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"Today in fashion news from around the world wide web: Mindy Kaling celebrated her book launch at Tory Burch in New York City last night and talks about being a celebrity and getting free stuff (or not); Michelle Obama wore a striped dress from ASOS on Halloween; Canadian supermarket fast fashion retailer Joe Fresh opens its first standalone New York City store; and more! NEW YORK&amp;amp;#8212; Last night, The Office star Mindy Kaling celebrated her book launch at the Tory Burch boutique in New York&amp;amp;#8212;and she talked to Fashionista about the cult of celebrity and getting free stuff (or not, as the case may be): &amp;quot;Listen, I never buy anything on final sale. The idea of buying anything online on final sale is crazy to me. I don&amp;amp;#8217;t understand that at all. I always have to be able to return everything. I have friends who are like &amp;amp;#8216;Nobody shops anymore, you get things for free!&amp;amp;#8217; and I&amp;amp;#8217;m like &amp;amp;#8216;Who is that famous person who gets everything for free because I&amp;amp;#8217;m not that person and I want to be that person.&amp;amp;#8217; Or, at least meet that person.&amp;quot; NEW YORK&amp;amp;#8212; Canadian supermarket fast-fashion retail brand Joe Fresh has opened a store in New York City&amp;#x27;s Flatiron district&amp;amp;#8212;and the company is thinking about rolling out across the US, opening 300 to 500 stores nationally. WWD reports that prices in the company&amp;#x27;s first NYC location run about $39 for pleather skirts, $69 for cashmere sweaters, faux shearling coats for $99, and $14 for turtlenecks. Silk shirts, jeans, and merino sweaters run about $19 to $39. &amp;quot;We try to belie the price,&amp;quot; said founder Joseph Mimran. &amp;quot;There are a lot of players in this niche.&amp;quot; THE WHITE HOUSE&amp;amp;#8212; On Halloween, Michelle Obama got into the holiday spirit by wearing a black-and-orange striped dress from ASOS. Our first lady shops at ASOS too! EVERYWHERE&amp;amp;#8212; If you&amp;#x27;re a longtime discount and off-price shopper like me, you&amp;#x27;ll be sad to hear that Syms and Filene&amp;#x27;s Basement have declared themselves officially dunzo&amp;amp;#8212;liquidation sales start now and will continue through January. WWD reports that Syms Corp., which owns Syms stores and Filene&amp;#x27;s Basement, filed for bankruptcy this week. &amp;amp;#8220;We have been faced with increased competition from large department stores that now offer the same brands as our stores at similar discounts; a proliferation of private label discount chains; a decline in buying opportunities as brand name labels have reduced overruns by improving their supply chain management&amp;amp;#8212;all combined with the worst economic downturn in our lifetimes,&amp;quot; Marcy Syms said. SANTALAND&amp;amp;#8212; Yes, this exists. Belated Christmas cards, anybody? More Ways to Get Glamour: Get the latest fashion updates via Twitter on @glamour_fashion Check out our chic Tumblr! Read Glamour magazine on your iPad&amp;amp;#8212;print subscribers, it&amp;amp;#8217;s now part of your subscription plan! Like freebies? Enter the latest Glamour sweepstakes! Sign up for our fashion and beauty newsletters to get easy style tips (it&amp;#x27;ll make your inbox 10x sexier, we promise). And, did you know you can read glamour.com on your smart phone?! It&amp;amp;#8217;s the ultimate boredom buster. Photo credit: Getty Images"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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