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Time Is Money
Buried among the cheery headlines in The New York Times on the first day of 2008—Bhutto assassinated, riots in Kenya, collapsing stocks—was a tidbit you may have overlooked: an advertisement from the jewelry firm Harry Winston for a diamond-studded 18-karat gold wristwatch with the caption, “Light up the Avenue. The Avenue C Midsize from $37,300.” […]
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Purse Snatching
For almost a year, my friend B. walked around with a crumpled piece of paper in her purse—a picture torn from Women’s Wear Daily of a white canvas tote, like the ones you buy at the art supply store, with a big pink medallion in its center that said “Louis Vuitton.” Vuitton has a habit […]