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Article: Changing the Chanel: Designer Discounts in Paris
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- June 28, 1998
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Deep in the shopper's brain, there's a hot wire linked to
Paris. Food, wine, jewelry, clothes--even the most oblivious
consumer knows that the best stuff comes from France. And whatever
she may claim, every woman wants a frock from Paris. Some chic
little rag about which she can say, "Oh, this? I picked it up in
Paris."
I'm not accustomed to hoisting bags embossed with designers'
names from Rue du Faubourg St. Honore or Avenue Montaigne. Usually,
if you shop there, you don't need to ask the price. But the lure of
a Parisian garment transcends the kind of bag it comes in. So I
visited the stores that sell designer leftovers.
Though I'm no clotheshorse, I do appreciate a well-made ...