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Mayor: Knock Off the Knockoffs

Submitted by Rod Foote, Feb 28, 2008 17:46

I don't know why the Mayor or the Pradas, Guccis et al of the fashion world are so worked up over these, uh, Canal Street Replications. Don't they know that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery? (Ok, the most lucrative, too.)


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I don't know why the Mayor or the Pradas, Guccis et al of the fashion world are so worked up...

Rod Foote 

Feb 28, 2008 17:46

And tell me what street compares to Canal street when you're in the market for a nifty knockoff? The sidewalk... [MORE]

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Feb 28, 2008 09:10

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