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March 10, 2006
Validate My City!
Usually those "there are two kinds of people in the world" dichotomies either bore me or amuse me (my favorite: "There are three kinds of people in the world; those who can count and those who can't.") Rarely is there one that has some kind of truth in it. Until now.
There are two kinds of people in the world: Those who are excited about Barney's opening in Boston, and those who I might conceivably want to know.
"There's no question this town is now hip," said Annette Born, principal of Urban/Born Associates, a retail consulting firm. "We can stand up against New York and San Francisco."
Finally! We can stand up against New York and San Francisco! And we can all pay $395 for a pair of cufflinks! $28 for a novelty bib! Or $580 for a pair of Christian Louboutin shoes that contain as much material as your average wristwatch! Suck it, Schnectady!
I find it interesting that on their website, "Dog Accessories" is a subcategory of "Womens". I think, and I might be stereotyping here, that this is because when men think of dogs, they think "something I can throw tennis balls at, and in a pinch can help me hunt down food". As opposed to "I want a dog that will fit in a $1,980 Goyard Hullot dog carrier (with matching $320 collar)." Just a guess.
And there's more to come:
Recent real estate openings have also made room for shoe czar Jimmy Choo at Copley Place and the Italian designer Valentino on Newbury Street.
This is a great thing for Boston. As I sit here in my green sweater (Christmas gift), comfy jeans (Gap, $30), black shoes (Payless, $17) and ballcap (schwag from a deceased dot-com), I think - finally! There's even less chance that I'll run into these kinds of people!
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Where, oh where did Boston residents buy clothing before yesterday?
Posted by: adamg | March 10, 2006 02:02 PM
Yeah we feel the same way.
Posted by: Dan Zarrella | March 10, 2006 02:09 PM
LOL! I couldn't have said it better myself, sitting here as I am dressed head to toe in the finest that Kohl's has to offer. (No, wait--I bought the shoes at an athletic store. Does that disqualify me from being someone you'd want to know?)
Posted by: Alison Rose | March 10, 2006 02:25 PM
Wow, that purple dinosaur has come a long way.
Sorry, I have kids...that's the only Barney I know.
Posted by: Neal Patrick | March 10, 2006 03:30 PM
Why the hostility? It's a nice store and there's one at Chestnut Hill already. Are you bitter that you didn't get an invite to the opening party? Don't be. I know a lot of people who didn't (carpundit included); it was the hottest ticket in town.
Posted by: carpundit | March 10, 2006 03:31 PM
Thanks all.
Carpundit, honestly, I couldn't care less about this store itself. It's the tone of this article - and the news reports I saw last night - which make it seem like "we're finally a real city!" because now we can get soaked for fashionable clothes.
If we weren't a real city because of our history, architecture, colleges, bookstores, walkability and attitude of our fellow citizens, I don't see how this will help.
Posted by: michael | March 10, 2006 03:43 PM
Hey, didn't that dotcom send you a nice letter asking you to return all company-related material?
Posted by: ed | March 11, 2006 01:26 AM
I tried to return the hat (and jacket and lunchbox and some stickers), but I couldn't get anywhere near the site, what with all the vicious tumbleweeds blowing around.
Posted by: michael | March 13, 2006 02:19 AM
