Totally this. I don’t see her as creative or aspirational at all. There is no niche. The ‘London’ thing isn’t relevant (especially in Covid) as what does it really mean? There are cool restaurants, parks, markets, art exhibits etc everywhere, so she doesn’t sell anything special here to me.
Absolutely agree on that one! I am also so attached to those posts since I show my own work and creative process which is such a personal thing. So I want people who follow to do so out of genuine interest and as a bonus they are the ones more likely to interact.
I started following her since 2013. I was a poor student back then but to see someone hanging out in London and going to cool market is very refreshing - she is selling a ‘lifestyle’ that I crave for. As I grow older and started earning slightly more income and moved to London, I realised the place she goes and the place she eats are so basic and blend - Dishoom, Granger &Co and Camden market hardly exciting. (Granger Co super overrated).
We are only a small part of the audience.
I understand that but we bring the same points as the people whose comments get deleted if they dare to criticise her on YouTube and IG, not to mention the bad reviews of her podcast. That isn't a small part of the audience anymore in my opinion. Also, if people have been criticising the same things for almost a decade and you're hemmoraging followers, it should make you overthink your behavior at some point. If you don't do that and choose to ignore that kind of feedback, especially when it's constructive, that says a lot about what kind of person you really are.
Exactly this. Hating and venting about Lily clearly won't change her "career" (the fact she's still going ten years on is proof). Personally, I like analysing what might be going on behind the scenes and what it says about society as a whole. We were told from a young age, if we do well in school, go to uni and work hard it will pay off but the world changed after the '08 recession. Many didn't recover or barely getting by (thanks to student loans, cost of living going up and wage stagnation) and the fact Lily could take a chance and enter the influencer market when she did and not worry about her livelihood b/c her parents live in London and money was never an issue, she could sell an aspirational life that only made her more money than everyone else who isn't as privileged and played by the rules. Many ppl on here work longer hours in more stressful jobs for far less money and can barely afford a home (if that). Its clear many people wish to see a sort of "comeuppeance" but don't expect it. Lily's "career" and profit from it is a symptom of our society so please make sure you all take time for yourselves (I'm writing this as a reminder for me as well and to take breaks from Lily and her "content"). We all work so hard for this over privileged basic person to live rent free in our mind's.
Completely agree, I started following Lily when I moved to London in my early 20s and genuinely was influenced by her the restaurants she went to etc. After a while of living in London I soon realised that she is very basic in her London activities. She doesn’t know any of the amazing and unique gems you can find in London just goes to London chains or over-hyped restaurants. She never seems to go to exhibitions, independent shops, parks or explore anywhere outside of her North London bubble/central London. For a self proclaimed ‘Londoner’ her knowledge of the city is shocking!
Yeah she won't pay for a hair cut and colour
I am sure the salon would prefer paying customers when they reopen.i would bet she doesn't tip either. i know tipping isn't mandatory in london but i always tipped my hairstylist when i lived in london. she should especially since she is getting the entire service for free!Yeah she won't pay for a hair cut and colour
Off topic- if you are still in London, watch Topjaw videos on Youtube. I went to a few places recommended by them, there were so good.
Exactly!
Completely - I live in Melbourne, which has been the worlds most liveable city a few times, but it doesn’t make me cool as there’s also endless suburbia and people doing the same stuff as they do in London, Delhi, New York, Rio etc.
That is disturbing that the criticism was the same back in the day and she doesn’t learn!!! I kinda thought it was a new-ish development, since the market is more saturated and people are more clued up to the fakeness of the #gifted lifestyle.
She wouldn't know a good haircut if it smacked her in her smug faceLove how there's all this drama going on about Lydia and Amelia's hair and Nicky Lazou and here comes Lily saying she's had the best haircut she's ever had. She wants to make sure she continues to get those free haircuts.
I think she'd look much nicer if she had a classic long bob, where the bits the nearest to the face are the longest. 
