what happened to lisa frank? 🦄📓🦋

once upon a time hot pink unicorns and purple cheetahs ruled back to school aisles. lisa frank was a status symbol in elementary school, but do you know about all of the things happening behind the scenes?
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[@FellowGleek]

The stickers always worried me as a child, cause, what if I stuck it somewhere and then didn't like it there anymore? So they just stayed in the book and now I'm an indecisive adult

[@VaylaRyan]

VALID

[@yahainHotPink]

😂😂😭 understandable

[@societycrumbles]

I feel this to the core, lol.

[@marikotrue3488]

Haha me too. Unfortunately when I moved out, my mom cleaned out. Sadly my Barbie and LF memorabilia is now long gone.

[@yoongiyuu3086]

this is exactly how i am, especially if i buy stickers from artists i follow online 😭

[@Akagism]

Lisa Frank was the genesis of my stationery obsession. Those erasers and pencil toppers didn't erase sh-t but I loved them nonetheless.

[@marikotrue3488]

I know, they did not erase yet I HAD to have them. I literally had to take the "eraser topper" off my pencil to erase things! When I inevitably lost a "topper" I remember being SO sad. 😉

[@Vampiress16]

Same ❤❤

[@lexi9010]

@@marikotrue3488thing’s

[@lexi9010]

@@KaleighCeeeraser’s

[@pookiemoon]

me too

[@evilhag420]

I met her at a frame store back in 2019 when she was picking up a piece and told her how much she influenced my artwork and how much of a fan I was since childhood and she looked me up and down and completely ignored me, said nothing and walked away, it was a very disheartening moment and did not expect for to be like that, but I guess it’s true what they say, don’t meet your heroes

[@niabelizaire3596]

Wow, that was really rude of her. I’m sorry that happened to you.

[@DrawciaGleam02]

Oh NO!!!! 😢

[@xiopaovid1215]

I'm so sorry that happened to you. I hope your artwork takes off and you continue to love it. Don't let her ruin your passion.

[@nicolemurray9279]

Being ignored is the worst. I know. And I'm sorry that happened to you. Perhaps she wasn't mentally prepared to interact with fans. In that moment, she just wanted to be an ordinary woman shopping for art supplies. Please don’t take the rude attitude personally.

[@sissysovereign1294]

Damn that was NOT the ending that I was expecting!😨😰😰I'm so sorry you went through that

[@trinaq]

Please cover Hot Topic, or Claire's, even though it's still active, in a future video. Your essays are always so concise.

[@QueenSharotto]

I’m personally interested in both

[@kamsismith]

I used to go to Claire’s when I was in elementary and middle school. I know the store is now selling Y2K-inspired accessories.

[@Missmagazinebura]

How about icing? It’s like Claire’s but for older kids

[@Missmagazinebura]

I love hot topic ❤

[@QueenSharotto]

@@Missmagazinebura I usually go there for anime stuff, and I payed $30 for a plushie… good times

[@av782]

Totally agree that pre-teens are a huge and missed demographic. I do think that children are always ready to grow up as fast as possible (no matter the generation)...but I can't imagine being exposed to this level of social media/aesthetics as a pre-teen girl... I would be in a hurry to be considered an 'adult' too. I think it's so important to make a space for that age-group and not limit their options.

[@bd3966]

I so agree with this. Even with music, there is no teen music anymore. everything is either for very young children (baby shark) or straight up adult music. pre-teens and teens are being super neglected.

[@Corgipon]

@@bd3966I know right. This is literally with animated series and movies: they’re either for young kids or adults. I barely get to see any targeted towards teens.

[@Tsubahi]

​@Corgipon how about manga and anime? The majority of that is aimed at teens.

[@jupiterlantern2601]

It's so strange that people online have a hobby of dunking on tween girl interests but yet also s1ut shame tween girls for trying to grow up faster than they should.🙃

[@katc2040]

​@@TsubahiI never liked either of those

[@lolamonroe5910]

Lisa Frank had me in a chokehold as a kid😂 I purchased a lisa frank calendar a few years ago and immediately felt like that girl again ❤

[@tiaraw872]

Early 2000 child here. I wanted all her stuff soooooooo bad. I had a few of her items & loved them. This brand is def apart of my childhood.

