"Draculaura" was my favorite Monster High character name. It is so simple, so obvious, so perfect... but I'd never seen it anywhere before. Just add three letters to Dracula and you have... a simple, classic girl's name!
But yeah, your Lucrezia changing her name to "Draculaura" to go incognito is right up there with the Lon Chaney, Jr. character in Son of Dracula (1943) hiding behind the appellation of Count Alucard.
Lucrezia's personal fashion statement here seems to be strongly influenced by the hime-gyaru trend, which... is now pretty much extinct, and was even on the wane by the early 2000s. By the time American toy companies adopt something in an attempt to appear current, you know it's already obsolete.
I totes cheated in identifying this fashion hodge-podge, having used this scholarly street fashion timeline analysis as a starting point:
https://file.scirp.org/pdf/AASoci2012040...494934.pdf
(Although, yesterday I became curious about "current" Japanese street fashion, as of 2019-2020, and from what I could find, it appears that Mattel's BMR1959 Barbie line is actually a close approximation of current trends.)
But yeah, your Lucrezia changing her name to "Draculaura" to go incognito is right up there with the Lon Chaney, Jr. character in Son of Dracula (1943) hiding behind the appellation of Count Alucard.
Lucrezia's personal fashion statement here seems to be strongly influenced by the hime-gyaru trend, which... is now pretty much extinct, and was even on the wane by the early 2000s. By the time American toy companies adopt something in an attempt to appear current, you know it's already obsolete.
I totes cheated in identifying this fashion hodge-podge, having used this scholarly street fashion timeline analysis as a starting point:
https://file.scirp.org/pdf/AASoci2012040...494934.pdf
(Although, yesterday I became curious about "current" Japanese street fashion, as of 2019-2020, and from what I could find, it appears that Mattel's BMR1959 Barbie line is actually a close approximation of current trends.)
They're not dolls, they're action figures!