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Critical Shopper - Moma Design Store
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Critical Shopper - Moma Design Store

The New York Times

A look at the Moma Design Store, where art and commerce blur so fully that people walk around observing product like art and art like product.

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A Long, Lusty Walk on a Short Pier
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A Long, Lusty Walk on a Short Pier

The New York Times

A retail review of the Hollister store.

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Critical Shopper - Den
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Critical Shopper - Den

The New York Times

“Fourteen years ago these clothes would have been incomprehensible to me. If I had walked in, listening to Letters to Cleo on my portable CD player, I would have reacted like a cave man who, hurtled through time, had come across a microwave and was dumbfounded. “Wha? $135 for T-shirt? Me no understand.”

photo by Hiroko Masuike

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Critical Shopper - Mini Jake
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Critical Shopper - Mini Jake

New York Times

Photo by Donna Alberico for The New York Times

You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby

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Critical Shopper - H&M on Fifth Avenue
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Critical Shopper - H&M on Fifth Avenue

New York Times

Photo by Lauren Lancaster for The New York Times

Where Men Don’t Ask, ‘Do I Look O.K.?’

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Critical Shopper - Trixie & Peanut
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Critical Shopper - Trixie & Peanut

New York Times

Photo by Donna Alberico for The New York Times

Don’t Catch a Tail in the Fitting Room

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Critical Shopper - Tommy Hilfiger
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Critical Shopper - Tommy Hilfiger

New York Times

Photo by Katie Orlinsky for The New York Times

Spend Some Time, if Nothing Else

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Critical Shopper - Thom Browne
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Critical Shopper - Thom Browne

New York Times

Photo by Jamel Toppin for The New York Times

One Size Fits Small

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Critical Shopper - Y-3
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Critical Shopper - Y-3

New York Times

Photo by Marilynn K. Yee/The New York Times

Think of Adidas, by Way of Porsche

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Critical Shopper - Le Labo
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Critical Shopper - Le Labo

New York Times

Photo by Lauren Lancaster for The New York Times

The New Sophisticated-Smelling Me

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Critical Shopper - Unfazed
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Critical Shopper - Unfazed

New York Times

Photo by Lauren Lancaster for The New York Times

The Department of Just Right

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Critical Shopper - Hickey
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Critical Shopper - Hickey

New York Times

Photo by Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times

The Bratty and the Beautiful

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Critical Shopper - Parke & Ronen
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Critical Shopper - Parke & Ronen

New York Times

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Swimsuits Make the Man

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Critical Shopper - Atelier
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Critical Shopper - Atelier

New York Times

Photo by Jamel Toppin for The New York Times

Subdued in Color, Mysterious in Mood


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Critical Shopper - SLVR
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Critical Shopper - SLVR

New York Times

Photo by Jamel Toppin for The New York Times

If the Apple Store Sold Clothing...

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Critical Shopper - Outfitters to Presidents, Preppies, Me
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Critical Shopper - Outfitters to Presidents, Preppies, Me

New York Times

Photo by Hiroko Masuike for The New York Times

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Critical Shopper - Save a Face, Save the World
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Critical Shopper - Save a Face, Save the World

New York Times

Photo by Atsuko Tanaka for The New York Times

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Critical Shopper - The Grove
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Critical Shopper - The Grove

New York Times

Photo by Natasha Calzatti for The New York Times

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Critical Shopper - Odin
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Critical Shopper - Odin

New York Times

Photo by Kirsten Luce for The New York Times

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Critical Shopper - Seven New York
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Critical Shopper - Seven New York

New York Times

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