You guys. If ever there were a time to stock up on boxy boucle one-button cardigans and a shoe that's kind of a clog but kind of a sneaker with an appliqued daisy on the toe-box, THAT TIME IS NOW. Because Coldwater Creek, the indefatigable catalog staple of moms everywhere, is officially going out of business. » 4/11/14 5:45pm 4/11/14 5:45pm

Malls are dying and it's mostly because we consumers like buying things on the Internet instead of, you know, walking and talking to real live sales people. » 3/12/14 3:15pm 3/12/14 3:15pm

Free People is resorting to something innovative in the way it markets $96 tank tops that look like sun-stained handkerchiefs: scrapping models entirely. For a two-week span starting tomorrow, all of the images used to sell certain clothing items will be user-submitted photos of shoppers modeling the items they… » 2/21/14 6:30pm 2/21/14 6:30pm

A mother in Utah was so offended by "indecent" t-shirts sold at a local PacSun, she did what any sane, rational person would do—she spent almost $600 to buy all of them up so they wouldn't be able to corrupt the young, impressionable, God-fearing Christian youths who shop on the regular at PacSun. » 2/18/14 11:25pm 2/18/14 11:25pm

Because Valentine's Day is this weekend, Amazon is heavily promoting jewelry bargains. Makes sense! But are these discounts really a deal? Not exactly. » 2/11/14 5:55pm 2/11/14 5:55pm

Guys, I desperately need to hit Target for a shopping run and I am seriously considering paying for everything like Wu-Tang — cash rules everything around me, C.R.E.A.M. And I’m not the only one. After the holiday hacks of big retailers last year, some consumers are ditching their debit and credit cards in favor of… » 2/03/14 5:00pm 2/03/14 5:00pm

I just got a new pair of sunglasses. This is in no way noteworthy except that I already have around twenty-six pairs of sunglasses. But don't you have that one thing you just keep buying over and over again? Wardrobe overstock? » 1/31/14 6:20pm 1/31/14 6:20pm

That's right: At a new pop-up shop, you will "pay" for Marc Jacobs fragrances with tweets. » 1/28/14 1:45pm 1/28/14 1:45pm

Look, we all know that there are some inherent evils in materialism and consumerism. And when it comes to women, corporations, advertisers, marketers, ladymags and small businesses twist themselves into pretzels trying to get us to spend money we don't "need" to spend. But let's face it: Shopping feels good. It's… » 1/27/14 7:00pm 1/27/14 7:00pm

Very few actual human bodies are built like mannequins. Hell, actual human clothes don't even fit mannequins, hence the plentiful binding clips that pull and tease clothing they're supposed to model into the proper configuration. But that may be changing. » 1/22/14 10:00am 1/22/14 10:00am

High-quality natural fabric-slinger Garnet Hill is hardly the place a catalog enthusiast would expect to find a faceful of vagina. And yet, it's hard to look at the latest edition of the catalog without feeling like a giggling sixth grader at the Santa Fe Georgia O'Keeffe museum. » 1/14/14 5:40pm 1/14/14 5:40pm

Happy 2014! As Sociological Images reminds us, this year marks the 40th anniversary of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, which enabled women to have credit cards in their own name. Not only was the act a step towards financial independence — it spawned the exciting stock photo genre "Delighted Lady Holding Credit Card." » 1/06/14 12:30pm 1/06/14 12:30pm