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Off To The Races vs A&W

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off to the races vs kinda outta luck

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Video Games vs On Our Way

Video Games vs On Our Way

It really is… just wanted to eat my pasta & cheesecake in peace, but the Lipsters had other plans in mind for my evening xx

I still have PTSD from her manager Ed calling me over the leaks on here that day skfndk I didn’t even know what was going on, I was at the Cheesecake Factory having dinner with a friend so I missed it all and that was how I found out  I still can’t listen to either of those songs now without thinking of that loool x

you just had to be there. the dual love/BAR leak. the wink leak. the dms from her about her being really upset over the leaks  eclipse posting random ass shit on twitter like "you took the... #SR" which I still dont know wtf he was talking about there  what a moment I still remember sitting in my living room waiting for the music video to drop and the COLLAPSE it was 

8 years. now this one I really cannot believe. time is not real

Update, I heard back from the auction house a few minutes ago saying that they will check with the team as well as consignor of the dress, and thanked me for bringing my concern to their attention.
So, this confirms that the dress is being sold on consignment, meaning someone who owns the dress reached out to the auction house with the dress to be sold through the auction on the owner’s behalf, and the profit will be divided between the owner and the auction house. Honestly, that only adds to my suspicion as this could easily be someone who bought another version of this dress and is trying to scam some money through a fraudulent sale. This also makes me more concerned about some of the other dresses the auction house sold that are common finds, because as @ultrablvd and @longtimeman noted, unless the piece came directly from a reliable source such as Lana herself or a team-member or is a piece that’s either one of a kind or has some unique identifying detail (such as an authentic signature, alteration, or pattern placement like in this scenario) how can it truly be reliably authenticated? It’s also interesting that three of the commonly-found pieces were sold in 2016, because that was a pretty prominent year for LDR dress collectors. There was a whole little Instagram community of dress collectors during that time that I was a part of where we would all help each other identify brands and source dresses for our collections and share our new finds with each other. We would sell and trade with each other too. It’s the year I personally bought both of those Topshop dresses that the auction house also sold, and I know other collectors were sourcing them around then too again since it was a pretty big time for collecting. Again, it just makes me suspicious that since these dresses are being sold through consignment, that the consignors could’ve just been random people scamming with other versions of the dresses they found.
Anyway, I will continue to keep you all updated, but it seems now they are working on verifying the authenticity of the dress with the discrepancies I shared with them - the signature, altered sleeves, and overall pattern. Hopefully this matter gets sorted before the auction is due to go live, or they delay it until it can be 100% verified x

Thank you Elle for the great detective work. One way or another, hopefully there is information forthcoming from the Auction House. If they care about their reputation at all, they won't want to be stained by being connected to counterfeits/scams.
Also, 'Certificate of Authenticity' is not really worth anything, unless it's from someone who is completely reliable, and definitely not if it just comes from the Auction House. I'd trust it in this case if it was a proven CoA from, say, Johnny Blue Eyes or Chuck, but not from some random 'dress expert' or whoever they got to sign it.

the way they are scamming people with fake dresses and elle said:
 

One last interesting note for now, sorry for blowing up this thread today lol, but this auction house has also auctioned 5 of Lana’s other dresses.
 
They sold this one from her 2012 House Festival performance for $2000 in 2016. They did not state how they obtained it nor much info at all about it. This dress is originally from Topshop so it’s a common find, I actually have two of these (bought it in too big of a size initially, I still need to sell off some of my size duplicates) -

 
 
They sold this one from her 2012 Latitude Festival performance for $1100 also in 2016. They stated they sourced it from a female stylist (interesting because I believe at this point her stylist was Johnny Blue Eyes?) but she wished to be anonymous so they couldn’t provide any documents to support the dress, but still provided their house’s own certificate of authenticity. This one is also a commonly found Topshop dress, another one that I own lol -

 
 
They sold this dress from her 2012 H&M campaign for $2000 in 2016 again, stating that it’s the one she wore for the photoshoot, but did not state how they obtained it or much information about it. Again, this one was from her H&M campaign, so it was pretty easy to come by -

 

They listed this (actually) vintage dress in 2020 for $600, but it didn’t sell. They stated they obtained it from the pop-up which I can seemingly verify with a photo from the shop where you can see a bit of it in the left edge. Lana was never photographed wearing this though -


 
This one was also listed in 2020 for $1000, but also didn’t sell. They once again stated it was obtained from the pop-up shop, but I cannot personally verify this. I have quite a bit of photos saved of the clothes sold at the pop-up that I just looked through and didn’t see this one; however, I also cannot assume that every item sold was photographed. It’s also signed by Lana, but tbh the signature looks a little suspect to me. Just my opinion, but it does look different from her usual signature, even compared to other dresses she signed from the pop-up. She’s also never been photographed wearing this - 

