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  • Get the scoop on Dupes - TikTok Dupe Economy with Vv Steele!
    2025/12/09
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    1 分
  • Dupes - TikTok Dupe Economy - Culinary Copycats and Lifestyle Luxuries
    2025/12/09
    Episode 3 of Dupes tackles food and lifestyle duping, where everyday indulgences become accessible luxuries. VV Steele exposes how nineteen-dollar Erewhon smoothies are recreated at home for three dollars, Chipotle bowls duped for four dollars versus fifteen, and Crumbl cookies made for fifty cents instead of six. Discover restaurant recipe replication from Starbucks secret menu drinks to chain restaurant copycats, at-home spa days replacing hundred-fifty-dollar facials, and gym membership alternatives through Peloton dupes and heat-free fitness streaming. VV examines hotel-quality bedding on budget, DIY salon services saving hundreds monthly, and coffee shop ambiance recreation for remote workers. Learn about the girl dinner aesthetic achieved affordably, library cards replacing subscription services, and what food duping reveals about inflation, generational wealth gaps, and the philosophical tension between empowerment through knowledge and capitalism's continued grip on consumption patterns.
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    45 分
  • Dupes - TikTok Dupe Economy - Fashion Forgeries and Home Hacks
    2025/12/09
    Episode 2 of Dupes explores fashion and home décor duping, where price markups become impossible to justify. VV Steele reveals how a forty-five-dollar DIY leather bag compares to a two-thousand-eight-hundred-dollar Bottega Veneta, why Van Cleef jewelry costing thousands has eight-hundred-dollar independent jeweler alternatives, and how thrift flipping transforms secondhand finds into designer-inspired pieces. Discover IKEA hacks that recreate Pottery Barn furniture, candle duping that reverse-engineers seventy-dollar Diptyque scents, and the Shein ethical dilemma between affordability and sustainability. VV examines designer handbag legal boundaries, the quiet luxury trend making duping easier, and plant propagation versus buying expensive houseplants. Learn how fashion industry responses vary from luxury brands raising prices to designer-for-Target collaborations, and what small businesses face when caught between mass-market dupes and luxury pricing.
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    36 分
  • Dupes - TikTok Dupe Economy - Beauty and the Bargain
    2025/12/09
    Episode 1 of Dupes dives into beauty and fragrance duping, where luxury products meet affordable alternatives. VV Steele exposes how TikTok users reverse-engineer three-hundred-dollar perfumes like Baccarat Rouge 540 using drugstore layering techniques and fragrance oils. Discover the La Mer moisturizer phenomenon duped by seven-dollar Nivea Creme, how The Ordinary disrupted luxury skincare with transparent pricing, and why expensive brunette color can be recreated at home. VV examines the Charlotte Tilbury Flawless Filter duped by e.l.f. for a third of the price, DIY lip gloss creation, and the color-matching community finding exact drugstore alternatives to luxury shades. Learn the real cost breakdown, ingredient analysis tools, and what democratization means for the beauty industry.
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    31 分