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1/27/17

So Long, Wet Seal, Source of So Many Beloved Terrible Purchases

Wet Seal, the juniors shop that can take any awkward wardrobe from sad to sassy with just a quick trip to the mall,…

PublishedJanuary 27, 2017

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1/16/15

Failing retail store Wet Seal has officially filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, following speculation of its impending death, multiple store closings and employee protests in recent weeks. Read more

Clover Hope

PublishedJanuary 16, 2015

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1/7/15

The Wet Seal Employees Who Protested Lay-Offs All Got Fired

Remember those employees who posted a giant protest sign in the window of a Wet Seal in Seattle? They've been fired.…

Clover Hope

PublishedJanuary 7, 2015

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12/22/14

Wet Seal May Follow Delia's to the Defunct '90s Brand Cemetery

Wet Seal, bastion of shitty club clothes and mall culture, the Forever 21 of our day, may be headed for…

Clover Hope

PublishedDecember 22, 2014

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12/12/13

Wet Seal's Attempt to Be a Better Version of Itself Isn't Paying Off

Has Wet Seal, the store you likely shopped at in middle school and then forgot about, become a secretly legit…

Kate Dries

PublishedDecember 12, 2013

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7/23/12

Wet Seal Continues to Flounder, Fires CEO

In what seems like a desperate move to switch things up in the midst of a racial discrimination lawsuit and…

Katie J.M. Baker

PublishedJuly 23, 2012

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1/24/11

Wet Seal's "Your Single" Shirt Makes Illiteracy Sexy

Everyone makes a typo from time to time, but according to a Redditor, Wet Seal demanded this shirt go on sale even…

Margaret Hartmann

PublishedJanuary 24, 2011

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6/1/09

Astronauts Suit Up For Vuitton; The Kaiser Actually Hates Swans

One of Annie Leibovitz's Louis Vuitton ads with astronauts Sally Ride, Buzz Aldrin, and Jim Lovell is out. (Gorby…

TatianaTheAnonymousModel

PublishedJune 1, 2009

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3/28/08

Ashlee Simpson To Join Forces With The Ashlee Simpson Of Mall Retailers

As celebrity-commodity tie-ups go, it makes a certain kind of sense that Ashlee Simpson would shill for Wet Seal.…

Moe

PublishedMarch 28, 2008

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7/6/07

Paris Hilton Must Be Stopped

We are Nietzsche and God is dead: Paris Hilton's stint in jail saw her fragrance sales rise 30% higher than where…

Jennifer

PublishedJuly 6, 2007

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