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    boxspelunker: I agree that there is a lot of needless consumerism. It drives me crazy that people will buy new clothes constantly and just toss what they don't wan... more »
    Dictator for Life: This mostly just reminded me of how much I miss Liz Tilberis. Harper's Bazaar was the best magazine ever under her editorship. more »
    Miss Smith Drank Your Vodka: That model is a spitting image of Ladey Lovely Locks!! more »
    libertypie: I agree that it's ridiculous to blame the recession on fashion and other "aspirational" consumer spending alone, but I've often wondered if it plays a... more »
    Miss Smith Drank Your Vodka: Ohhh Deborah Orr - how is it possible for you to make me stand up for Vogue??? more »
    Everything MidnightBikeRide does is a balloon.: Any article that wants to tell me about how fashion and the recession are linked needs to come with a "total fucking bullshit" alert, whether it's "ev... more »
    Everything MidnightBikeRide does is a balloon.: Is it bad that I hear "radical Marxist critique" and immediattely think "ooh, sign me up!" before I even read the article? This liberal arts stuff is ... more »
    gobblegirl: Every time you post, I think to myself, "Tatiana can't get more awesome than this." And then you go and top yourself. Stop making a liar out of me! more »
    baraqiel: I wonder why some people are so reluctant to believe that the people in power consciously made bad decisions that fucked over basically everyone in th... more »
    J.D.Regent: It is kind of confusing because isn't the whole purpose of the stimulus bill to get us to spend more? Doesn't 2/3 of our economy depend on consumer sp... more »
    Baroness: Very well said, reasoned, and argued, Tatiana. There's a certain breed of smug killjoy journalists abroad lately, emboldened by the financial mess to... more »
    SomeAuthorGirl: Christ, Tatiana, write spectacularly much? I don't have much of note to contribute, other than that you summed it up perfectly. The fashion industry, ... more »
    tscheese: I think this straw man is particularly easy to grab onto because fashion is so symbolic. Now that we're reeling from the loss of cheap credit and econ... more »
    Eeva: But Shulman comes across as rather - I don't know, antagonistic? herself by characterizing everyone who links fashion with "paedophilia, landfill, dr... more »
    EkaterinaBallerina: I admit that I read fashion magazines religiously. I buy a pile every Wednesday or when the monthly issues come out, American and International. I can... more »
    sportz.star: Fashion is often about excess, but it's not about $50 billion dollar Ponzi-scheme excess (Madoff) or a $2.2 billion dollar loss in three months (Morga... more »
    Trulymadlyme: I'm sorry but this is sexist, drivel. Let's blame the country's entire economic meltdown on women's penchant for $300 shoes! There are a myriad of rea... more »
    ohgoodness: Everything about that last paragraph is perfect and dead on. If I get one more raised eyebrow over my purchase of expensive shoes or bags(when I have,... more »
    BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit): Wait - I thought the collapse of the economy was the fault of the minorities. It's the women now? Damn! In knew they would blame us sooner or later! more »
    Glitterbug (likes life shaken, not stirred): To be quite honest, I buy Vogue, but I buy it because I like some of the articles, I'm interested in photography and I like to paper my dorm room in p... more »
  • #maghag

    A Radical Marxist Critique Of Vogue's Culture Of Accretion

    Journalists who interview sources only to twist their words into cages of rigid illogic are usually the coolest thing about the unabashedly partisan British press. How am I left feeling for British Vogue's editor here? More »
  • #judgejudy

    Judge Judy Is The Most Logical Person On Syndicated Television