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#1 2007-12-16 13:00:56
- Marc Grayson
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Vicarious Consumption
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0CE3DE173EF933A25755C0A9679C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all
"‘The sense of being perfectly well dressed gives a feeling of inner tranquility which even religion is powerless to bestow." Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not." Oscar Wilde
#2 2007-12-16 17:14:11
- Incroyable
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Re: Vicarious Consumption
Interesting how they disdain advertising, and yet mention numerous times, how rich the clients are. I suppose you need a bit of money to patronize those places, but rich might be too much of a generalization.
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#3 2007-12-16 17:43:05
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Re: Vicarious Consumption
"‘The sense of being perfectly well dressed gives a feeling of inner tranquility which even religion is powerless to bestow." Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not." Oscar Wilde
#4 2007-12-16 17:52:47
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Re: Vicarious Consumption
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#5 2007-12-16 18:23:44
- iammatt
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Re: Vicarious Consumption
This is my biggest pet peeve regarding shopping. It seems particularly prevelant on SR nowadays, perhaps because they are having trouble selling the clothing on the merits. Who knows. When it happens to me, I generally just move the conversation in another direction. It is almost hard to fault the salesperson since so many are looking for exactly this in a sales pitch and purchase. Still, it is really annoying. It hasn't happened to me in quite a while.
#6 2007-12-16 18:41:49
- Marc Grayson
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Re: Vicarious Consumption
"‘The sense of being perfectly well dressed gives a feeling of inner tranquility which even religion is powerless to bestow." Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not." Oscar Wilde
#9 2007-12-17 16:26:45
- Marc Grayson
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Re: Vicarious Consumption
"‘The sense of being perfectly well dressed gives a feeling of inner tranquility which even religion is powerless to bestow." Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not." Oscar Wilde
#10 2007-12-17 22:00:12
- Horace
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Re: Vicarious Consumption
""This is probably the last Deb season...because of the stock market, the economy, Everything..." - W. Stillman.