I Bought Unrealistic Pinterest Dream Gowns

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HELLO FRIENDS!! And welcome to another video… we’re back with some more shopping! For nearly a decade, I’ve dreamt of being able to buy the items seen in the many aesthetic pins on Pinterest... and for years, that dream was just that… a dream. BUT, the world has changed!! Now you can shop directly from pins on Pinterest, and buy the items your heart so greatly desires... And what item encapsulates the “interest” in “Pinterest” more than a flowing, beautiful, dreamy gown? So today we’re buying 4 different dream gowns from Pinterest. What do you guys think of the dresses that we got?? Were they dreams come true, or un-beautiful nightmares?

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Executive Producers: Safiya Nygaard & Tyler Williams
Managing Producer: Lona Smith
Junior Associate Producer: Ishara Mathews
Editor: Andrew Lainhart
Editor: Mandy Padgett
Editor: Leslie Alcantar
Graphic Designer: Dayana Espinoza

CHAPTERS:
00:00 Intro
02:18 Time to shop!
04:25 Shopping for goth gowns
05:55 Buying Teuta Matoshi Gown (Viral Designer)
07:49 Buying Diarrablu Dress (New Small Business)
11:25 Buying ElleQueen Dress (Fake Zuhair Murad Dress)
13:37 Same Dress 3 Companies?
15:30 Unboxing Legit Dream Gown (Teuta Matoshi)
18:04 Unboxing Bat Wing Dress (from Diarrablu)
21:03 Unboxing Our Catfish Dress (ElleQueen)
24:00 Unboxing Red Goth Dress (AI Design?)
27:18 Is Pinterest Shopping Legit? (featuring a crown)

#pinterest #gowns #haul #shopping

[safiya]

HELLO FRIENDS!! and we are back with another internet haul!! i've been a pinhead since 2011 and i've always wanted to buy the things in my most coveted pins.... it turned out, ok. what do you guys think?? which dress was your favorite?? should i spend $900 on a shrimp headband? xoxo, saf

[waffley]

I gasped when you picked the Diarrablu dress. I went to grad school at Stanford with Diarra, the designer, who has used algorithms and math equations to design some of the fabrics for her line. We were in school for education and she is also a math teacher! Thank you for taking the time to highlight small designers!

[rin-eri]

Saf: "I've never encountered a sleeve too long for me before"
Denim long sleeve jacket: "Am I nothing to you???"

[bluedragonfly]

As a seamstress who does big fantasy gowns for a living it always makes me so sad to see the like $100 extravagant gowns cuz you know the people who are sewing them are not getting paid well. Even the bad knock offs still take a lot of time to put together :(

[alicevictoriaball]

Hi hi, I used to sell wedding dresses - the fishy smell on the dresses is a preservative spray that the dress is sprayed in. This helps it from getting any damage when shipping - for instance, if it is shipped in a container with other smelly substances, or if something is to spill on it. You just have to hang it in an open space for a day or two and the smell will go ☺️

[quokkakola]

I love you just casually wearing the celestial crown and swan shoulders at the end. I think an unrealistic accessories video is absolutely necessary.

[Glitterrckvamp]

I love that the intro song is still around

[heddadybvadskog-nebb]

I literally cackled when we got to the last section and you were just there in the feather shoulder pads and the celestial headdress- so happy you got them hahahah

[MiaMaples]

👀 you SERVED all these dresses Safiya!!

[tylerwilliams]

"safiya's new intro song" is my ringtone

[HeyItsCassie]

Small business owner here! So Pinterest's shop feature is only available to brands who use Shopify to sell their products. Pinterest allows Shopify integration to shop products from those brands exclusively. So brands like mine, who use Squarespace, and other website hosting platforms, aren't able to integrate sales with Pinterest. Also Etsy integrates too!

[ShitakeMushrooms]

May I just say I love these kinds of videos not just as a "I bought it so you didn't have to" concept but also for explaining the investigative online shopping mindset? I feel like people don't use these kinds of critical thinking skills these days, especially online. Seeing Safiya demonstrate these techniques is so valuable, and I think a lot of people could benefit from applying similar tactics.

[MariekeB]

It's a real struggle with all the AI, dropshippers and such cluttering spaces where you buy clothing. I'm looking to get environmentally good clothes in the cottagecore/light acedemia/vintage '50 style and it's so hard to discern whether I'm dealing with a genuine brand that does what I'm looking for. Thank you for raising awareness for that!

[Essefles]

Hi! As a seamstress, wrinkly fabric means natural fabrics. When it is not wrinkling, it is usually not natural, or it has been treated with something. But, any fabric will be wrinkly after shipping like that. Unless in a bigger box with a lot of tissuepaper etc.

[chenisejenkins]

Teuta Matoshi is definitely legit. She is the sister to Lirika Matoshi, the designer of the viral "strawberry" dress from 2019/2020. Teuta also worked with Mia Maples to design her wedding dress.

[lucilleverton]

As a clothing designer/seamstress myself I honestly feel for the fake dress makers, as they probably have very little to work with and just get thrown these impossible tasks and just have to make do, getting paid little to none to keep the cost low, as even though the quality of the fabrics is trash, the actual making of the garments looks okay, and I know how hard cheap materials can be to work with :(

[angelinabrown]

The black dress with the sleeves is VERY Morticia Addams. LOVE THAT. Absolutely gorgeous.

[terrieBTSOT]

The sun burst crown and bird feather shawl cameo was everything

[mydogismybff]

I DIED when Safiya came into frame at the end with the crown and swan shoulder pads💀

We NEED that Pinterest accessories video!!

[claudiau]

I would say it hurts to watch someone live your dream but actually its pretty cathartic to watch Saf spend money I don't have on things I'd want