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Article: Oak St. boutique peddles cut-rate couture; A `gently worn' Chanel suit? $1,600.(News)(Daisy Shop)
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- Crain's Chicago Business
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- February 11, 2002
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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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Article: YSL sewing up Oak St. location; Designer line now ...
Crain's Chicago Business;
December 23, 2002 ;
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... ... arrangement with the designer. Yves Saint Laurent (YSL) is expected to lease the 6,500-square-foot space at 51 E. Oak St. currently occupied by St. John Boutique, which is scheduled to move to 919 N. Michigan Ave. in June. The designer's ...
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