Article: Oak St. boutique peddles cut-rate couture; A `gently worn' Chanel suit? $1,600.(News)(Daisy Shop)

Byline: MARY ELLEN PODMOLIK

Around the corner from Escada, down the street from Jil Sander, tucked behind closed venetian blinds atop a narrow, six-floor building is Oak Street's version of Wal-Mart.

At the Daisy Shop, women who can spot a Louis Vuitton knockoff at 50 paces peruse racks of clothes bearing labels such as Givenchy, Versace, Hermes, Armani and Chanel-all sporting discounts that, on a percentage basis at least, would make Sam Walton blush.

Since 1995, the Daisy Shop has been peddling used designer fashions-or, as owner Barbara Abarbanell prefers to call them, ``very gently worn, noble items''-to discriminating customers who value a ...

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