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Marissa Mayer's tasteless display of designer wealth

Jackson West ยท 05/01/08 01:20PM

Google search czarina Marissa Mayer explains her "personal style philosophy" โ€” or, at least, that of her personal shopper and the staff at Bergdorf's โ€” in a comprehensive if hardly hard-hitting followup to the launch of iGoogle's designer themes in the Wall Street Journal. Yes, the woman who showed up to her first interview in a sweater from Macy's INC International Concepts line is being crowned as a new tastemaker. Even as the economy takes a nosedive, Mayer jokes about being an unrepentant label chaser: