A Stardoll member by the name of Migliukee, submitted some drawings to Stardoll which impressed them so much that they decided to create a clothing line in Starplaza using her designs, "Migliukee for Stardoll" (the first time EVER that a Stardoll user designed their own line for Stardoll). Little did they know that these were not her designs, they were drawings she had stolen from a relatively popular blog, www.paperfashion.wordpress.com, though clearly not popular enough that anyone at the Stardoll offices had ever heard of it. Unfortunately, for Migliukee many Stardoll users had, and the controversy of the stolen artwork blew up all over the blogs. As of late last night the shop has been removed from Starplaza, and Migliukee (who has since all but deleted her account, or perhaps had everything taken from her by Stardoll) has posted the following on her presentation; you can also see the guestbook comment of an outraged Stardoll member:
LadyVenuz makes a great point. Why isn't stardoll addressing this? If stardoll does make mistakes then they should tell stardoll they are sorry! Not just sit there and do nothing about it, and think that they did nothing wrong. They should all send us gifts or money for there mistake! Not just think that this never happened! BECAUSE IT DID! I think some sort of statement is in order, this is an incredibly embarrassing situation in which they failed to verify ownership of these designs, and not only betrayed the trust of their members with their negligence but also wronged the incredibly talented artist, Katie Rodgers (you can see the drawings that the clothing was based on HERE* on her blog).
You can still see the clothing in Migliukee's Styling Studio (and the people that purchased them before the store was removed still have them ):
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