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by gmatdriller » Mon Nov 12, 2012 1:49 am

Fashion designer: In recent years many entertainment celebrities have started their own fashion labels. But unlike these celebrities, full-time professional fashion designers cannot become established unless they have an exquisite sense of style. Fashion labels started by entertainment celebrities will thus tend to offer less-stylish clothing, since __________.
Which of the following, if true, most logically completes the fashion designer's argument?

A. entertainment celebrities who do not have an exquisite sense of style should not start fashion labels
B. most entertainment celebrities who start their own fashion labels design the clothes themselves
C. a fashion label is unlikely to become established unless it offers exquisitely stylish clothing
D. such labels usually employ full-time professional fashion designers to design their clothing
E. many entertainment celebrities who do not start fashion labels do not have an exquisite sense of style

What is the logical approach to solving this CR question?

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by ice_rush » Mon Nov 12, 2012 11:08 am

i'd pick B here. What's the source and OA?

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by gmatwar13 » Mon Nov 12, 2012 11:26 pm

yup B...

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by gmatdriller » Tue Nov 13, 2012 12:56 am

Any explanations for your choice?
OA is B

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by hoji » Tue Nov 13, 2012 2:03 am

gmatdriller wrote:Any explanations for your choice?
OA is B

Think of those kind of questions as assumption questions(as a matter of fact, they mainly are assumption questions)

so try to Negate the answer choices:

Analysis:
the argument -> most entertainment celebrities who start their own fashion labels is not that good at designing as profs(full-time professional fashion designers) are

but what if entertainment celebrities who start their own fashion labels hire profs to do their job, then the design that entertainment celebrities make will be as exquisite as that of profs
and consequently our argument will be weakened(or cannot be true)

in order to defend our argument we should get rid of the idea that celebs hire profs

that is why the choice that says celebs design themselves is right on the spot!

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by gmatwar13 » Tue Nov 13, 2012 2:26 am

hmmm.. i approached it by..
Going through the lines of CR...

But unlike these celebrities, full-time professional fashion designers cannot become established unless they have an exquisite sense of style"...... This states two things celebrities don't have exquisite sense of style and they are successful as well...

"Fashion labels started by entertainment celebrities will thus tend to offer less-stylish clothing, since----" Its like Fashion labels started by Ent. Cele. have less stylish cloths why?.. Using the above deductions to get to the answer

A.. Irrelevant inforamation.. Normally answers with should which gives its own judgement are irrelevant
B.. yeah this matches.. our earlier deduction says "celebrities don't have exquisite sense of style" so less stylish
C.. Again irrelevant information...
D.. This is just opposite... if is the case Labels with ent. celebrities will have stylish cloths..
E.. Deductions from premise this is clear..

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by gmatdriller » Tue Nov 13, 2012 1:53 pm

Ok, thanks...i got it now... Initially was misled by the statement below:
"But unlike these celebrities, full-time professional fashion designers cannot become established unless they have an exquisite sense of style."

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by Sapana » Sat Dec 29, 2012 6:53 pm

I got the answer by POE, but I am not satisfied with the answer choice. After reading the passage and the question, the answer in my mind was sth like---> these entertainment celebrities design their own clothes and do not have great sense of style. However, I did not find any answer choice even close to my answer. Answer B does say half of the thing that I assumed. But what if these entertainment celebrities have exquisite sense of style. it is not explained by the Aswer B. Can anyone please tell me if i am missing something or being too critical here? Thank You!

gmatdriller wrote:Fashion designer: In recent years many entertainment celebrities have started their own fashion labels. But unlike these celebrities, full-time professional fashion designers cannot become established unless they have an exquisite sense of style. Fashion labels started by entertainment celebrities will thus tend to offer less-stylish clothing, since __________.
Which of the following, if true, most logically completes the fashion designer's argument?

A. entertainment celebrities who do not have an exquisite sense of style should not start fashion labels
B. most entertainment celebrities who start their own fashion labels design the clothes themselves
C. a fashion label is unlikely to become established unless it offers exquisitely stylish clothing
D. such labels usually employ full-time professional fashion designers to design their clothing
E. many entertainment celebrities who do not start fashion labels do not have an exquisite sense of style

What is the logical approach to solving this CR question?

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