[@niabelizaire3596]

I grew up in the 2010s and I wasn't a huge fan of Lisa Frank. However, I did own a few coloring books and might've owned a folder or two.

[@chaaaargh]

i'm was born in '04 but i actually didn't know how popular the brand was until a few years ago, was obsessed with it as a kid though lol

[@yuh2367]

I’m born in 2004 I knew of this brand bc of my mom who is a 80s baby (90s kid), so I grew up on Lisa frank and a majority of the 90s stuff she grew up on.

[@CherryCharm2009]

You couldn't find a girl who didn't have at least one Lisa Frank notebook back in middle school

[@ClementineOlympia]

Me, because my family was poor and my mother hated the stuff 😅

[@AirQuotes]

How old are you. Hardly anyone in my middle school has any of their stuff. I certainly didn't

[@gwenmloveskpopcecmore]

@@ClementineOlympia cuz she was tomboy

[@vanessaespino5309]

Or folder

[@Mamado88]

I never had her stuff

[@thalia9789]

Lisa Frank, Happy Bunny, and Bobby Jack were like the holy trinity for most tween girls in the 2000s

[@margarine4error46]

I had soooo many Bobby Jack things too! The sass was real

[@lovefromwonderland]

I remember just HATING the Lisa Frank stickers as a kid because I hated how colorful they were. Looking back, I don’t know what my problem was lol

[@da3musceteers]

Autist

[@trinaq]

My school supplies were full of Lisa Frank products. Back to school shopping was never a chore for me, since I got to pick out as many as her products as possible. 🌈💞

[@aleisterlilywhite1109]

Back to school shopping was the highlight of my year when she was around 💕

[@marshalmarrs3269]

Is Lisa Frank popular with boys?

[@aleisterlilywhite1109]

@@marshalmarrs3269 just the cool ones 💚💙💜

[@oleeshanorris5343]

Wish I had the colored paper for my daily work notes now.

[@holdenmenard1312]

@@marshalmarrs3269I’m a dude, who actually likes Lisa Frank artwork. I really like the nice neon colors, and I always wonder why there’s no red color, which is my favorite color. Instead it’s only a dark shade of pink. Maybe Lisa Frank dislikes the color red? Who knows.

[@tatianaaa4569]

It’s always so interesting seeing which movies you pick to visualise stories within ur videos

[@vjhreeves]

Terrible. Very distracting from the topic.

[@Sukiscool101]

@@vjhreeves💀

[@autdumb4420]

18:50 that is such a good line! I do miss shows directed at younger teens! I want my childhood back! Before everything was shifted to a riverdale tone😭😭

[@Scarlett59319]

Yeah I agree! So much stuff out there I feel would scar me if I watched it as a preteen, but it’s like there’s nothing out there

[@daydreamerjim6603]

The whole apartment/hotel thing is so confusing like... The instagram girl literally said Lisa Frank inspired some of her design? And the Lisa Frank loft literally pulls from old Lisa Frank Commercials (the kitchen cabinets so clearly just the rainbow lockers). Like you can't own the concept of rainbows and colour and maximalism 😑

[@priscillajimenez27]

I commented the same thing. If you're inspired by Lisa frank, how can you claim lisa frank ripped you off. Girl makes no sense

[@m2kay42]

I personally didn't see ANY similarities in the apartment feuds...Colors were different, anyone can think of coloring cabinets different color from the next, and making a wall gallery was all the rage that time on Pinterest. That lady really reached for an empty argument.

[@lactobacillusprobiotic7029]

I agree I was super confused at how it looked similar when the designs are completely different.

[@NattyRose]

It was the fact that both appartmebts where on the same building and she later got thrown out by the landlord and the landlord made a bed and breakfast out of it. I think that was all the drama

[@Momosaymkay]

@@NattyRoseI’m so glad you explained this because I was really confused as to how the Lisa Frank loft would cause her to be evicted. That was really confusing to me. And I agree I don’t think the flats look the same.

[@AlexisMaria]

I was confused at the eviction part thank u for explaingin cause what was the reason?@@NattyRose

[@lactobacillusprobiotic7029]

@@AlexisMaria Another reason was because Amina had kept making late payments to the apartment.

