THE AMERICAN SHOPPER: DOWN BUT NOT OUT

摘要

Three years ago, I took a stroll down Michigan Avenue-the Magnificent Mile, as it's known to Chicagoans and credit-card-wielding tourists. The sidewalks and shops were jammed. I wandered in and out of a few stores, not to buy, just to look. Shopping as entertainment, remember? At a department store, I eavesdropped as a hulking man-in flip-flops on a very cold afternoon-inquired about Tom Ford's new fragrance. He was "dying to check it out."