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Article: Shopaholics Flood Grand Opening of Filene's Basement in Towson, Md.
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- The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD)
- Article date:
- March 27, 2004
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Byline: Andrea K. Walker
Mar. 27--Linda Parsons hadn't been in the new Filene's Basement in Towson five minutes before she scooped up four designer purses -- Nine West and Ellen Tracey, if you must know -- in this season's bright colors and at more than half the normal price.
The 51-year-old retired state government worker has shopped "The Basement" for 25 years, ever since the days when she had to wear a bathing suit to try on clothes at the flagship store in Boston, which was famously devoid of dressing rooms.
"Once you start coming you can't stop," she said. "I'd rather come here and buy three shirts for what I would pay for one anywhere ...