[@leekollins]

lisa frank art is so nostalgiccccc omg

[@chaneykane3828]

I had a Lisa frank / Ed hardy collab notebook in 4th grade where it had skulls with butterfly wings. To this day that was the coolest thing I ever owned.

[@priscillajimenez27]

I saw ed hardy and thought they were trying to copy lisa frank but with creepy stuff 😅

[@appeasing]

Finding a vintage Lisa Frank anything while thrifting gives me the BIGGEST high 😂

[@PSL_Lover2024]

After learning how horrible she treated her staff at her workplace, I no longer look at her the same way as an adult. It totally tainted her fun art for me. Used to love her as a kid but not anymore. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@bbxo_]

The nostalgia of going into a Walmart to go to the Lisa Frank section for all things stationary!! Lol then down the book aisle for a Mary Kate and Ashley book 💖

[@Lemon_Lime_Lily]

I remember finding a ton of Lisa frank in early-mid 2010’s dollar stores and gas stations for some reason. I had a ton of coloring books and some of their puzzles!

[@PrincessLioness]

Right? I swear Lisa Frank was still a thing in the 2010s, or maybe it was knockoff, because the designs are familiar and I swear I got a couple folders and notebooks.

[@Lemon_Lime_Lily]

Yeah! Like they weren’t as big, but they still existed and were pretty easy to find in like dollar general and gas stations. I was able to get stickers, puzzles, coloring books, cheap stationery sets, etc when I was younger.

[@upstepprep]

me too! lisa frank was my life in the 2010s!!

[@Turquerina]

I remember getting a Lisa Frank notebook (it was a dolphin with an electric pink/violet background) for middle school and it was so saccharine and I quite adored it! To me, it's one of the most colorfully vivid and vibrant products I've ever owned. There's certainly something so shameless about the ways in which it utilizes colors that you couldn't help but feel awe at. It truly is very nostalgic. I really hope they can market to tweens again.

[@burieVropride]

omg! I remember those folders from elementary school 📁 & the stickers! You either had Lisa Frank or Hello Kitty 😂

[@niabelizaire3596]

I had a couple of Lisa Frank coloring books and I think I had a folder or two back when I was in elementary school.

[@DarkAestheticCosplay]

You called me out because a Lisa frank and hello kitty coloring book

[@priscillajimenez27]

When I found out HK was Japanese (I was an anime fan) I tried to pick it up but there was too much HK msrch out there and stuck with LF

[@Corgipon]

I absolutely loved this brand ever since as a kid, and I’ll say this: Lisa Frank _was_ ahead of her time. Her designs encapsulated the epitome of 2000s girl fashions and stationery (obviously they have been around since the 80s but this kind of style didn’t get really big until the 2000s).

[@e.mt.t9410]

Im from Panamá 🇵🇦 and always love all my stationary and school supplies from Lisa Frank in the 90s . So nostalgic and whimsy ❤

[@banana_manners6077]

I’m not a supporter of Lisa Frank but I don’t see how Lisa Frank copied Amina’s apartment. When they look way different from each other. Both of them don’t own the colorful and bright aesthetic. It reminds of the Taybeeboop and Kaarin issue.

[@SugerSprinkledFun]

100 percent agree. It was a ridiculous thing for that girl to claim, especially since she admitted her apartment was inspired by Lisa Frank, so doesn't that make her the copycat?

[@celebrityguest.9530]

i think they had reasoning to be concerned but i was online as this was all going down and if i remember the situation correctly they straight up got evicted because their landlord wanted in on the lisa frank craze, so while they had gotten the approval to create the apartment of their dreams their landlord was perfectly comfortable taking that away to make a quick buck because of the very close resemblance

[@emmablack1230]

Why don't you support her? Is it her as a person (if so why) or is it just not your style?

[@accuser_of_the_brethren7816]

Growing up in the 90s I got to see some crazy fights over Lisa Frank folders and stationary in school 😂 almost as if those pre-teen girls would stab someone over a star pencil with unicorn eraser 😊 Lisa Frank swag was huge. It was bugle boy and jordache for us boys but the one thing everyone made sure to have was a trapper keeper 💥

[@BloodSweatandFears]

The drama in my 5th grade class was reality tv worthy! Theft, deception, betrayal, and the power of friendship 😂

[@Yoongibeomgyu]

My nana used to work at the factory here in Arizona. She would bring home pencils, stickers, folders, notebooks, and erasers. I heard she would get other things as well but that was before I was born 🙃

[@Kitty-ig4yh]

As a 90's kid I never got into Lisa Frank stationary, but I was really into Hello Kitty's.

