, the seller saw nothing wrong with the dress.
10 Wedding dress from simondress.com
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The knock-off wedding dress from simondress.com looked absolutely divine and an exact replica of what bride Meghan tried on at a designer store, but was way out of her budget. But when the knock-off dress came in the mail, it was so far from what it looked like in the photo. The embroidery was of poor quality and made use of cheap plastic beads and gaudy silver sequins. The original photo showed a drop, fitted waist, but the waist of the actual dress was formless and unflattering.
9 Bathing suit from rosegal.com
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The swimsuit being advertised on the site rosegal.com looked nice enough. A navy and white striped one-piece bathing suit with a bow at the front and a flouncy skirt to cover the upper thighs. The buyer ordered it in a size medium after consulting with the site’s size charts. But the order that got to her seemed like it was a size 5T, meant for the size of a 5-year-old child. It cost $50, was damaged, stained, and its seams were coming apart.
8 Pink satin dress from jenjenhouse.com
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A lady named Regina saw a pretty-looking pink satin dress on the Facebook page of the shopping site jenjenhouse.com. The photo of the dress looked nice enough: a deep pink satin dress with a fitted bodice and pencil skirt that skimmed the knees. Very flattering to the figure. But when the dress arrived in the mail, it looked nothing like the photo. It was peach, shapeless, with the seams not sewn in properly and it looked like it once belonged to someone else.
7 Lime green wedding dress
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According to an article on Huffington Post, a wedding dress was on sale online and it was one of the worst examples of online shopping nightmares ever. The dress was made of lace and sheer material with a little gold belt to cinch the waist and the skirt hugged the hips and legs. But when the actual dress arrived, it looked worlds away from the image on the site. And worst of all, it wasn’t even white, but a ghastly shade of green.
6 Wedding dress from goodgoodschina.com
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Another wedding dress featured on Huffington Post was one that came from the bridal gown site goodsgoodschina.com and it was featured on the Facebook page of Brides Beware. The dress was white with layers of ruffles on the skirt and on the bust area. But the dress that the buyer received was not the same color as what was featured on the site. The actual dress had touches and shades of blue amidst the white.
5 Business casual bride
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It’s hard to imagine a wedding dress that was meant to be dainty and lace-filled ended up looking like a business outfit. Buzzfeed featured another dress that made it to the Brides Beware Facebook page. The dress was meant to look like Kate Middleton’s gorgeous Alexander McQueen gown: long-sleeved, lace-covered with a sweetheart neckline. But the actual dress’s top resembled a white button down-blouse, something one would use to a business meeting. That, plus the shape of the dress did not flatter the figure in the least.
4 Ballet costume-like bridesmaid dress
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All brides want their bridesmaids to look picture perfect and so they choose bridesmaid gowns that go with the wedding’s color theme and flatter the ladies’ figures. One such dress featured on Huffington Post was a lovely one in baby pink, with a sweetheart neckline, fitted strapless bodice, and flowing skirt. But the dress that arrived (and was featured on Brides Beware) was a tacky-looking dress in cheap white satin, rather than pink. The only thing that was pink was the smattering of beads around the bodice.
3 Prom dress from fabulouspromgirl.com
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Second only to her wedding gown, a girl’s prom dress is perhaps the most important dress for her to wear in her young life. So it’s with high hopes that she visits the site fabulouspromgirl.com and searches valiantly for that perfect dress. One girl chose a sea-colored dress in hues of green and blue with a fitted strapless bodice and flowy chiffon and satin paneled skirt. It looked fabulous in the photo but when the dress arrived it was anything but. The fit was terrible and the beadwork nothing short of gaudy. And it showed nothing of the paneling in the skirts.
2 Cocktail dresses from jjshouse.com
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The knock-off clothes site jjshouse.com has apparently been knocking off their clients to no end. A buyer complained that she bought two dresses for the price of $370, a major steal, but of course there was a catch. The dresses looked nothing like their photos on the site. The black-and-white satin cocktail dress was ill-fitting and poorly made. The purple satin-and-lace dress, on the other hand, had uneven seams and bulked pathetically at the hips.
1 Satin wedding gown from dhgate.com
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The gown looked fabulous on the website, something an A-list star would wear on the red carpet: a double-faced stretched silk satin, trumpet-shaped dress with a beautiful apron-style lace train. But the actual dress that came in the mail was a far cry from the photo and the description. The actual dress was made of flimsy satin, giving it that cheap, shiny look. The train was attached to the butt and looked like a puddle on the floor.
Sources: huffingtonpost.com, buzzfeed.com, suburbanturmoil.com
