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vulcanized
07/24/09

In reply to Alicia Wants You To Buy Her "Stuff"; Marc's Outré New Campaign Raises Eyebrows
That "Don't Shop" ad is one of the most out-of-touch, misguided, and poorly filmed things I've ever seen. And at 6 minutes, it's unbelievably self-indulgent. Are people really so clueless that they don't understand consumers are cutting back on shopping because they are a) losing their jobs and hard up for money or b) finally learning (or being forced) to live within their means? Plus, comparing shopping to voting is ridiculous.

Also, it sounds like it was filmed in my bathroom.
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alltheteainchina
07/24/09

In reply to Alicia Wants You To Buy Her "Stuff"; Marc's Outré New Campaign Raises Eyebrows
well i'm never, EVER going into an Ulta again because when i asked the salesperson if the store near me carried this truly awesome foundation i had bought at sephora in new york (oh how i wish i had the money for it now... wet n' wild, how you make my face break out) she scoffed at me and sniggered, "no, i believe you're going to have to keep going to QVC for that."

i'm like, excuse me!? first of all, what is wrong with you, i'm supposed to feel welcome and want to buy things, that's what retail is all about and second of all... WHAT EXACTLY IS WRONG WITH QVC?
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emilyanne
07/24/09

@alltheteainchina: wow that's some sales techinque she had there.
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Cafezinha
07/24/09

@alltheteainchina: Not a goddamned thing. Even if you buy nothing, it's entertaining and it's like in-home window shopping.

I have bought a few things from there and I have no shame about it.
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letitcrash
07/24/09

In reply to Alicia Wants You To Buy Her "Stuff"; Marc's Outré New Campaign Raises Eyebrows
I'm not really sure if Alicia actually meant what I think she does, but if she means that people shouldn't buy junk unless they actually need it, that's pretty cool. She's pretty environmentalisty; I like when people advocate minimalizing for the sake of the environment rather than just changing what it is one consumes and not how much.
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KelseyElle
07/24/09

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They need to just open up a Real Housewives store. Nene can sell her shoes, Kim can sell her CDs, Sheree can sell her clothes, the entire NYC cast can sell their books, Bethenney will sell cupcakes, Jill will sell fabric, Vicki will sell insurance, Ramona and Lauri's daughter will sell skin care products, Ramona for an inexplicable reason will also sell crosses, that one guy will sell energy drinks and Danielle will sell herself.

It will be like a very very expensive Target.
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hellosunshine
07/24/09

@KelseyElle: I would totally shop there. Do you know how effing hard it was to find Bethenny's baked goods in Manhattan? MAN. HAT. TAN. Ridamndiculous and I still want a cupcake.
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KelseyElle
07/24/09

@hellosunshine: Do you remember the episode where she is standing in some supermarket in the burbs trying to hand out free cup cakes but no one cares? This store would be the opposite of that.
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emilyanne
07/24/09

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Paris's museum is good but it's nothing on my personal favourite - Moscow has a museum of forgotten objects - that is a museum filled with things so obscure that no one knows what their purpose was these days - once someone can identify what they were used for they leave the museum.
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Jenna
07/24/09

@emilyanne: Have you been to the adventure in metaphysical museology that is the Museum of Jurassic Technology in Culver City? It sounds like the Russian museum should be its cousin.
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emilyanne
07/24/09

@jenna: ooh no but that sounds genius, I love crazy museums.
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Zombie Ms. Skittles
07/24/09

In reply to Alicia Wants You To Buy Her "Stuff"; Marc's Outré New Campaign Raises Eyebrows
Jennifer Lopez's new scent, "My Glow," was apparently inspired by motherhood.

Soooo it smells like milk vomit, strained carrots, and not showering for 3 days?
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Edited by Zombie Ms. Skittles at 07/24/09 11:46 AM

chersolly
07/24/09

@Zombie Ms. Skittles: What she meant to say was her motherhood experience, not everyone else's. It smells like restful, beautiful sleep.
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zombie.nancy is a godess of fierce
07/24/09

@chersolly: and Gray's Papaya
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swashbuckling
07/24/09

@Zombie Ms. Skittles: Would it kill motherhood to inspire a ban on the word 'glow' from any future J. Lo perfume lines?
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notheretomakefriends
07/24/09

@swashbuckling:some future name ideas: Glowing Pains, Glow-worm, Glow with the Flow, Glow-rious, Crazy-Glow
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hellosunshine
07/24/09

@swashbuckling: Continuing a Glow/J.Lo thread from a while back, I'll just throw some more ideas out there:

Glow From The Block
Glow in Manhattan
On the Glow
Glowing for Tonight
Enough (Glow)
El Canglowte
In Glowing Color
Fly Glow
The Back-Up Glow
Jersey Glow
Shall We Glow
Monster-in-Glow

Y'all, this is only the beginning.
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notheretomakefriends
07/24/09

@hellosunshine: you were kind enough not to mention the one that tanked: GiGlow
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hellosunshine
07/24/09

@notheretomakefriends: It was scrapped in development. Smelled too much like shame and Dippity Do.
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Annabellie
07/24/09