[@snailfren]

The fact that she literally evicted that creator out of her own apartment and no ones talking about it?

[@gregcampbell4538]

She has the reputation of being an awful human.

[@apostledavidetaylorcultwatch]

Lisa Frank is my childhood. As an adult I have the Morphe makeup.

[@jayla3282]

Idk abt the flat design, after all the creator was inspired by other existing very recognizable franchises, incliding lisa frank, so yeah? It was gonna look similar either way,

[@allisonfagan3835]

I live in Tucson and have heard many horror stories of Lisa Frank the person. I attended a party once where she was there and was told by the host I absolutely could not acknowledge who she was or mention her work whatsoever to her for fear of how she would react. I understand wanting to keep anonymity, but you can set boundaries without being rude

[@TayahPrice]

This was such a fun and nostalgic video! I was obsessed with this brand as a child. I remember when back to school season would come around, my parents would always buy me Lisa Frank supplies 😂 but I didn’t know there was controversy surrounding the new characters… I had so many stickers, notebooks, and binders with Angel on them lol.

[@anniemal_cracker]

I grew up as a girl in Tucson in the 90s and early 2000s, so it was amazing how much Lisa Frank was everywhere. You would see the colorful headquarters as you landed/took off at the airport. I even got to tour it with my Girl Scout troop, we had a fantastic time. It was sad getting older and hearing that it was not a good place to work.

[@DragonRebelRose]

I had so much Lisa Frank merch when I was a kid in the early 2000s. *Every* girl loved her stuff and we all envied each other over pieces that we didn't have yet. I had Lisa Frank lunch boxes, notebooks, folders, pens, pencils, erasers, toys, even a few clothing items which were the hardest to find. I believe I still have many of my old notebooks and folders from my elementary school days tucked away somewhere. The "Angel" and "American Cowgirl" ones were two of my favorites.

[@a1stbornunicorn]

I'm the adult the business is currently aiming for. Born in 1985, I had the folders, stickers, pencils, trapper keepers, lunch boxes, coloring books- literally everything, growing up. But what I'm realizing is that it was my young mom who really loved Lisa Frank and bought all of that stuff. It makes since bc she was a teen when Lisa Frank was launching. I liked it but I didn't love it, you know? That's how I've felt about these modern collabs.. I'm happy to see it but it isn't anything I want to buy, personally. You're right- they should be focusing on the younger market and growing that nostalgia further. Because if I'm the target demo- like many of my friends- I'm not having kids to pass an obsession to in the way it was to me.

[@canvas_125]

Lisa Frank was my childhood. ❤

[@realSimoneCherie]

Overconsumption of Lisa Frank definitely contributed to my aversion to colors as an adult.

[@theresahawes8304]

I was born in 1980 and of course Lisa Frank was a part of my childhood as a little kid in the 80s and a preteen and teenager in the 90s. I had notebooks,pencils,trapper keeper,etc. Years later I got more stickers,note pads,stationery,etc. Whatever I could find that was Lisa Frank. Her stuff was and will of course always be a part of my childhood.

[@maytalacedo2942]

I remember glamour girl! I remember I used to have all her folders when I was in elementary school. They were fantastic back in my childhood.

[@StephMetz]

We seriously need a video on the impact of the Bratz.

[@DazeDewDrop]

That they support & collab with Kylie Jenner 💀💀💀

[@SarutaValentine]

I remember being in the hospital as a kid, and my friend and her mom brought me a box of Lisa Frank stuff. I was OBSESSED

[@teresitaperegrina3741]

i had a lot of the Lisa Frank coloring books, seeing some of those girls gave me flashbacks with scent memories of sharp Crayola crayons and cedar wood from the box i kept all my coloring tools in. The surfer girl was my favorite, forgot she existed and now i want to get her tattooed 🫶🏽

[@mutecryptid]

The school supplies were the best gifts as a kid, I was feeling nostalgic about the aesthetic so this video came out with perfect timing.

