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    arirang: there's a simple reason why Filene's is going under -- they sell the unsellable UGLY unwearable expensive bridge stuff (I'm looking at YOU, Vera Wang ... more »
    gobblegirl: My only exposure to Filene's basement is in The Bell Jar, if I remember correctly, and so I was very startled when I found out it wasn't just a Boston... more »
    vulcanized: So now I have to keep my house AND my bag clean? What am I, Superman? more »
    gold_gato: Everyone should watch the green pornos by Isabella Rosallini. They are amazing! more »
    ihateyourescalade: "The only thing that's holding our foreleg bones attached to our thigh bones are these little ligaments around the knee," said Hutton. "And once they ... more »
    luxylux: Many years ago when I subscribed to Vogue I got a bag that looked like the picture on my subscription postcard, but it was 5x7 inches! I gave it to my... more »
    rednrowdy: ..when businesses' leases turn over, landlords are asking for steep increases in rent, because the high-end retailers are able to pay up to $60,000/mo... more »
    hortense: If I'm going to get a cheap pink bag like that, it better be filled with Clinique bonus time products. more »
    BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit): Oh fine Anya Hindmarch. So I suppose it's bad for me to have a giant pile of shoes in the middle of the floor I trip over all the time? Or for me to... more »
    million.dollar.mouth.: re: Natalie Portman. I would have never heard of The Plain White Tee's, if it were not for plain white tees. more »
    Understater: Ok, I'm an idiot: I always read the store sign as Eilen's Basement. more »
    Tequila Mockingbird: Hudson St. in New York's West Village has 15 empty storefronts on one six-block stretch - and, like, 14 Marc Jacobs, Marc by Marc Jacobs, and Ralph La... more »
    PilgrimSoul: Yeeeeahhh I moved out of the Village last fall. And the Marc Jacobs stores, and the vapid rich fashion set they attracted, were a big reason why. If... more »
    NefariousNewt: I <3 Isabella Rossellini. more »
    Mafalda para Presidente: I'm way to cynical to fall for free gimmicks. I know that whatever I'm getting costs less than a dollar and was manufactured by poor children in Bang... more »
    lalaland13: Vogue is even airbrushing their "free gifts" now. Tsk tsk. more »
    hortense: So you send away for a bag from Claire's and you end up with a bag from JCPenney? more »
    angelheadedhipster: Patriarch Partners? Seriously? more »
    tscheese: I can see the headline now: Vogue Makes Promises About Luxury, Beauty, Truth and Upscale Glamor; Delivers Cheap Garbage That Is Actually Ill-Advised, ... more »
    Sputnik_Sweetheart: Filene's Basement, Noooooo!!!! Come on, it is cheap, and unlike say, Forever 21, the quality is pretty good. more »
  • #ragtrade

    Vogue Readers Don't Get The Bag; Filene's Basement On The Block

    • Vogue subscribers are lured with a free-gift gimmick that looks...different when it comes in the mail. Of course, subscribing to Vogue is basically scheduling disappointment monthly, but the bait-and-switch is not normally so overt. [NYPost]
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