November 12, 2009
It isn't usual for me to be confused by fashion, but this picture in a NYTimes slide show has made my head reel.
All I can say is that I think the $7,900 price tag of the ensemble is probably right, because, at the going exchange rate, I think it translates to about two Victorian shillings and sixpence.
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