[POSSIBLE SCAM?] Previously Owned Dress by Lana Up For Auction - Feb. 19th

[yayolita 30]

18 hours ago, ultrablvd said:

if anyone actually wants it

 

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just reverse image search it there are sooo many (hundreds lol) listings 

 

wow thanks for this! it's a beautiful dress and with so many pictures, I can maybe one day with the know how (I am learning) sew something like it for myself so. thanks!!! 

[Terrence Loves Me 73,071]

16 hours ago, Elle said:

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

Wait i thought all the dresses you had were Lana's? didn't you buy them at one of her pop up stores during the LFL era or am i imagining this? lol

Either way props for managing to find identicle ones, they always look so good!

[Lindsay Lohan 11,806]

6 hours ago, shadesofblue said:

the real @Elle woods 

 

CRYINGGGG this is literally what happened

 

6 hours ago, Elle said:

 

Again, I don’t believe it’s the auction’s house intent to scam, but rather the consignor’s. The auction house would be partially at fault though for failing to accurately authenticate the item. Which, I understand the dress does look similar enough, but it really wasn’t that difficult to notice the discrepancies even with just the pictures of Lana wearing it onstage compared to the photo of the dress they received. It doesn’t take an expert-level Lana fan to notice fabric print differences lol.

Though at the end of the day, even if the main moral responsibility lies with the consignor aka owner of the item, since the auction house also profits from this as well, they do have a moral duty to at least guarantee the items received from consignors are authentic, or at least declare uncertainty. Meanwhile, this auction house is offering two authentication letters even though the item doesn’t appear to actually be authentic (noting here that it still hasn’t been confirmed to be fake, but it really does seem likely.) I actually had a friend who sold two memorabilia items through an auction house recently, but he went the extra mile himself to personally guarantee the items were authentic before having them listed. One he was already certain about since it was a signed photo he received personally from an artist addressed to him, but he still got it authenticated anyway for the certificate. The second was a signed band poster that he received as a gift, but wasn’t sure of the authenticity. He took it to two authenticators who both said the signatures were likely forged, so he didn't intend on selling it, but upon mentioning it to the auction house they still offered to sell it with a lower starting bid due to lack of authentication.. but again, it was pretty much already confirmed to be fake  Anyway, he made some good money off of the first item, but withheld the other. It just kind of goes to show that these auction houses may not always be reliable, but at the end of the day, it’s the consignor’s intentions that really matter and are the real scammers if an item isn’t really authentic.

I hate to be such a super skeptic raining on the parade, but again I don’t want any Lipsters to be scammed in case this dress isn’t the original, which I’m really feeling like it isn’t x

 

I feel like those photos pretty much prove it's not actually Lana's dress, so I wouldn't recommended anyone even consider bidding. 

IMO the auction house deserves lashings for not instantly putting this dress on pause to investigate it... 

[Elle 124,634]

9 hours ago, shadesofblue said:

the real @Elle woods 

Wait… brilliant  Us Elles take our fashion very seriously!! & perhaps I should begin my lawyer journey after all xx
 

8 hours ago, Terrence Loves Me said:

Wait i thought all the dresses you had were Lana's? didn't you buy them at one of her pop up stores during the LFL era or am i imagining this? lol

Either way props for managing to find identicle ones, they always look so good!

No, as far as I know, none of my ~150 pieces have actually been worn by Lana. Unless somehow she ever donated/sold her clothes and they eventually made their way into my hands, they’ve all just been identical matches. But I have clothes spanning all the way back to the Lizzy days, so who knows! I would love for her to do another pop-up like that again though and I’d be there in a heartbeat. It’s definitely a bucket list wish of mine to own a piece she’s actually worn. Even though I have a massive LDR collection in general, the clothes are my favourite thing to collect because I can actually wear them rather than having them sit on a shelf lol. My natural style anyway is pretty dresses (I don’t own a single pair of pants, I’m not kidding) and the dresses Lana has worn are gorgeous, so it makes it even more special and sensical for me to collect them! x
 

 

2 hours ago, Lindsay Lohan said:

 

CRYINGGGG this is literally what happened

 

 

I feel like those photos pretty much prove it's not actually Lana's dress, so I wouldn't recommended anyone even consider bidding. 

IMO the auction house deserves lashings for not instantly putting this dress on pause to investigate it... 

I must admit, I am a bit disappointed they didn’t delay the auction until after confirming the authenticity. I’m just hoping no one bids or it’s able to be pulled in time before the auction ends if it does turn out to be a fake. They do state in their terms though that they provide limited guarantees for authenticity, so I assume if a winning bidder determines an item is inauthentic after the sale that they’d be able to return the item and have their purchase refunded. Still no follow-up from them yet as I assume they’re still trying to get ahold of the consignor and reauthenticate, but will let you all know as soon as I hear something x