I don't know what to say when reading a caption like this:
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There is a difference between a bargain and a good deal. A bargain tends to be cheap, found in overstuffed bins or on picked-over racks, and anyone schooled in basic math can spot one. A good deal, though, means that for whatever reason, the value of a prospective purchase — its distinctive design, its high quality, its look and feel — exceeds the price you're being asked to pay for it, and it takes some training and know-how to know one when you see one. Take this sharply cut double-breasted two-piece from Banana Republic's BR Monogram line. It costs just $700, a miracle of economy that creative director Simon Kneen once attributed to the brand's ability to use its scale to cut deals with Italian textile mills. That translates into luxury cloths at accessible prices, and along with the rest of the good deals in this section, it shows just how far you can make your money, and style, go this spring.
Read more: http://www.esquire.com/style/best-deals-spring-clothes-men-022112#ixzz1o7BTSpKE
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Have they ever visited Dappered.com? Do they not realize that paying full retail at BR means you're so rich that you shouldn't be wearing BR or that you're trying to spend all your cash on hand before the wife realizes you're plotting a divorce? These are smart writers, right? It seems that way. I doubt they're making 7 figures as Esquire copy writers.
I have to believe that they're getting paid by BR to call this price accessible and say ...I can barely type this... "just $700".
Someone tell Esquire that BR periodically has sales.
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