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Archive: January 21, 2008

The merchandise Marc

 

Ask and you shall receive, Chicagoans: The new Marc by Marc Jacobs (click here for store address/maps) boutique in Bucktown has only been open for less than a week, but the managers have already pushed back closing time until 8 p.m. daily because of the number of anxious shoppers knocking persistently on their locked door every night.

A quick primer: Marc by Marc Jacobs' is actually the fashion mogul’s lower-priced line, but as a look at the price tags could tell you, the clothing itself is still quite expensive by most shoppers’ standards. The displays are purposely downscale­—and there’s a certain irony to seeing a $678 men’s wool jacket hanging on a wheeled metal clothing rack and $158 bikinis stuffed into clear plastic pouches.

But in the supposed name of accessibility, they’ve never been afraid of bastardizing the brand by proffering cheap trinkets emblazoned with the MJ name. Metal bins near the shop’s entrance are stocked with clever cheap thrills such as clamshell-shaped mirrored compacts ($5) and pens shaped like lipstick tubes ($1.50). Skin cancer-awareness T-shirts featuring screen prints of nearly naked celebrities—you can’t miss their respective posters in the store windows—will set you back just $35.

Freebie lovers will truly relish in this deal, though: While supplies last, score a Marc Jacobs Chicago canvas bag (a bit flimsy, but supposedly a $12 value) with any purchase, even a $1 keychain or $4 plastic bubble ring.

OK, fashionistas: Have YOU been to the new shop yet? Click here to sound off on what you think and what you bought

Categories: Lisa Arnett Shopping
January 21, 2008 1:47 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Screech and desist

Have you ever been at a low-key concert, standing in a packed crowd as everyone listened in silence, only to be distracted by a group of rude, loudmouth concertgoers? Well, anyone at Friday night's Tomorrow Never Knows show at Schubas--featuring The Redwalls, Illinois, Bon Iver and Wax Fang--got to experience that extreme annoyance first-hand during Bon Iver's otherwise haunting set. A group of gabbing gals destroyed the intimacy of Iver's performance when they walked into the music room. "Do you know what band this is?" one of the girls screeched, not actually sounding like she cared. She and her friends continued to chirp loudly until another girl nearby nicely asked them to please keep it down, resulting in the group of mood-killers insulting the friendly fan and threatening to fight her later. After Iver finished, one of the girls was overheard saying that concerts aren't like libraries, so they shouldn't have to be quiet.

Do you agree? Tell us your biggest pet peeve at concerts. Do you have an all-time worst concertgoing experience?

 

Categories: Matt Pais Music
January 21, 2008 1:21 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Box office blog: Lucky 'Clover'

The first deserving box office champ of the year, the much-hyped monster movie "Cloverfield" lived up to expectations and took in $41 million to land at No. 1. That made it the biggest January opening ever and more than strong enough to defeat the incredibly bland "27 Dresses," which placed second with $22.4 million. Audiences further proved their own intelligence by avoiding the awful comedy "Mad Money," which placed seventh with only $7.7 million.

What did you think of "Cloverfield"? Was it scary, or did the shaky handheld camera make you nauseous?

And speaking of scary: Did you know Sylvester Stallone has a new "Rambo" movie coming out Friday?

 >>CLICK HERE TO POST YOUR THOUGHTS

 

Categories: Matt Pais Movies
January 21, 2008 8:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)

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