A fashion blogger who purchased an off-the-shoulder gold dress from the online seller Cherley was stunned to receive a yellow garment that some are calling the worst case of “doesn’t look like the original” ever.
“10/10 never ordering from them again because what kind of scam shop is this?” Anita Mwiruki, 30, told The New York Post.
“I want a refund and them shut down. Because how many other people are they scamming? How many other items of work from other designers are they stealing?”
The Seattle-based creator said she ordered the metallic dress with the petal trim for $120 on September 10 and received her item on November 30. She modelled the outfit for her 172,000 TikTok followers last week in a 54-second clip that mustered 627,000 views.
“Now can you tell me which one is not like the other?” Mwiruki asked her audience.
Commenters roasted the look, with some saying it’s giving “Denise Huxtable seamstress vibes” from The Cosby Show.
“At first I was gonna be like ‘Adjust and steam it. It will be alright.’ Nah girl. You got robbed,” one commenter empathised.
“Cinderella when the clock struck midnight. lol,” another laughed.
“Looks like Belle after her and Beast’s wedding night,” a third sobbed, referencing Beauty and the Beast.
Mwiruki explained how the fashion fail happened in a series of TikToks.
“I saw this dress, and it said ‘pre-order.’ In my brain, when I hear and I see ‘pre-order,’ it makes me think, like, they are going to take the time to actually make this item. I’m waiting. Good things come to those who wait,” Mwiruki reasoned.
“Now, after about a month, I sent an email like, ‘Hey, so what’s going on?’ And this is what they sent me,” she continued, showing an October 2 email from the Cherley support team that says the company appreciates Mwiruki’s patience as it “might take two to three more weeks to prepare” the dress.
“And I said, ‘Wow, they’re really out here, just, like, working hard, tirelessly to make this dress just chef’s kiss. Turns out I don’t know what the f*** they were doing the last two months, OK? I don’t know. I have so many questions,” Mwiruki concluded.
In a follow-up TikTok, she showed the latest email from Cherley, which asked her to send photos of the discrepancy to “resolve this problem”.
“I can’t wait to send these photos,” Mwiruki enthused.
The Post reached out to Cherley reps for comment.
“I had never ordered from there but I had seen reviews. I thought they were legit,” Mwiruki told The Post.
Others have shown off the duds they have received from fast fashion sites, including a crop top that was supposed to be a knee-length dress.
This story originally appeared on the New York Post and reproduced with permission