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What's happened to J Crew?

Patrick Bateman

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Originally Posted by Chauncey Gardner
I hope I don't sound crabby in singling out an individual case of ludicrous language or malapropism, for it's all around us night and day. Rather this just gives me the opportunity to point out that using standard language is just as important in creating a good impression as is tying a suitable knot on your tie or polishing your shoes. They really go together, so that one's presentation through dress is reflected through one's speech.

When I read about "transitioning" to the spring collection, I understand that we hear this sort of pseudo-babble all too commonly on local tv news programs and, increasingly, elsewhere, and it's hard to resist following the example of such high-paid personages, but it simply undoes whatever image of sophistication one may have striven for in his attire. I call this sort of burlesque vocabulary "polyester language" as befits the paradigm.

Despite what the weatherman in his ill-tailored suit says, the day does not "transition" to evening any more than one "exits" a car, despite what the police commissioner may say. And I hope I never run across someone on this Forum saying "such that" in place of "so that" -- as in "hang your clothes such that they don't wrinkle". That's all demolished language, worse than any destroyed jeans one is likely to see. Quite simply, the day moves into evening, one gets out of a car, and one either hangs clothes in such a way that they don't wrinkle or simply so that they don't wrinkle.

Granted these are all examples of current buzz words, but they're watched far more closely than are your clothes. First impressions may be created by your appearance, but lasting impressions are creaed by what you say.
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And fleeting, if amusing, impressions are created by internet message board posters who spend more time with their thesaurus than with their grammar book or dictionary. Above, I've bolded some of your solecisms, usage errors, and bizarre word choices - feel free to study them before your next opportunity to make a first impression!
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LabelKing

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Originally Posted by Patrick Bateman
And fleeting, if amusing, impressions are created by internet message board posters who spend more time with their thesaurus than with their grammar book or dictionary. Above, I've bolded some of your solecisms, usage errors, and bizarre word choices - feel free to study them before your next opportunity to make a first impression!
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A bit of a Nabokov there.
 

MrRogers

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Originally Posted by Chauncey Gardner
I hope I don't sound crabby in singling out an individual case of ludicrous language or malapropism, for it's all around us night and day. Rather this just gives me the opportunity to point out that using standard language is just as important in creating a good impression as is tying a suitable knot on your tie or polishing your shoes. They really go together, so that one's presentation through dress is reflected through one's speech.

When I read about "transitioning" to the spring collection, I understand that we hear this sort of pseudo-babble all too commonly on local tv news programs and, increasingly, elsewhere, and it's hard to resist following the example of such high-paid personages, but it simply undoes whatever image of sophistication one may have striven for in his attire. I call this sort of burlesque vocabulary "polyester language" as befits the paradigm.

Despite what the weatherman in his ill-tailored suit says, the day does not "transition" to evening any more than one "exits" a car, despite what the police commissioner may say. And I hope I never run across someone on this Forum saying "such that" in place of "so that" -- as in "hang your clothes such that they don't wrinkle". That's all demolished language, worse than any destroyed jeans one is likely to see. Quite simply, the day moves into evening, one gets out of a car, and one either hangs clothes in such a way that they don't wrinkle or simply so that they don't wrinkle.

Granted these are all examples of current buzz words, but they're watched far more closely than are your clothes. First impressions may be created by your appearance, but lasting impressions are creaed by what you say.
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Thus, the effects of skipping medication time and throwing off brain chemistry.

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billyhoyle

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Despite what the weatherman in his ill-tailored suit says, the day does not "transition" to evening any more than one "exits" a car, despite what the police commissioner may say.
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I think it is because men don't shop in stores as often as women do and when men shop they tend to shop at the men only designers. First thought going through my head when I need new clothes isn't J. Crew.
 

lawyerdad

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Originally Posted by Chauncey Gardner
using standard language is just as important in creating a good impression as is tying a suitable knot on your tie or polishing your shoes.
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Agreed. It's as important as avoiding the temptation to use a handful of two-dollar words when a single five-cent word will do.
 

gorgekko

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I was beginning to wonder the same thing. When I first started receiving J. Crew's catalogue in 1991, there were no women's clothing in it at all. With the last one, I had to go through, what?, 70 pages before we got to a line up of clothes that was identical to the last catalogue.

I don't shop at J. Crew like I used to but I hope we aren't losing the men's section.
 

StevenRocks

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Somewhere around 2000, I bought a lot of things from J. Crew, but not much at all lately. These days, the stuff in their catalogs looks nice, but when I see it in person, it doen't interest me as much.
 

Leslierc

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Retail is fickle and the numbers are the numbers. The clothing lines have to pay for the spaces they occupy and I would posit that J Crew's men's lines aren't as profitable as their women's. As I recall from those occassions when I went into J Crew with my wife or daughter, their men's clothing offerings were fairly repetitive.
 

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