/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

I used to buy a decent amount of Taobao stuff!
Collage of a few of the pieces I have owned (some have since been resold) for example, I own a bit more Taobao but some of the stock pictures are a pain to find.

As for quality wise, some of the brands can be super hit or miss. Krad is fantastic, the Mozarabic Chant dress is probably one of the best quality dresses I have owned/ seen and well above a lot of my brand pieces.

Chess Story has been hit or miss for me. While the prints aren't pixelated and the construction is fine, sometimes I have found the material used to be a bit cheap and its quite noticeable as well, I definitely found that with the Cinderella JSK and the Yellow JSK on the photo.

Surface Spell has been hit or miss for me as well, the Stained Glass print is AWFUL. Its just a shitty pixelated mess and as a graphic design student I can't believe something that fucking bad was allowed to go into print, even from a distance it still looks like shit and that has made me pretty cautious about their other print stuff.

I'm super OCD about my prints lining up as well, and heaps of the brand prints I own DO NOT DO IT - but then ¥400 Taobao prints I have bought have been lined up flawlessly and small details like that have really put some of the Taobao brands above brand for me.

Personally I prefer Taobao over brand, the price point is much lower (so my broke ass can buy more shit) and there is so much more range in designs and a lot more different range than what most of the big brands are doing at the moment. Don't get me wrong, I still love my brand stuff but for the price some of it is sold at and what I have received its complete shit, not all of it.. but a decent amount of it. (Love my oldschool to death though)