[@nahwhatever]

was lisa frank popular outside the us? 90s baby here and can’t say i’ve ever seen lisa frank in person

[@sparkk2871]

I live in Canada and it was very popular here too. Despite my childhood being in the 2010's I remember very vividly me and other girls having a lot of the old 90's style merch which was sold at I think the Dollar Store and Walmart and such if I remember correctly.

[@promisetourself]

I live in Northern Europe and the morphe collab was the first time I heard of the brand despite being a 90s kid, so… not outside (north) America probably?

[@xDollparts]

Definitely had it in England as I loved these things growing up. Maybe it was less popular than the US though? Not sure, but I personally loved the brand.

[@PortraitofAsha]

Very popular in the Caribbean

[@emmeviene]

Very popular in the Philippines as well. I remember in my elementary years (90s), my peers had bags, notebooks, Trapper Keepers, stickers, pencil cases. I think I had her stickers too “coz that was only thing we could afford 😂 Lisa Frank was imported from the US and was more expensive than local stationery supplies

[@casper7319]

Can I just say how well this video is put together? The footage from so many movie classics to inform the script! Pretty in Pink, My Cousin Vinny, Where the Heart Is, Legally Blonde, etc.!

[@yoongiyuu3086]

i was born in 03 and lisa frank was a pretty big part of my early childhood. my very first backpack i wore to school had the two heart shape dolphins on it and i had lots of their stationary and craft kits that were sold at the dollar store. i even had one of the dolls😭 it was until a few years back that i started to hear about how awful the woman herself *allegedly* is💀

[@chelseyj9757]

I've lived in Arizona my whole life and never realized Lisa Frank was headquartered in Tucson, but my mom used to work for a company that made stickers and labels in Scottsdale and they used to print a lot of Lisa Franks stickers. So as a kid I used to get a lot of the stickers that didn't print correctly or what have you. My sister and I used to love these coloring pages type stickers you were meant to color yourself. I don't think those ever actually made it to sale. But my mom always said Lisa Frank was a crook and didn't pay for a lot of the orders they put in.

[@ariarrivederci6254]

Oh I adored lisa frank when I was little The colors made me so happy and a little nauseous at the same time 😅

[@zoguy6988]

I remember loving the coloring books in my own little morbid way. I used to take my markers and draw a rainbow from the bottom of the page up, thinking about how the rainbow takeover was happening and the animals were in misery as they were inanimate lines on paper and couldn't possibly escape the rainbow takeover. This also happened with the black void take over as well.

[@Freddynotsoready]

Those folders had me in a CHOKEHOLD

[@loralubimaia2783]

I just realized her kids full names would be Forrest Green and Hunter Green

[@meepneeks]

The video did gloss over that her sons were purposefully named after shades of green.

[@Crissa42082]

I read that as Forrest Gump

[@EvanWerewolf]

Bailey Sarian made a great episode on Lisa Frank’s shady history Would recommend everyone to go and watch/listen it

[@beccaordway9117]

I came here to say this lol

[@AmethystLeslie]

Loved Lisa Frank stuff as a kid in the 2000s. I didn't know they were still around marketing itself as a nostalgic brand, instead of what I associate them the most as, which is a stationary brand. Like, yeah, I want more notebooks and pencils and stickers of Lisa Frank. Where's that?

[@katherinekim9664]

I always LOVED the Lisa Frank stickers so much! But if they stopped selling Lisa Frank stickers, it's going to be a total nightmare for me because I am a huge fan of Lisa Frank stationary! I hope the Lisa Frank stickers don't get discontinued! I want to still buy the Lisa Frank stickers.

[@MartenFerret]

I have a handful of vintage Lisa Frank pencils. Most were incidental (as I am a collector of vintage pencils), but I must say I do like the designs. :3

[@Starfire10982]

Late 90s early 2000s, you were THAT GIRL if you had Lisa Frank school supplies.

[@PaigeDWinter]

I vividly remember having so many sticker books as a kid in the '80s. I remember going to pharmacies and Hallmark stores to buy packs of stickers.

[@hamdialihassan1048]

Growing up in Sweden during the 90’s and early 2000’s I can confidently say I have no clue who Lisa Frank or her brand is. Also Mila Kunis was adorable 🥰 Also also updates on the yellow dresses video?

