The YouTuber said she wouldn’t be buying one anytime soon
Whether you adore them or despise them, Labubu dolls are unavoidable and it seems they’re not disappearing anytime soon.
The fluffy clip-on creatures have decorated the handbags of A-listers including Blackpink’s Lisa, Rihanna, Kim Kardashian and Dua Lipa, becoming one of the more peculiar fashion trends in recent times.
Manufactured by Chinese toy company Pop Mart, these wearable figures have now conquered the globe, with the BBC revealing in June that customs authorities had confiscated 70,000 counterfeit dolls within days as their appeal skyrocketed.
As appetite for the dolls remains strong, online style influencer and vlogger Emma Chamberlain shared her thoughts on them in today’s instalment (August 24) of her Anything Goes podcast.
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During the episode, the 24-year-old analysed Labubus and white vest tops, questioning whether they were “trendy or timeless”, reports OK!
Starting with the Labubus, she said: “They’re cute but also, they perfectly align with the trend we’ve already been discussing for the last year or two now which is Jane Birkin-ing the bag.
“It’s basically hanging a bunch of key chains and jewellery and accessories off of a purse to accessorise it and make it look more personal. That was already a trend, then the Labubu came out and it was like ok, now we have this fun collectable little stuffed animal that we can clip onto our bag.”
While she admitted to liking the appearance of the dolls, she was put off by the extreme demand and the ‘blind box’ packaging, which doesn’t allow buyers to see which Labubu character they’re purchasing.
She explained: “The only reason why I haven’t bought one is because it’s just the trend around it, the culture around it, is too extreme for me right now […] People are waiting in five hour lines to get a Labubu.
“It’s a genius business model but the whole culture around buying a bunch of them and collecting them all and now it being this thing and everyone has one, this deters me from wanting to participate.”
Despite her reluctance to join the trend, she confessed that as soon as Labubu owners were tired of their dolls, she’d be eager to buy one on the secondhand market.
“I would honestly rather wait until all these people that bought the Labubus are like ‘Oh wait I’m sick of it’ and then they start putting them on eBay for really cheap. Then maybe I’ll get one because I do like them.
“Do I think that they’re timeless? No. Any time there’s a hyper specific item like this it’s virtually impossible for it to be timeless There will come a time in the near future I think where it becomes not cool anymore to have a Labubu.”