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I thought this segment about fashion was neat. You can listen to it online.

Fashion Shows Deconstructed

by Susan Stamberg

Susan Stamberg, NPR

High fashion sweeps across the runway at a Paris fashion show in 2005.

Morning Edition, February 7, 2006 · While it may still be winter in most neighborhoods, clothing for spring and summer has already started arriving at the stores. The ideas for some of these clothes were first seen last fall -- at the ready-to-wear fashion shows.

Susan Stamberg attended two Paris runway shows with historian Joan DeJean and essayist David Sedaris.

Valentino's spring-summer ready-to-wear collection was familiar to DeJean, due not to the clothes, but to the promotional style. Showing clothes to buyers and fashion writers is an idea that goes back to Versailles and the court of Louis XIV.

It almosts makes you think twice. Like when uf member Brian (in the club) asked me how much his shirt cost I thought it was like $20. Then he got all mad and started pointed to the Diesel logo and how the zippered pocket wasn't fake. $100 bucks after Fifty percent off? Ain't chicken that dumb.