![]() Meisler caters to her taste: ''If something comes in that's my size, she'll leave me a message and make sure I know.''įor Jill Wien, 34, of Norwood, the week is not complete without a trip to Past and Present, a 750-square-foot hot spot for designer seconds in Closter. ''Always looking for Chanel - evening wear, anything,'' Ms. Lynn Meisler, who opened the 1,500-square-foot shop nine years ago after a stint at Double Take, a consignment store in Short Hills, ''will call you for stuff that comes in,'' Ms. ''At Duet, I can get something really nice for $500 or $600. On the rare occasions that she goes to benefits, she says, ''I cannot justify spending $4,000 or $5,000 on a Badgley Mischka or Vera Wang outfit I'll wear once.'' That's where secondhand shopping comes in. Lee, who visits Duet Designer Consignment Boutique in Livingston at least weekly. ''For me, it's become the way to shop,'' said Ms. Some items still have designer tags dangling all come at a steal. ![]() One step inside, though, as the beaded Balenciaga gown displayed near the door gives way to a pair of mint-condition Manolo Blahnik pumps, and the situation becomes clear: Even secondhand stores have succumbed to the designer revolution.Ĭonsignment boutiques have sprouted across the state, and in them, instead of digging through the banged-up fashions of yesteryear, shoppers like Rebecca Lee, 42, a Monmouth County sales consultant, routinely pick up the castoffs of socialites and the super-rich. ![]() ![]() PEERING into the window from the strip-mall parking lot, it is impossible to tell. ![]()
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