File this under full-blown cultural phenomenon: cheap is cool. No, wait. Cheap is hot. OK, it’s cool like ice and hot like Padma Lakshmi in a mini-dress. Remember when cheap wasn’t cool? When cheap went hand-in-hand with Lady Stetson perfume at CVS, calling cell fraud and post-Wal-Mart-purchase guilt-fueled binge drinking episodes? Er, maybe that last one was just me. Point ... (750 words)

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