Mar 3 – Luxury clothes sales down as global economic downturn bites.
Fashion designers and buyers at Milan’s fashion week say sales at the luxury end of the market are suffering.
But designers are refusing to rein in their creativity, using less expensive materials to construct this year’s must-haves.
Jim Drury reports.
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Recession hits fashion world
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