[@roossipkes444]

Same!! I’m Dutch and also grew up in the 90s/00s

[@sarahwatts7152]

It was a huge mood. At the beginning of the school year, you would compare how much Lisa Frank stuff everyone had. You'd put one of the comically large erasers on your pencil, but take it off if you had to erase something (partially to preserve the eraser, partially because the erasers left a huge smudge on the page)

[@hamdialihassan1048]

@@sarahwatts7152 sounds cool

[@PoppyOxymoron]

I am from the uk and i also haven’t heard of it! Pretty cool to learn tho

[@amandachilds5290]

This was true for my younger sisters but I was an 80s kid so we just had Hello Kitty, Twin Stars, Etc ..all Sanrio or Disney stuff that was harder to get like form mall specialty stores, and trips to Florida/ California maybe depending on which side eif US. Lisa Frank was way more easily found and a more vibrant option. The more ubiquitous her style became the more others knocked it off and then it sort of got edgier and goth too with grunge of late 90s... My sister's and parents didn't have to go to he mall for the Sanrio store or wait for the book fair at school to get cool items or settle for Hallmark store and get the more grown up versions once stores like Walmart partnered up with Lisa Frank. Before that it was getting similar products it looks from Sticker based stores and magazine orders from companies or go to malls and putting the stickers on your plain stuff like notebooks, lunch boxes and homemade brown paper bag bookcovers. The accessibility and boldness was appealing to that generation where as I thought it too gawdy and preferred Hello Kitty and Disney still and they made their comebacks anyhow as Disney realized they should do more with their Princesses. Walmart and Lisa Frank, etc... took hits as the pendulum swing and other stores like Target and online shopping emerged and Hello Kitty and Disney re-emerged. Basically JO JO Siwa was a repackaging of Lisa Frank style stuff by Walmart in my honest opinion and I said so even at the time. Things just go in cycles.

[@hannahthrossell4642]

I grew up in Tucson. When I was little I was showing my trapper keeper to my friend. She wasn’t impressed and it distressed her. She said “Yeah I’ve met her and she’s not nice. She’s mean to my parents and when I’ve met her she made me work too.” We were 8. Her parents were EVS workers at the Lisa Frank Factory.. Definitely racism as well that was fostered in her workplace.

[@misspinkpunkykat]

I never understood why she can't do adult products and kid's products. I can totally see a little girl (or boy) with a Lisa Frank binder and the teacher being like, "Oh I had one of those when I was a little girl. I even had a matching lunchbox, backpack and pencils. When school is over, I'm going to go to the store and get a new binder to keep the lesson plans in." College and grad school students would be willing to use Lisa Frank school supplies too. I start veterinary school soon and I'm planning on taking my Lisa Frank trapper keepers with me on days when it's just classroom learning.

[@kissmesoftly2]

It’s so hard to find the notebooks and folders now!! I wish she would bring the stationary stuff back.

[@upstepprep]

in 2nd grade i had a lisa frank unicorn notebook, i had soo many stickers, coloring books, eraser toppers, and more! her art really inspired me to start drawing❤

[@lactobacillusprobiotic7029]

The Amina’s apartment doesn’t look similar to the Lisa Frank room. They look very different.

[@jeniser.667]

When I was younger, my mom had a Lisa Frank journal. It was one of those journals that you can open through zipping it up and the cover was a glitter purple with the fab friends on it, and I thought it was the coolest thing ever 💜🧡💚

[@SS-xv7xf]

Lisa Frank came in to my life as a pre teen and remembering all those colourful stickers and notebooks was so nostalgic! Sadly now when I see rainbows, it has a different feel…….

[@wavesofwoodenlegs]

While I don't consider myself a girly girl, I had Lisa Frank stuff like folders and the giant stuffed horse that always laid on my childhood bed.

[@khawlngai5756]

LISA FRANK WAS MY CHIKDHOOD I HAD ALL HER NOTEBOOKS (even if the quality was bad) I JUST LOVED THE SHIMMER

[@brooklynklarke8672]

i loved their stickers, they were so cute 🦄 🦋 ✨ 🍭 🌈🌸🌷🌹💐

[@WishfulThinkingArt]

The painter panda and that rainbow-tailed unicorn were on pretty much all my back-to-school stuff in first and second grade. I even bought a retro sweatshirt at Hot Topic one year with those two characters on it. Needless to say, my 90s kid heart was so happy to see those two characters in my closet.

[@MrsTefee]

my favorite artwork is the two golden retrievers puppies sharing an icecream...sooo darn cute!! The nostalgia is real

[@cheryljohnston8687]

I have a stuffed rainbow leopard Hunter that I got when I was 6. It's the only item from my childhood that I managed to keep. My siblings didn't hold on to anything with all the moving we did. They laughed at me for taking it to college. Now my oldest daughter sleeps with it and I'm glad I held on to the beautiful toy no matter what was going on. I plan on knitting a copy for my youngest daughter. Just love Lisa Frank's creations

[@justinmurray8920]

Very interesting. I never really knew who she was but I moved to Tucson and now I work close to the Lisa Frank factory and see it everyday, which lead me to this video lol

[@dreamychocolateone]

I think I had every lisa frank coloring book there was when I was a kid! My grandmother and I loved them🥰🥰good memories. I always wondered why I didn't really see them anymore🤔Thanks for another awesome vid!

[@emmariley1980]

I remember my family visiting the US several times when I was a tween and how excited I always was to buy new lisa frank school supplies since they didn't sell the brand in Europe, so I could always feel unique with my over-the-top colorful school stuff.

[@itsQUINNderful]

I felt so cool and stylish with my Lisa Frank folders 😎 🌈

[@chrystianaw8256]

Same

[@Theasworld1984]

I had a diary when I was 15 and the only reason I cherished it was because my grandmother gave it to me it's like she was the only person that could give me something like this and I would actually like it someone else not so much I wasn't a huge lisa Frank fan but that diary still holds a special place in my heart and my memories ❤ RIP Mama love and miss you.

[@lizzielistensxo]

May she rest in peace ❤❤❤ thank you for sharing

[@Vampiress16]

Lisa Frank is my childhood. Period. I used to have Lisa Frank everything and I remember coloring in her coloring books. I have Vivid memories of such things. Man i miss it. ❤

[@itstonycia]

I didn’t grow up with Lisa Frank but I remember it. Interesting that it is not popular…the style isn’t out of date

[@hyirrmah]

Lisa Frank brands was the best highlight of my childhood!! She is brilliant and the art itself was just amazing.

[@maria5838]

I always had her coloring books, it’s what got me into art as a kid.

[@pearlofthedarkage]

You're right about those colors being pretty specific to the brand. I walked by a Starbucks that was inside a grocery store the other day, and I saw this coffee tumbler out of the corner of my eye and immediately thought, "That reminds me of Lisa Frank!" I had to stare at it for a moment, because it was bringing me back to my childhood. It was all one color: a very specific not-quite-turquoise not-quite-teal blue... but it was SPARKLY!!! OMG! So sparkly! I was immediately sucked back to the 90s à la Ego eating ratatouille.

[@adamjack9113]

The apartments looking alike reminds me of the recent KaarinJoy and TayBeepBoop... like no one has a copyright on colour lmao no one is out here saying all minimalist apartments are "copying". Doing each cabinet a different colour? A rainbow if you will? Painting in rainbow is not ground breaking. Kind of odd that these "unique" styles get so defensive when it's proven that they are not unique...almost like instead of actually enjoying that style, they like feeling different

[@Greg_plays_Twisted_Wizard]

That’s what I’ve been trying to tell people that but I just told I was stupid.

[@chickentenders7876]

You are right about that the situation is pretty similar! 😮

[@sezztooley]

omggggg that 2011 fashion line would SLAP today

[@van4195]

"lisa frank is supposed to be tacky, she isn't supposed to be trashy" POWERFUL QUOTE!!!

[@brightkharma]

I had a few archie comics with Lisa Frank ads in them. Loved looking at the magical pictures.

[@KaeMcSpadden]

I have always wanted to make artwork for them. So cute and colorful.

[@miz_logo_lee]

I didn’t realize she also had the Sticky Fingers brand. I had a bunch of the Betty Boop products.

[@kaliora7047]

as a 90s/early 00s kid I def had a lot of lisa frank school supplies. I sort of remember having a few folders that had a little story blurb inside them featuring the characters in the artwork too. My first sketchbook had the unicorn lol

[@Luna_loves_bayonetta]

This was so big in my younger childhood, and I can’t believe I didn’t’t notice it faded away.

