Exactly where do those billions connect with reality?

That territory between rhetoric and realitythe gulf dividing fashions perceived glitz and true gritwas the space Popova explored today.

There were more animalia and floral kind-of batiks on cotton-silk crop tops and buckle-fastened skirts.

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Some of Bides last season tire-tread brooches returnedconsistent with the make-do-and-mend ethos of this designer.

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