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Fat Fashion Guy: How We Can Get the Mad Men Look

James Sanders | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Peggy Olson, Mad Men, Janie Bryant, James R. Sanders, Stan Rizzo, Amc Mad Men, Don Draper, Sterling Cooper Draper Price, Banana Republic, Mad Men Style, Mad Men Fashion, Style News

Grooming should be a big priority. Stick to a clean and classic look in hair and face to emulate the agency men we watch every Sunday. Take that extra time in presentation as Don Draper would -- as he would surely say, presentation is everything.

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PHOTOS: Banana Republic Is Presenting The Latest 'Mad Men' Line On An Airplane

The Huffington Post | Ellie Krupnick | Posted 02.29.2012

Read More: Mad Men, Banana Republic Mad Men Collection, Video, Banana Republic Mad Men Fashion Show, Airplane Fashion Show, Banana Republic Mad Men Airplane, Banana Republic, Banana Republic Mad Men, Style News

Where Karl Lagerfeld goes, fashion follows. Thus Banana Republic decided to make like Chanel and present its second "Mad Men"-inspired collection on a...

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Banana Republic Legacy Thrives in Today's Latin America

Michelle Chen | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Women, Gender Discrimination, Del Monte, Latin America, Central America, Agriculture, Globalization, Free Trade, Bananas, Labor Unions, Civil Rights, Chiquita, Labor, Human Rights, Banana Republic, Nafta, Cafta, Guatemala, Unions, World News

The term "banana republic" has become a cliche to describe economic imperialism throughout history, but the legacy of colonialism persists in Latin America today.

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MAD Magazine's Banana Republicans: An Exclusive Look

Bryan Young | Posted 04.16.2012

The usual gang of idiots over at MAD Magazine have come up with what I think is one of their funniest political spreads over. Hitting newsstands next week will be a "Banana Republican" catalogue and readers of my Huffington Post blog get to see it first.

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PHOTOS: Banana Republic Recreates Kate Middleton's 'Meet The Obamas' Dress

The Huffington Post | Ellie Krupnick | Posted 01.25.2012

Read More: Royal Style, Banana Republic Kate Middleton Dress, Michelle Obama, Banana Republic, Obamas Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Michelle Obama Kate Middleton, Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton Michelle Obama, Kate Middleton Style, Banana Republic Kate Middleton, Style News

Want to relive one of the most awesome moments of 2011? The May 2011 meeting of the Duchess of Cambridge and Michelle Obama, two HuffPost Style fa...

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Banana Republic's New Designer Collaboration

The Huffington Post | Jessica Misener | Posted 01.23.2012

Read More: Video, Banana Republic Trina Turk, Banana Republic, Banana Republic Trina Turk Collection, Style News

As if we weren't tantalized enough by another big name collaboration debuting soon, Banana Republic announced a new line with Trina Turk today. Wom...

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Bare Market: If Europeans Lose Their Shirts, American Retailers May Follow

HuffingtonPost.com | Alice Hines | Posted 12.08.2011

Read More: European Debt Crisis, Tourism, Abercrombie London, Abercrombie Paris, Eurozone, Eurozone Crisis, Banana Republic, European Retail, Tommy Hilfiger, European Union, Fashion, Abercrombie & Fitch, Hollister, Business News

In 1961, when Abercrombie & Fitch was still a hunting store, it sold Ernest Hemingway a "Boss," the double-barreled shotgun that he reportedly used to...

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Gap To Close A Fifth Of All Namesake Stores In United States

AP | By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO | Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Gap United States, Video, Gap China, Banana Republic, Gap Struggles, Gap Closures, Gap Shutdown, Gap Closing, Gap Close, Gap Stores, Gap Fifth, Business News

NEW YORK -- Gap Inc. plans to close stores in the U.S., while expanding in China. The struggling retailer, which runs the Gap, Old Navy and Banana Re...

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Boob! Why Don't You Buck Like Thunder?

Susie Bright | Posted 11.08.2011

If I were president, I would not be making a speech about jobs. This is Superman time: Lights, Camera, Shut-up, Action. I'd do something or die trying.

