Originally published at: Department store apologizes for selling child's party dress called "Lollita" | Boing Boing
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For the love of money…
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worst naming fail since the Adolf Mustache Comb
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My guess it was named by someone too young to know about the book/movie and instead thought of the song by Alizée without understanding the reference. The dress is somewhat similar to the one in the video.
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More like LOL-lita amirite?
Advertisers need to read more Nabokov.
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I always thought there was something up with that name, but I never knew the details. I guess there probably is a list of names that won’t (or shouldn’t) ever be used again, like this one, and as @Bemopolis alluded to, Adolph. I’m sure there are more.
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My favourite local chips (an excellent salt and oil delivery system), with a name that predates the book by quite a bit.
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Never knowingly something
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Local where?
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Every style of dress had a name; they seem to have run out.
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And hire more liberal arts majors.
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Local in Spain (Valencia. I doubt they go much beyond that).
Fun trivia, there are apparently two unrelated (maybe. It’s unclear: Papas Lolita. ¿Realidad o Mito? - dule.es ) kinds with the same name, from different companies.
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But they spelled it wrong!
I wonder how many women named Dolores per capita you need before the book no longer ruins the name.
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So they fell back on their 2nd choice ‘Yo-yo dress.’
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