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I’m A Clothing Snob, And Even I Wouldn’t Skip These Deals Before It Ends Tonight
Filed 7h ago · Via HuffPost · The Buffoon Desk
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Kevin MacLeod · incompetech.com · CC BY 4.0
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A HuffPost shopping writer who describes herself as a self-identified clothing snob presents a curated list of Amazon Prime Day clothing discounts, including a bell-sleeved cardigan marked down from $36 to $25 and a knit top cut from $35 to $24.
The piece frames itself as a rescue mission, sparing readers from what it calls bad sizing and frequently returned foolishness elsewhere on Amazon, while directing them toward the same storefront via affiliate links.
No independent testing, return-rate data, or sourcing beyond the author's stated preferences accompanies the recommendations.
The full dispatch is available from the source below.
✒ FROM THE EDITORIAL DESK
A writer telling you she has great taste and then pointing you straight at the thing she gets a cut of selling is not exactly a shocking turn of events. The cardigan might be lovely. So might the rug a man sells out of his truck trunk, and he'll tell you the same thing about quality while he's at it.