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Washington vs. America

Brent Budowsky | Posted 09.27.2011

Read More: Foreclosures, Taxes, Corruption, Roy Spence, Market Crash, Social Security, Selfishness, Jobs, Sense of Purpose, Joblessness, Gridlock, Surrender, Jobs Program, Self Interest, Barack Obama, Common Good, Debt Limit, Banana Republic, Principle, Capitulation, Bond Rating Downgrade, Washington, John Boehner, Stock Market, Medicare, Democratic Base, Foreclosure Aid, Wall Street, Politics News

Washington is an island drowning in its own self-interest, surrounded by a hurting and unhappy nation of deeply patriotic citizens who hunger for shared national purpose but find our politics to be sickening, insulting and corrupted.

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PHOTOS: 'Mad Men' Style Coming To A Store Near You

The Huffington Post/StyleList | Beth Cooney Fitzpatrick | Posted 09.20.2011

Read More: Style News, Mad Men, Banana Republic, Janie Bryant Gilt Groupe, Mad Men Banana Republic, Mad Men Janie Bryant, Designers, Slideadbigshot, Style News

"Mad Men" cultists may have to wait until 2012 to find out if Don Draper is really going to marry his secretary, but sartorial fans of Betty, Joan and...

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Retail Sector Adding Jobs, But Not Always Careers

AP | ELLEN GIBSON | Posted 06.05.2011

Read More: Financial Security, Retailers, Jobless Recovery, Jop Applicants, Economic Depression, Economy, Employment, Job Security, Recession, High-Paying-Jobs, Unemployment, Banana Republic, Retail Sector, Quality of Jobs, Careers, College Graduates, Business News

Erin Abell left a job in finance to volunteer for John McCain's presidential campaign in early 2008. She had hoped to return to the industry after the...

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March 21, 2011, News Update

Richard Valeriani | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Charlie Sheen, No-Fly-Zone, March Madness, Libya, Newsweek, Pledge of Allegiance, Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter, Banana Republic, Government Shutdown, Bringham-Young-University, Japan, New York News

MARCH 21, 2011, NEWS UPDATE Congress passes 6th stop-gap spending measure to avert government shutdown. We can now amend the Pledge of Allegiance...

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More Businesses, Consumers Work To Stem Human Trafficking

Mickey Goodman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Walmart, Old Navy, Gap, Nike, Levi's, Ecpat-USA, Abercrombie & Fitch, Banana Republic, Human Trafficking, U.S. State Department, Best Buy, Slave Labor, Advocacy, Activism, Veterans, Impact News

Companies are not powerless bystanders. Businesses play a crucial role in ensuring slave labor doesn't infect the products we buy. But it can be an uphill battle.

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An Axe to Calif. Redevelopment Agencies Means Less Homeless Housing

Joel John Roberts | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: California, Antonio Villaraigosa, Homelessness, San Diego, Third World America, Banana Republic, Pasadena, Jerry Brown, Starbucks, Culver City, Los Angeles, Redevelopment, Affordable Housing, Impact News

To cut one of the most effective publicly-funded programs that can dramatically improve a city's economic state, and pour in new jobs, just does not make sense.

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U.S. Income Inequality: Top 1 Percent Take Home 24 Percent Of U.S. Income

The New York Times | NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: CEO Pay, Congress, Wages, Bush Tax Cuts, Nicholas Kristof, Democrats, Rich, Stimulus, Unemployment, Barack Obama, Banana Republic, Income Gap, Poor, Third World America, Income Inequality, Republicans, Business News

The richest 1 percent of Americans now take home almost 24 percent of income, up from almost 9 percent in 1976. As Timothy Noah of Slate noted in an e...

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Martha Stewart Staff Among Tree Designers at This Year's Georgetown Jingle

Sherry Moeller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michelle Snow Bracken, Todd Bracken, Washington Wizards, Washington Design Center, Rill Architects, Martha Stewart, Suzanne Price, Jennifer Sergent, Georgetown Jingle, Washington Capitals, Georgetown University Hospital. Dr. Aziza Shad, Anduin Havens, Ann Snow, Mary Rill, Virtual Golf Girl, Four Seasons DC, Barefoot Wine & Bubbly, Sandra Meyers, Hannah Milman, Liliana Baldassari, Jim Rill, Washington Nationals, Frosting a Cupcakery, Banana Republic, Style News

All the festive trees at the Fifth Annual Georgetown Jingle on December 12, 2010 were beautiful, but there were favorites among the guests.

