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Industry: Email Alert RSS FeedLUXE LOCALES; THE LUXURY CUSTOMER HAS MANY CHOICES WHEN IT COMES TO SHOPPING DISTRICTS. HERE ARE FIVE TOP-NOTCH DESTINATIONS FOR THE AFFLUENT AND WELL-HEELED.
Daily News Record, March, 2001 by BRUMBACK, NANCY; LLOYD, BRENDA; PALMIERI, JEAN E.; SAEKS, DIANE DORRANS; VARGO, JULIE
Union Square's New Look of International Luxury
SAN FRANCISCO -- If actor Michael Douglas ever decided to reprise his '70s TV hit, The Streets of San Francisco, his kinetic cop character would hardly recognize the place.
Then, San Francisco was a rather provincial city that prided itself on quietly conservative fashion. Professional men toiling in the Financial District and lunching at their favorite clubs sported traditional Brooks Brothers suits purchased at the time warp store on Grant Avenue.
Luxury then was an occasional splurge on a pink or lemon Scottish cashmere sweater from Bullock & Jones or a dashing Italian tie from the ultra-stylish new Wilkes Bashford boutique.
Since that time, San Francisco has gone through a...
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