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I have Alemais and Zimmermann dresses and love them all but would never pay full price for them since they go on sale eventually.","subreddit":"LuxeFashion_NatFibers"},{"url":"https://www.reddit.com/r/Aliexpress/comments/1e4jqkf/looking_for_alemais_dresses/ldfk8j3/","type":"comment","title":"Warning about unoriginal Alemais items on Aliexpress","author":"IntelligentLake","ref_id":"r_e_6","thread":{"url":"https://www.reddit.com/r/Aliexpress/comments/1e4jqkf/looking_for_alemais_dresses/","title":"looking for alemais dresses","subreddit":"Aliexpress"},"excerpt":"It looks like that brand's clothing is made in Kenya, which means that what you're buying on aliexpress won't be original, made with different materials, and probably 'inspired by' instead of looking the same.","subreddit":"Aliexpress"}]},"generated_at":"2025-04-09T12:00:00Z","conversation_summary":{"gotchas":[{"gotcha":"Many knockoffs exist, especially on Aliexpress; materials may not be as described.","severity":"medium"},{"gotcha":"Full price may drop significantly in sales; 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