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On Sunday afternoon I received a call from the Barneys women’s buying office saying my black Balenciaga dress was in. It was heartening to know in these difficult times that somebody wanted to make a sale. About six weeks ago I’d stopped by the store with a copy of a Barneys ad featuring the dress,air jordan pas cher How much will a capital surcha, Exit #2 from the fall runway collection, a dress that also received tons of editorial attention. With sleeves reduced to seductive armbands,ralph lauren pas cher, a deep slit up the left leg, and planes of stiff black fabric intersecting across the front,ralph lauren pas cher, the dress has a very modern look. I was curious to see and touch it. Owning the dress wasn’t necessarily the objective. We see a lot of great fashion on the runways, but as I’ve pointed out here and in several columns recently, we seemed to see less and less of these clothes in the stores. (Indeed, I interviewed Balenciaga’s president Isabelle Guichot,polo ralph lauren pas cher,gucci outlet, among other chief executives, about this widening gap.) What we mostly see are pre-season collections, which stores like because the clothes arrive early in the season and have a longer selling time at full price than the runway pieces,polo ralph lauren, which tend arrive later.

While I understand the economics of this system, it means that most of us never get to see the actual goods. They exist largely for photographs and marketing. We don’t have the real experience of trying on the garments, judging the design and cut for ourselves, learning something, and maybe understanding why writers and editors were raving in the first place. Especially over this dress.

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There are certainly easier dresses to wear, but in making everything about Exit #2 so specific―from the fit and construction to the choice of material―Nicolas Ghesquiere had created a garment that did a little more work than the average LBD and thus produced a different set of results. It gave more sensory pleasure. And, no,ralph lauren pas cher, I don’t mind at all that it didn’t quite fit and I left it for someone else to try and maybe buy. I was glad for the experience,longchamp pas cher.