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  www.marshallfields.com Trends - Everything Sizes - All Fitting Rooms - Segregated Prices - Depends Online Store - Yes, but not clothing Marshall Field's is pretty much your standard department store; It has a little bit of everything and the prices range from cheap to expensive. Their stores aren't quite as filled with brand names, though, so as a result you might find cheaper stuff here. |
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www.lordandtaylor.com Trends - Everything Sizes - All Fitting Rooms - Segregated Prices - Depends Online Store - No I wasn't impressed with Lord & Taylor as I walked in, because all I saw were gross Tommy Hifiger and Ralph Lauren brand clothes. I was about to walk out when I saw a light from heaven shine into the store onto a wall that had a sign saying, "CASHMERE." I walked over there, and the whole wall was filled with cashmere clothing. Mmmmm. Too bad I couldn't afford it. Anyway, an average department store with a great cashmere section. |
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www.filenesbasement.com Trends - Everything Sizes - All Fitting Rooms - Segregated Prices - Great Online Store - No You'll only find these stores in Massachusetts, New York, and Illinois, but if you happen to be in any of these three areas, check them out. Filene's is a department store with outlet prices. Their clothes aren't organized very well, and everything isn't overtly trendy, but you can find some buried treasures. Be sure to check out their "Collections" section, which has a bit of everything on sale. It's where I found my leather pants for $100, which cost $480 at Bloomingdale's and over $500 at North Beach Leather. Filene's also has crazy annual bridal sales (shown right), which hundreds of women line up for hours before they open because you can get $7000 gowns for $249. |
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www.urbn.com Trends - Hippie, Asian Sizes - Medium Range Fitting Rooms - Coed Prices - Expensive Online Store - Yes Props to Urban for having unique clothes that stretch the boundaries of fashion. You wouldn't be able to find many of the clothes Urban sells in other stores. It's is one of my favorite stores and I go there a lot, though I haven't actually bought anything from them yet. Their clothes include a lot of imports, especially asian ones. Because Urban's especially trendy, again you're paying for the design, and I haven't hit the point where I'm willing to pay for that with them yet. Many of their clothes are over $100 for simple things that wouldn't be hard to make yourself. But, I enjoy Urban's hippie and Asian styles and I like seeing what they'll sell next. |
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www.anthropologie.com Trends - Hippy, Urban Night Out Sizes - Medium Ranges Fitting Rooms - Women's Prices - Expensive Online Store - Yes Anthropologie is a store I recently discovered, and seems to be an Urban clone in terms of fashion and store atmosphere, but only sells women's clothes. Like Urban, everything they sell is too expensive, for instance, the dress shown in this picture (right) costs $84.95. Generally when I shop, I'll be like, "I like this, but I'll only buy it if it's under..." And I'll estimate a reasonable price for the item. In Anthropologie's case, the actual price is always at least $50 higher. Still, I like their clothes. |
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