L.L. Bean and Nordic Fashion Models

L.L. Bean of Freeport, Maine has always done a good job at marketing.  Countless catalogues come to our house (and we don't throw them away before reading!) at all times of the year.  The catalogues are well-done and I always seem to find something that I need in them.  L.L. Bean was always known for catering to the camping and hunting crowd but over the past several years it has gotten trendy.  Evidence of this is their newest catalogue with a supermodel now gracing its pages.  Read more in "L.L. Bean Goes High Fashion?", Slate, February 23, 2010.