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A festival of shopping: Lesley Thomas indulges her weakness in Dubai.(STYLE AND TRAVEL)(Travel narrative)
Publication: Spectator Publication Date: 23-FEB-08 Author: Thomas, Lesley
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COPYRIGHT 2008 The Spectator Ltd. (UK)
For me shopping for fashion is something that happens under cover. It is surrounded by stealth, tainted with guilt. Harvey Nichols bags are stuffed at the back of wardrobes. Rarely worn Louboutin heels are hidden from view--mine as much as anyone else's. I don't like to be reminded of my weakness for the beautifully superficial.
Footballer's wives have given shopping a bad name. Avarice is a vice, it's true, but it does not preclude intelligence. Do brain cells deplete the moment you cross the threshold of your local Prada outlet? A friend once looked--down the end of her nose--at a prized Lara Bohinc handbag of mine and dismissed it thus: 'I just couldn't spend money on that kind of thing. I'd rather buy theatre tickets.' But who says you can't enjoy Shakespeare...
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