 
Here’s an example of another dress she signed and sold to a fan at the pop-up, which looks much more like her typical signature -


 
Anyway, not sure what to make of all of this lol but it is really interesting that this is now their 6th Lana clothing piece they’ve auctioned, yet I do feel doubtful about the authenticity of some of these x

Just another fun note, she also wore this dress out to a club with friends in January 2014 lol. It was rare to see her in the same outfit twice around this time especially one from the stage, so it’s pretty cool! She must’ve really liked it x
 

This is the expierience of being a crazy LDR fan!
I emailed the auction house about my concerns, including the photos and descriptions I made in my previous post. We'll see what they have to say about the matter, as they either received another version of the dress that is not the original, used a stock photo, or it photographed differently (but I really don't see how that last option is possible tbh), but nobody is getting scammed on my watch

Omg???? Elle literally counted pixels and busted myths tonight this is crazy keep counting pixels during the pre-release gorls it really pays off TWERPS we’re coming for you 

Wait not you clocking it omg

Okay wait… uh.. this might be a scam?? The dress they have pictured does NOT appear to be the one Lana wore.
 
This is a picture of the dress that was sold in the pop-up shop. It was also signed for the fan who originally bought it, which is not noted in that auction description - 
 
 
 
Now look at the picture of Lana wearing it and the one the auction house has listed, specifically on the right side. The photos of Lana wearing the dress and the photo from the pop-up show that the right side of the dress is yellow and green. The one from the auction house shows mostly purple? And the inner collar of the original is yellow and pink where the one from the auction house shows pink and red.
Then look at the front pleats. The pictures of the dress from the pop-up shop and on Lana show a green panel, a panel of purple and red, and then a purple panel. The picture of the dress from the auction house shows a red pink and yellow panel, a green panel, and then a blue and purple.
Also if you look at the big red spot on the left edge right above where the seam meets, you see a white dot right on the left edge in the auction house picture. On the pop-up and LDR picture, that dot veers more towards the right. The placement of the red&pink patches above it also look different.
& again, they did not note that the dress was signed, which the original is, and I feel like that’s an important detail to note.
I’m going to contact the auction house about the authenticity of the dress so no one is cheated lol there’s a possibility they maybe used a stock photo of the dress or the way it’s pleated makes it appear different in that photo, but… something seems off x
 
Pop up pic on left, LDR pic in center, Auction house pic on right:


 
Edit: one more discrepancy I noticed is that Lana altered the sleeves to be smaller/less drape-y (she commonly alters a lot of her stage wear) If you look at this photo of her wearing the dress with her arms raised, you can see that the sleeves don’t drape as they originally do. You can look at my photo wearing the dress a few posts above to see how the sleeves originally fall. When looking at the auction house photo, the sleeves look to be unaltered as you can see the extra length draping at the sides. Lana has them shortened, which is more evident in the popup picture - 

Off the top of my head, here are some of the other clothes she sold there (images in spoiler)
Mostly performance outfits, but some from photoshoots and seen in street candids too -
I actually have all of these dresses (not the coats though) in my collection too except for the Red Rocks & Corona Capital ones (I’ve been trying to track down those for yearsssss but those are actually vintage dresses, so they’ve been harder to find) but again, not the ones actually worn by Lana, just other makes of it. I can’t believe I wasn’t at that pop-up to actually buy one of the originals… only in my dreams. She also sold a bunch of other pieces from her wardrobe that she was never photographed in, but they were other gorgeous dresses and such.
 
She also sold the dress she wore in Montreal in 2014 for a charity auction a few months after the performance  - 
This dress is actually the very first Lana clothing item I added to my collection in 2015. Once again, not the exact one worn by her, but another one. It’s vintage Gunne Sax and I bought it for a reeeeally great deal back then, I believe around $150. That dress now sells for $500+ as vintage Gunne Sax dresses have continued to rise in popularity.
 
Lana’s also given some of her dresses to her friends and sister too -
 

Already is
 

(funny fact about this picture, I literally wore this dress that night to a girl’s night out at Chili’s LMAOOO I simply love being overdressed everywhere I go! I also remember my friend asking the waiter if they had espresso martinis only for the waiter to give her a blank stare and be like “ma’am this is a Chili’s” skfnsk the gag is they actually recently added espresso martinis to their menu. Her voice was heard! This pic was also taken in January 2020, two months before the world shut down and forever changed as we knew it. What a surreal time xx)
 
Truly though, I would absolutely love to own a piece actually worn by Lana one day, to add to my collection of ~150 as seen on outfits that I own. However, I just can’t justify spending $1000 on it, especially on a H&M dress I already own that I’m sure I spent less than $100 on  One day hopefully though!! I’ll forever regret not flying out to that LFL popup and snagging a dress.. she needs to do that again xx

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