In reply to Alicia Wants You To Buy Her "Stuff"; Marc's Outré New Campaign Raises Eyebrows
A counterfeit pregnancy test? Please tell me that I'm missing something here and there is a way in which that could possibly make sense.
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amowls
07/24/09

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I don't want to know what motherhood smells like.
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Annabellie
07/24/09

@amowls: Sour milk, dirty diapers and talcum powder, I'm pretty sure.
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emilyanne
07/24/09

@Annabellie: pretty much - although in my case minus the talc (which oddly we are told not to use in the UK) and plus additional odeur de vomit.
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BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit)
07/24/09

In reply to Alicia Wants You To Buy Her "Stuff"; Marc's Outré New Campaign Raises Eyebrows
Jennifer Lopez's new scent, "Glow Worm" was apparently inspired by Marc Anthony.
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livefreeordorota
07/24/09

In reply to Alicia Wants You To Buy Her "Stuff"; Marc's Outré New Campaign Raises Eyebrows
If you're buying a counterfeit pregnancy test you have a lot more issues than just an unplanned pregnancy!
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amowls
07/24/09

@livefreeordorota: Some stores carry counterfeit goods without knowing, though. There was a problem like that with Paul Mitchell shampoo at CVS a few years ago.
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Cafezinha
07/24/09

@amowls: Don't they always say in the ads that ONLY salons can carry the real thing and the fancy-pants hair products at drugstores are not guaranteed/probably fake/will make you bald?

I always thought that was just them bullshitting you so you'd pay more at the salons.
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livefreeordorota
07/24/09

@amowls: I see! In my head I was imagining someone heading to canal street to see if they were pregnant or not. Noted!
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Cafezinha
07/24/09

@Cafezinha: I found a lot of links saying GROCERY STORE PRODUCTS ARE FAKE AND GERMY, but only a couple saying that it's all bunk.

http://thebeautybrains.com/?s=salon-only+products&x=0&y=0
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SkipToMyLou
12/04/08

In reply to Luxury Brand "Bargains" Aplenty, But Who's Interested?
Yeah, the mystique... I lost it for luxury goods in 2001 when I first moved to the US. When I first saw designer brands that were WAAAAAY exclusive and out of my reach when I lived in Australia (like, RL, DKNY, Hilfiger, even fing Mossimo and Ekco that are now house brands at Target!) heaped around a Filene's Basement, they, and every idea I had about exclusivity, was instantly, in every sense of the word, discounted.

I know those brands are entirely midle-low class but the dollar exchange rate plus cost of importing plus 2001 was pre-US/Australia free trade agreement meant that less than a decade ago these were barely attainable to me and I was a fairly wealthy white chick in law school.

I feel no love for brands these days, how quickly they can lose their appeal.
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gerbilsoutofexile...is cheap and easy
12/04/08

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I'm dreaming of a beautiful pole saw - anyone know where I can one at a steep discount, because Lowe's and Home Depot simply will not put them on sale?

I'm ready to cut down all those pesky tree branches from my neighbors who refuse to trim thier damn trees and make me pick up all the crap that drops in my yard.
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Grim Reaper of the Forest
12/04/08

In reply to Luxury Brand "Bargains" Aplenty, But Who's Interested?
Well, the only stores in my town are a Reny's and a Wal-Mart, so I don't know where I can get my hands on some of these discounted luxury goods. I suppose a plane ticket to NYC would cancel out the money I saved.
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jennilyn
12/04/08

In reply to Luxury Brand "Bargains" Aplenty, But Who's Interested?
I just wish, for once, I saw people who are dropping crazy money in stores actually look nice while doing it.

It's amazing, beautiful clothes of all colors shapes sizes and price ranges fill the mall. Yet rarely do I see anyone actually looking good at the mall. Go figure.

NYC, where I live; LA, ATL, Chicago, and other big cities are of course exceptions to this rule.
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robot ninja spy
12/04/08

@jennilyn: I think that whenever I'm watching Real Housewives of Wherever the Hell. And no, Atlanta is not an exception to the rule. :) I don't know how I managed to see anything with my eyes rolled so far to the back of my head. The tackiness you see strolling through Lenox Square Mall, dude. I swear. I saw much more stylish people shopping random little places. That's what happens when you buy what you think you should buy instead of what looks good on you.
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elisa
12/04/08

In reply to Luxury Brand "Bargains" Aplenty, But Who's Interested?
I just bought my first "expensive brand" purse, and it's not even really an expensive brand. It's a leather Kenneth Cole bag. I only bought it b/c I was a thrift store, and it was brand new - sticker price was $200, but they were selling it for $35. Apparently some richer person had donated it brand-new, tags on, paper in.

However, although I don't regret buying it, it makes me wonder how well "luxury" items really are made. Because after using it once, a little bit of a corner is "rubbing" off. And it's supposed to be genuine leather.

Back to rockin' the Target purses for me! =D
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robot ninja spy
12/04/08

@elisa: My Isaac Mizrahi for Target zebra print leather bag only started rubbing off last year and I bought it junior year of college. I've had that bag for five or six years now.
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