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Filene's Basement Inc.

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2011

    Why Are Filene's Basement and Syms Going Bye-Bye?

    ​The economy is so rotten that even discount stores are going under! But the real reason for Filene's and Syms going bankrupt, according to this article, is that larger department stores have started carrying the same brands that they do, so they've become largely irrelevant and nearly obsole ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 19, 2011

    'The Running of the Brides' Is a Real Thing

    via NYDN​Over 200 women flooded the Filene's Basement on the Upper West Side yesterday for an event, which is apparently annual, called "The Running of the Brides." It's basically just a wedding dress sale, but more awful. The Daily News found a crazy person/bride-to-be named Nikki Saucier and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2010

    Bloomberg Puts Cheap Things On His Feet

    How about these Mike?​Our mayor, like every other over-sixty jewish man probably does, buys his socks for cheap from Filene's. The New York Post got the mayor to tell where the emperor gets his new clothes from. He said, "I buy my suits at Martin Greenfield, my shirts from Paul Stuart and my s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2008

    TABLOIDED: Why is Lindsay Lohan on Today's Front Page?

    How about these Mike?​Our mayor, like every other over-sixty jewish man probably does, buys his socks for cheap from Filene's. The New York Post got the mayor to tell where the emperor gets his new clothes from. He said, "I buy my suits at Martin Greenfield, my shirts from Paul Stuart and my s ... More >>

  • Columns

    March 20, 2007

    Network Encore? I'm Glad as Hell.

    We interrupt regular programming to take you back to 1976's darkly comic masterpiece.

  • News

    April 18, 2006

    A Tale of Two Cities

    Shopping on 14th Street, from Union Square to the meatpacking district

  • NYC Life

    March 7, 2006

    What's Really Inside

    J.C. Penney is now hip?

  • NYC Life

    February 7, 2006

    Butter Piping and Nipple Flowers

    A young designer takes on New York Fashion Week

  • Dance

    December 28, 2004

    Despondent Diva

    Choreographer Sarah Michelson's in the dark before Daylight

  • NYC Life

    November 2, 2004

    Forever 21, and Other Nightmares

    Choreographer Sarah Michelson's in the dark before Daylight

  • NYC Life

    October 26, 2004

    Union Square's Cut-Rate Consolations

    Bright stores open in a dark time

  • NYC Life

    June 10, 2003

    Search Party

    The Wilds of T.J. Maxx and Filene's Basement

  • News

    April 24, 2001

    Giving to the Neediest

    FIT Prez Chooses Posh Pad Over Student Scholarships

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