Bizarre. It makes little sense that J.Crew would deny their talented work force the opportunity of buying the Alexa Chung for Madewell collection (click here to view & shop the line). I mean, they are b-u-y-i-n-g it after all!J.Crew Employees Banned From Buying Alexa Chung’s New Madewell Collection at a Discount
By Amy Odell
September 9, 2010
J.Crew is good to their staff. We've heard tales from the inside about free all-you-can-eat-ice-cream day in the cafeteria and very generous employee discounts. However, every now and then something so special comes along that even the kindest of companies have to prioritize who they work for — the general public — over who works for them.
We hear that employees are banned from using their discounts on Alexa Chung's new Madewell line, which just went up for sale online. Of course they could probably find a way around it, and sneak into the store as a plebeian and buy it full price, but all special employee shopping privileges for this collection are off. Since it's such a hot commodity, if you had your eye on any of it you might want to swoop in soon, like the bat on Alexa's shirt that says "HELLO." How can you resist the "HELLO" bat? It's perfect for anyone going to Fashion Week who wants to wear their mood (you know, batty) across their chest.
Update: A source tells us J.Crew employees are banned from buying the line at all. Oh well — at least they have ice-cream day.
Isn't someone actually wearing the clothes, the best advertisement for the line? Why not the employee while working at Madewell?
And while we are on the topic of Alexa Chung & Madewell... "Thanks!" again to Ashley, who shared the following articles too:
- Style.com's "Alexa Chung Thinks It’s Weird That You Dress Like Her" post
- Reagan's Blog "Alexa Chung for Madewell. (don’t expect me to shut up about her any time soon)" post
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