Laura Slattery: 'This is meant to be the comeback Christmas, the season of the sequin. So why does everything seem so muted?'
Closer to the point-of-sale, social media and subscriber email boxes now overflow with fevered sales announcements
She denies she did as she went to TK Maxx, obviously, then spends the rest of her 30 seconds wandering a candy-caned, snow-dusted town being showered with high-fives for her 2022-appropriate strain of generosity. Once opened, it glows with vague intent, then instantly transforms her from unmoving trench-coat wearer to diamanté-clad dancer with the shimmery make-up to match.
This December should be the month when no phones are necessary for location tracking – simply follow the trail of beads shed from glistening dresses that are 100 per cent not for life, just Christmas. Certain ecommerce brands, notably Boohoo and ASOS, are so fond of discounting, they’re virtually in perma-sale mode anyway. This inevitably makes Black Friday price-slashing less of a novelty and less persuasive a tactic in anxious times.
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