Joshua Foust on Jun 09 2008 | Filed under: Economics
How remarkable:
As luxury fashion has become more expensive, mainstream apparel has become markedly less so. Today, shoppers pay the same price for a basic Brooks Brothers men’s suit, $598, as they did in 1998. The suggested retail price of a pair of Levi’s 501 jeans, $46, is about $4 less than it was a decade [...]
Joshua Foust on May 28 2008 | Filed under: Domestic Politics
We both hate Rachel Ray and hipster scarves:
Does Dunkin’ Donuts really think its customers could mistake Rachael Ray for a terrorist sympathizer? The Canton-based company has abruptly canceled an ad in which the domestic diva wears a scarf that looks like a keffiyeh, a traditional headdress worn by Arab men.
Some observers, including ultra-conservative Fox News [...]
Lee on Feb 03 2008 | Filed under: Around the Web
Fiorana is a new company that is manufacturing blue jeans specially made to accommodate a certain widely admired latina asset. According president Mike Braden, “The Latina body is different in waist and hip structure. When wearing Anglo cut jeans, there is always a fit problem around the waist area.” Laura Martinez is skeptical about the [...]
Lance on Feb 03 2008 | Filed under: Around the Web
If we’re going to be crushed by fashionist hegemony, let’s at least get the details right.
- Eric Scheie
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