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BOSTON The unique shape and gold detailing of J. Seignolles' porcelain bowl ($116) have made it a must in Beantown...
...past several months, luxury businesses have been battening down to cope with a sinking economy. As the consumer pulls back on discretionary spending, luxury executives and retailers are scrambling to redefine themselves. Tiffany & Co. is opening smaller stores. J. Crew has set up shop in a former Tribeca bar and propped it with real liquor bottles along with the bow ties. Times may be tough, but things of great beauty?objects, food, buildings, places, clothing, jewelry?will never lose their appeal. There is a widely accepted theory that in moments of real political, social or economic stress, lipstick sales spike...
...articles, few of which consist of more than a page of loosely spaced text. It's the photo spreads - especially of the clothes, and especially of famous people wearing the clothes - that will make most readers stop and gawk. In that respect, *A Bathing Ape pays off. Aside from J-Pop starlets and Japanese celebrities like club DJ Cornelius and artist Takashi Murakami, the book's cameos read like an urban teenager's iTunes playlist: N.E.R.D.'s Pharrell Williams, DJ Shadow, M.I.A., T.I., Young Jeezy, Joel and Benji Madden of Good Charlotte, the late Biggie Smalls and Mark Ronson...
...avoid crowds at local malls. “The people who come here are interested in something better than buying clothes. It is an escape from Black Friday,” said Suzanne M. Wolfe, who shopped with her son Medical School professor Richard E. Wolfe. Ivy League outfitter J. Press was minimally affected by the day, according to General Manager Denis E. Black—a normal occurrence for the store, he said. Their male clientele was most likely completing holiday shopping for the family on Black Friday, and would return to J. Press the next weekend, Black said...
...that’s beside the point: Next time you mix up someone’s name or race, simply ask them again and try to train your eye so you remember for the future. Just don’t bring racism into it. Anita J Joseph ’12, a Crimson editorial comper, lives in Wigglesworth Hall...