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<IMG src="http://www.truthdig.com/images/masthead_newsletter.gif"> Hi, I read this on Truthdig and thought you would find it interesting. =-=-=-=-=-=-= High Fashion in the Time of Recession Granted, he is the head designer at Chanel, and haute couture has never been about realism or frugality, but Karl Lagerfeld might do well to drop his socioeconomic <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gCFQac34Zhl1o3oNIZIgmNb-cJTA?docId=CNG.be7791a73a07505be0838bf63d65ca6b.451" title="commentary">commentary</a> to the level of a whisper breathed to like-minded luxe junkies from behind a lacy fan in Paris. <a href="http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/high_fashion_in_the_time_of_recession_20111207/">http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/high_fashion_in_the_time_of_recession_20111207/</a> Copyright © 2011 Truthdig, L.L.C. All rights reserved. =-=-=-=-=-=-= This is a one-time mailing from Truthdig, (<a href="http://www.truthdig.com/">www.truthdig.com</a>) on behalf of the sender. Please report any misuse to webmaster-at-truthdig.com <IMG src="http://www.truthdig.com/images/masthead_newsletter.gif"> Hi, I read this on Truthdig and thought you would find it interesting. =-=-=-=-=-=-= High Fashion in the Time of Recession Granted, he is the head designer at Chanel, and haute couture has never been about realism or frugality, but Karl Lagerfeld might do well to drop his socioeconomic <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gCFQac34Zhl1o3oNIZIgmNb-cJTA?docId=CNG.be7791a73a07505be0838bf63d65ca6b.451" title="commentary">commentary</a> to the level of a whisper breathed to like-minded luxe junkies from behind a lacy fan in Paris. <a href="http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/high_fashion_in_the_time_of_recession_20111207/">http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/high_fashion_in_the_time_of_recession_20111207/</a> Copyright © 2011 Truthdig, L.L.C. All rights reserved. =-=-=-=-=-=-= This is a one-time mailing from Truthdig, (<a href="http://www.truthdig.com/">www.truthdig.com</a>) on behalf of the sender. Please report any misuse to webmaster-at-truthdig.com