• Marie Claire Dedicates 10-Page Spread To One Advertiser Designer

    All-American fashion, according to Marie Claire's July issue, apparently runs the gamut from Ralph Lauren, to Ralph Lauren Collection, to Ralph Lauren Black Label. An object lesson in the special ladymag economics of free advertising, after the jump.


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    This dress, at $139, ("Lauren Jeans Co. by Ralph Lauren"), is almost affordable when seen in the light of this spread. (It also looks strangely like my favorite dress when I was 12. Made of denim, it also had snaps and a swirly skirt, but I think mine cost $30.) After the wallet's reprieve of the dress, that Ralph Lauren Archives belt is POA, the Ralph Lauren Vintage necklace is $2,650, and the Ralph Lauren Collection purse is $1,495.

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