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The Critical Shopper takes a stab at our bread and butter today and reviewed The Barneys Warehouse Sale. "It's where my mother took me to get a proper suit in high school, and where ... plaid shirt-smocks from Chloë Sevigny for Opening Ceremony go to die," says Jon Caramanica. We all know the deal by now, "this sale induces purchasing through chaos," he says. "Every respectable closet in New York has one or seven items bought in haste at a Warehouse Sale." And since the Warehouse Sale is now far from the only discount game in town, is it still worth a shot? [NYT]