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Banana Republic -- A Rhyming Rant

Jim Parry | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Trickle-Down Economics, Tea Party, Banana Republic, Income Inequality, Bush Tax Cuts, Politics News

As the rich get more wealth And the rest just get whacked And good middle class jobs Simply aren't coming back, Oh America's bound On a grim downwa...

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The Faithful Shopper: September Values

Faith Hope Consolo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Harlem, Allsaints, Sy Syms, H & M, Sales, H&M, Mango, Target, Nordstrom-Rack, Zara, Labor Day Weekend, Labor Day, Nordstrom Rack, Topshop, Loehman's, Dolce and Gabbana, Eryn Brinie, Harlem New York, Dolce Gabbana, Century 21, Forever 21, The French Connection, Hennes and Meuritz, Desigual, Target Stores, Laila Row, Uniqlo Store, Times Square, Target Women, Retail Sales, Banana Republic, Syms Clothing Store, Nordstrom's, Topshop America, Uniqlo, New York News

Being a fashionista need not entail a multimillion-dollar fortune. Style comes at all price points, and our Labor Day edition will focus on some of the more affordable stores in the city.

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PHOTOS: Banana Republic Pants Retouched To Remove Mysterious Lump

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Airbrushing, Banana Republic Pants, Banana Republic, Style News

The ladies at Jezebel came across this interesting photograph of the Men's Tailored Herringbone Suit Pant on Banana Republic's website. It looks like ...

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Mad Men & Banana Republic Partner Again

StyleList.com | Lisa Marsh | Posted 05.25.2011

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For the second year in a row, Banana Republic is partnering with the iconic AMC show, promoting the series via its store windows, a how-to style guide...

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Howard Stern & American Idol: Can They Handle the Truth?

Lee Stranahan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Simon Cowell, Karaoke, Gary Dell?Abate, Rosie O'Donnell, Adam Lambert, Howard Stern, Clay Aiken, Fred Schneider, Simon Cowell Leaving Idol, Randy Jackson, Banana Republic, Howard Stern Sirius XM, Ellen Degeneres, American Idol, Fred Norris, Robin Quivers, B-52s, Entertainment News

Following recent rumors, many are questioning whether Howard Stern has what it takes to be a judge on American Idol; but they've all got the question wrong. The real issue is whether American Idol deserves him.

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Donald Fisher Dead: Gap Co-Founder, 81, Dies

AP | SARAH SKIDMORE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gap Inc., Cancer, Fisher Dies, Retail, Gap, Donald Fisher, Philanthropy, Gap Founder Dies, Fisher Dead, Donald Fisher Dies, Gap Founder, California, Jeans, Clothing, Old Navy, The Gap, Don Fisher Dead, 1969, Gavin Newsom, Style, San Fran, San Francisco, Kipp, Newsom, Gap Founder Dead, Don Fisher, Banana Republic, Piperlime, Athleta, Style News

PORTLAND, Ore. — Donald G. Fisher, who co-founded apparel giant Gap Inc., has died at age 81 after a long battle with cancer. The company said ...

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Who Knew? Fall '09 Winner Is the Gap

Michael Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Barney's, The Gap, Donny Deutsch, Banana Republic, Bravo TV, President Obama, Starbuck's, Designer Jeans, Madison Avenue, Adidas, Prada, Helmut Lang, Miami Social, Style News

I slipped on the Gap's Easy Fit jeans. I looked like a straight guy who might be heading to Applebee's for dinner. Not so much. It got worse with the Standard Jean. I looked like President Obama.

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Mad Men Fashion Goes Bananas

Stephanie Green | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mad Men, Mad Men Fashion, Amc, Mad Men Style, Banana Republic, Michael Kors, Style News

Fashion insiders, especially top New York designers like Michael Kors, have rhapsodized about the unique flair and old-school glamour of the AMC hit show Mad Men.

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