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Urban Outfitters Effect

1) When an item or product that once was or can/could be found for a nominal/low/affordable price. Is unreasonably marked up to sell it as "cool", "indie" or "hip".

2) The commercialization of a "retro", underground, or "ghetto" style, product, clothing for capital gain.

3) Things that used to be stupid, unpopular, childish, uncool, dorky, lame, underground or otherwise socially awkward that are now marketed as mainstream hipster, "cool" or indie- usually to the teenage audience (in a socially positive light).
a) paying $88 for a jacket that looks like you picked it up at the Salvation Army for $5, just so you can be cool.
i.e.
Dude 1- Check out this sick new jacket I got.
Dude 2- Cool man, yea, I was at Salvation Army last week, I was thinking about getting that one.
Dude 1- Nah man, just got back from Urban!
Dude 2- oooooo.... you know they had like that same jacket at Salvo's for like $7 bucks right?
Dude 1- But this one's from Urban Outfitters.
Dude 2- Damn son, you just got fucked by the Urban Outfitters Effect.

b) Selling the Everyone loves a... or image of Little Miss Sunshine, a Technics turntable or "90s" looking tiger on a T-Shirt for $28

Half Italian Female- Like OMFG! They're so right everyone DOES love a little Italian girl!
Male- No.

c) This Urban Outfitters Effect thins is bullshit, they expect me to shell out $28 for a shitty, warn look Lucky Charms shirt? Dude, I saw that same shirt at Wal-Mart for $5.99.
by dex110 February 19, 2008
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Urban Outfitters

A fashionable store with (i'll admit) slightly over-priced clothing. But, hey if somone has the money to buy a certain pair of jeans or a couple shirts they like, then they should be able to buy them without being ridiculed like some of you low-lifes here who love to lable people into certain groups. I like going to Urban Outfitters because it offers clothing and styles not seen at 'all-american' clothing stores such as American eagle or Abercrombie and Fitch. (Nothing wrong with those stores btw, they're just going for a different look.) Urban Outfitters also has clothing that is affordable.
Hey i went to Urban Outfitters to get a unique belt and nice looking jacket!
by Alex235235 June 20, 2007
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outfit

"The Outfit" is the name used by law enforcement for the Chicago Mob. Leaders of The Outfit have been notorious mobsters like Al Capone,Frank Nitti,Paul Ricca and Tony Accardo.
During Prohibition, Al Capone led the Outfit until he was sent to prison and lost his mind from syphilis.
by MickCollins June 29, 2004
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urban outfitter

Girl 1: "I shop at Abercrombie & Fitch."
Girl 2: "I'm an Urban Outfitter."
by miiiiiim~ August 29, 2009
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Outfit Repeater

An individual who wears the same outfit (a set of clothing) more than once. Seems to be more of a female thing because it doesn't really apply to males.
Girl 1: Hi
Girl 2: Hello...OMG didn't I see you wearing those jeans and tops last week?
Girl 1: Ummmm....I dunno.
Girl 2: OMG EWWWWWW OUTFIT REPEATER!
by Johnny Cool 8 December 28, 2008
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outfit regret

The feeling that comes once you've left the house with a bad outfit on. Making the problem worse is you cannot go back home and change out of the bad outfit.
I'm @ wk wearing a horrible looking sundress, that looked good before I left the house, and now I hve to sit here with, "outfit regret", ugh !
by LG Shine May 21, 2009
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outfamy

reputation brought on by the tendency to frequently become blackout drunk
If Sarah keeps partying so hard every weekend, her name will live in outfamy for generations to come.
by Daniel Bray December 9, 2009
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