/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

What's up with AliExpress? Do some stores list items from Taobao stores?
For example this cosplay, besides there being many uglier version on AliExpress: https://www.aliexpress.com/item//32821689768.html
The pictures are cut. The cosplay is really well made, which makes it easily recognizable.
This is what I believe to be the original, the store ran pre-orders, and all designs came from here first: https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=561038674471
Do some AliExpress stores serve as an SS, or are they using stolen pictures to sell fake stuff?

Also, maybe a stupid questions, but can cosplay dresses be used as a baby's first steps into lolita?