[@user-oq5xl6hp5w]

I'm a simple girl: I see bts and Lisa frank in a moderngurlz thumbnail, I click

[@somebodycallednove]

Despite the stuff lisa frank goes through i love seeing the merch in stores and having at least 1 sticker pack, she even has Pillsbury sugar cookies.

[@shelbytaylor25]

If I recall correctly, the Lisa Frank Hotel experience was set up literally across the street from Amina’s apartment, part of the same development. The photos had way too many similarities to be a coincidence, especially the washi tape cupboards! Absolute abuse of power from Lisa Frank’s team letting a couple get evicted over a stolen idea.

[@familyguyjoe]

I also remember Amina at that time the Lisa Frank situation was happening. She was going through financial struggles and couldn’t pay their rent on time.

[@amandachilds5290]

Those designs used for the Lisa Frank suite predated that situation by decades if it happened in 2019! You needed to have seen some of her old stores to realize it better. I have stickers from 1982 ish and magazines too. In an instant I saw that suite and knew who designed it or was referring to. That pallette is Iconic to Lisa Frank, especially the animal print mixed with her rainbow colors. They didn't copy but great minds think alike and Amina admitted she was a Frank Fan. It's just one was more soft and cotton candy, cloudlike pastel and the other is Iconic Lisa Frank. I wasn't even a Lisa Frank Fan much, it's too vibrant for me, but I collected stickers in the very early 80s and subscribed to magazines for sticker enthusiasts so to me there is no comparison. Sad that it happened but can't see cause and effect. I think many are just too young to understand art cycles and everyone inspires everyone. Lisa Frank was about timing. She always seemed like she took the airbrush fad of late 70s/ early 80s and digitized it so it was crisp and that was modern twist that coincided with manufacturing changes and distribution improvements of the 80s and 90s beautifully to make an empire! It was airbrush + psychedelic meets young feminine daydreams + personal computer generation meets WalMart and Nickelodeon style tween TV. Serendipity for those who like that bright bold look, aka my little sisters. I had a different aesthetic as a 70s/80s girl but what goes around comes back around. Give it time and give me Hello Kitty any day because that's what I adored as a kid but I can see the ADD late 90s kids really identified with Lisa Frank iconic styles and by the 2000s everyone could get them easy and inexpensively just in time for knock offs to be made and the Bratz, monster high phase took over tweendom sadly.

[@BlackSmoke1999]

Omg I remember when I was about 7 years old, my mom bought me a 50 pack worth of Lisa Frank stickers. I was a v happy little human that day, because my whole door to my room on both sides were filled up with those 😂💫🌈 Of course as I got older, I regretted that decision. 😂💀

[@ronaldpiontkowski5470]

I remember playing with old lisa frank coloring books when I was like 5

[@amily961]

I miss the Lisa frank velvet coloring posters.

[@TheCupcake86]

Now those were the bomb! I put them all over my bedroom

[@zeroh2hero]

As a guy I remember seeing the folders and school supplies at Wal-Mart back in the early 2000's

[@sweenstaruploads-go1ml]

Is no one gonna comment on the “bought traditional jewellery from Native sellers and then sold it marked up” 🤨 i rly didn’t expect to hear that in a Lisa Frank video lmao

[@animasuperfreakgirl]

Yeah I thought that was off too. Like technically nothing wrong happened. I mean people/companies do this all the time that’s basically act as a middleman. I even remember a tv special taking about a man from Africa (sorry it’s been awhile so i don’t remember his name or country) who would upsell stuff like salt and then used that money to start a charity. I don’t have a problem with either of those but Lisa Frank’s feels wrong. Like she got the majority of the benefits and the creators didn’t get the recognition they deserved. But I guess that’s capitalism baby~😅😢🎉

[@fenixash05]

The Indians literally knew she was doing this and they didn't have a problem with it so maybe you should live and let live 🤷‍♀️

[@sweenstaruploads-go1ml]

@@fenixash05 it keeps deleting my replies to u this is painful . The ultimate tl;dr pls god look up how most Native Americans feel when white Americans buy or copy their jewellery and profit from it . Live and let live doesn’t rly apply when the actions r shitty !

[@natalieunger6609]

Well researched! I feel smarter just by listening. Keep up the good work :)