The Department Stores Have All Become Museums - Gawker Comments

The Department Stores Have All Become Museums

SW-2 — Fri, 02 May 2008 01:58:36 EDT

For about $5, you can get some shiny red paint and do up all the soles of your Payless pumps.

SW-2

The Department Stores Have All Become Museums

backseat_driver10023 — Fri, 02 May 2008 01:01:46 EDT

@saxon212: They have rich sugar daddies?

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Saxon 212 — Thu, 01 May 2008 21:59:48 EDT

It's a well known fact in New York retail that shoe sales people work mostly on commission,as much as 10% and very little salary,so how will Bubble be able to afford to nibble donkey pate at the Spotted Pig or drink amusing little cocktails at the Beartrice Inn now that there's no income?

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BrutallyHonestBabes — Thu, 01 May 2008 15:46:54 EDT

Nice to know that $900 shoes buys you exactly no customer service from Bubble. Anyone else picturing Bubble from Ab Fab? Awesome.

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digitalsmoothie — Thu, 01 May 2008 15:23:45 EDT

@AuntPeniston: soooooo Dreiser-y!

I doubt I could buy anything for over $5 from a shopgirl who made me think of Edina's assistant from Ab Fab...

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PaisleyPajamas — Thu, 01 May 2008 14:29:40 EDT

Christian Louboutin, the French purveyor of $900 classic fuck-me pumps...

Didn't these shoes used to cost $1200 a pair? Does this mean being rich also makes you immune to inflation?

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edithdoll — Thu, 01 May 2008 14:27:02 EDT

Actually I think there's a lot of truth to that quote -- with Museums franchising their gift shops into stand alone stores like Moma, the Met and others. Also the tied in with the gift show of the special exhibits.

Boutique stores and upscale department stores strike me as going for the case in display type set up. Barney's was like that, just an artfully arrnage rack of clothes here or there and mannequin kneeling on a table. Emporio Armani and Chanel both struck me like: our clothes are encased -- you must asked to see them and if you think to inquire price we shall not show then to you.

The red on the bottom shoes are getting a lot of press lately but I think the out of size we don't know thing is to get a wait list. Much like the Kelly bag. C'est la vie.

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BalknChain — Thu, 01 May 2008 14:24:38 EDT

can we get northeastern title loans out for shoes?

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EdnasEdibles — Thu, 01 May 2008 14:13:56 EDT

I know how that lady feels. I get the same way when I go to the Nine West outlet and they only have size 5 and 11 shoes. I start clutching $30 flats in my rueful hands too. But you know, then I snap out of it and get shoes somewhere else.

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thatgirlinnewyork — Thu, 01 May 2008 14:10:51 EDT

hmmm--good point, andy! that old museum in bk is now pimping LV.

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hypocriteoath — Thu, 01 May 2008 14:09:41 EDT

So we can safely assume HamNo will soon be doing a similar piece on the A-life rivington club?

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whitekidinflatbush — Thu, 01 May 2008 14:07:17 EDT

Pathetically, this reminds me of the episode of Ugly Betty when Daniel Meade reminisced of his childhood days when his mother would take him to the "clothing museums", with his brother-turned-sister replying, "Those were stores, dumb-ass! Mom just called them museums to get us out of school!"

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AuntPeniston — Thu, 01 May 2008 14:01:45 EDT

Imagine my dismay when I went to Altman's the other day to peruse the shirtwaists only to find they've converted the place into a CUNY school. With a crappy gallery on the ground floor.

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Gayyker — Thu, 01 May 2008 13:58:14 EDT

Apple shaped sugar pot!

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SneakingThroughTheAlleyWithLalley — Thu, 01 May 2008 13:52:04 EDT

The poors can't even afford half a tank of gas and the riches are OUT OF LOUBOUTINS?

I don't know that money buys happiness, but I wouldnt mind marrying up/coming back wealthy in my next life to perform the little experiment & find out.

SneakingThroughTheAlleyWithLalley