Questionable Tributes

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Companies sure do love naming things after the LES. J.Crew has been selling Stanton and Ludlow clothing for years, and now Payless gets in on the fun with a line called simply "Lower East Side." At the moment, ironically, there is no Payless in the neighborhood. [Bowery Boogie]