Thursday, February 12, 2009

Must be recession...


So I was doing my daily retail roundup online, checking for new merchandise, essentially bargains before coming across this.

This maxi dress (click the on the image above) from forever 21 is listed under new items when in fact this is from the brand's summer inventory. How do I know? I have that same fucking dress and I bought it in July. A couple of months ago, this dress was collecting pity in the 2 for $20 rack during the summit of fall/winter inventory arrivals. Now that spring is just a stretch from February, it's being marketed as a new item, with it's original price!

Recession isn't an excuse to ruse consumers into purchasing off season merchandise for novelty prices, especially with the brand's reputation for catering to a young budget conscious demographic. This leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

Polyester/rayon blends are getting too itchy for my armpits anyway.

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