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Byline: editor: Sally Singer
Newly married, Louisa Thomas left New York for Berlin with two suitcases and only an inkling of what she actually liked to wear. Feeling every bit the foreigner, she turned to fashion and found herself.
In the beginning of this year, I bought a pair of tall black boots, with buckle straps girding reverse pleats. When I modeled my purchase for my husband, Justin, he shrugged. "They're not very cute," he said. I looked down at them and frowned.
The next morning I went back to the store, boots in hand. The saleswoman hardly looked up. "I can't take them back," she said in rapid German. I looked at her with blank ...