While few women in Atlanta are likely to pair a retro 1970s acid-washed skirt with a Calvin Klein camisole, Chanel spectator pumps and a vintage Gucci purse, as Ms . Parker did in a recent episode, for fans, the show has the allure of flipping through Vogue.
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The martini, both classic and mutant, has been back big for a while now, part of the retro-hip resurgence that's brought us, among other things, the cigar, the dreaded goatee, spectator pumps, red meat, self-indulgence,'50s " lounge " music . ( Would you believe the lush sounds _ wasn't that the phrase ? _ of the Jackie Gleason Orchestra are heard once again in the land?
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John Muller, the owner of the Couture Club on the Chicago North Shore, is bullish on " everything and anything that has a sense of quirkiness and luxury : cashmere, fur and showpiece rhinestone jewels, the bigger the better . " His shop, with its black-and-white tiled floor reminiscent of a Newport mansion, is a fittingly glamorous backdrop for the high-end castoffs he culls in his travels throughout the Midwest : Ferragamo cream and black spectator pumps; Charles Jourdan multicolored sandals; and items that, with or without a label, hint at a lofty provenance.
