They only became brown-bag brands after people who shouldn't have been spending money on them started snapping them up in a free-spending frenzy.

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In your description of that tune, you say that you would pass the black - the brown paper bag test.

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An ivory neoprene-and-leather dress with brown thigh boots and utility bag was a palette-cleansing reprieve from the color blocking in much of the rest of the show.

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Prospective sell-side analysts should pretty much come in with a brown bag over their heads, eyeholes cut out of course.

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Silva, a pony-tailed woman with nails painted emerald green, made a small bag of brown and black cloth squares to hold the monkey, which is still too young to walk.

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Net-a-Porter, an upmarket fashion website, now offers the option of having designer outfits delivered in a brown paper bag.

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