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A Few Good Shirts.(International Edition; SPECIAL REPORT: LUXURY)(Viewpoint essay)
Byline: Jonathan Tepperman
Luxury lies not in how much stuff we have but in how well it's made--and how highly we value it.
This story starts with a confession: I own too many clothes. I can give you all sorts of rationalizations--they're a way to celebrate and console myself, they reflect my keen sense of esthetics, they're cheaper than therapy, a victimless crime--but I might as well admit the truth. A working man like me, who goes to an office every day and usually wears a tie, needs about 10 dress shirts--maybe 15, if he's not punctual about dry cleaning. Yet when, on a nervous hunch, I recently counted those in my closet, I hit -- well, I won't tell ...
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