For months I waited for the Marshall's near my house to open up one of their hyped-up Cubes, an in-store boutique that's supposed to feature the latest styles for teens and misses. But then I actually went to one in Boston, and two in Chicago, and well, they're not that great. If you don't have one near you, you're not missing out.
The selection definitely varies by location, but even so, I didn't see anything of interest. Maybe I'm not their target audience, as the merchandise was clearly aimed at the juniors crowd. And I have nothing against shopping juniors, in fact, I do it all the time at stores like Nordstrom, but this was mostly Roxy and Baby Phat.
I had envisioned the Cube as a spot where all the contemporary labels would live, ya know, the good stuff like designer denim, Splendid, James Perse, C&C California, Theory, etc. (yes, these are all brands I've spotted at Marshall's before, but they were nowhere to be found in the Cube.)
Oh, and I've heard from readers the complaint about the different music that plays in the Cube, and yeah, it's that bad. It clashed with the music playing in the rest of the store and gave me a headache. On the plus side, the rest of Marshall's was still fab. So just skip the Cube unless you're under 16 and you'll do just fine.
If you've had a better experience shopping the Cube near you, let us know. I think it's a good concept that's been poorly executed. But if I was a teen, I might feel differently, who knows!
I had envisioned the Cube as a spot where all the contemporary labels would live, ya know, the good stuff like designer denim, Splendid, James Perse, C&C California, Theory, etc. (yes, these are all brands I've spotted at Marshall's before, but they were nowhere to be found in the Cube.)
Oh, and I've heard from readers the complaint about the different music that plays in the Cube, and yeah, it's that bad. It clashed with the music playing in the rest of the store and gave me a headache. On the plus side, the rest of Marshall's was still fab. So just skip the Cube unless you're under 16 and you'll do just fine.
If you've had a better experience shopping the Cube near you, let us know. I think it's a good concept that's been poorly executed. But if I was a teen, I might feel differently, who knows!
I also have to agree that the cubes I've been to are really messy and not worth suffering the music and ghetto labels to dig around in.
I love Marshalls, and i wish they had made the cube appeal to the fashionista, not the ghetto boo, club head or twelve year old.
Anyways, i was bummed the local Marshall's doesn't have the cube, but i guess you're right, im not missing much. lol.
its called slang, I think 13 plus pages of definitions will clarify that for you.
And yes, I know what a real ghetto is, and yes I know how depressing it is. I also know that I live in a culture that re- appropriates words and terms to give them new context.
I like definition 85- ghetto meaning cheap and tacky.... oh wait... but I can't use the word TACKY either because its origin from the 1850's is the word TACKEY which was an insulting term used to describe a poor farmer...
but not in the Cube.