Yes, I Look Fabulous, But Inside I’m Saving

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In a place where appearance is almost everything, and where studio back lots are filled with fancy veneers concealing plywood and chicken wire, hard times are summoning a distinctly Hollywood response: maintaining a fabulous facade on the cheap while paring expenses behind the scenes.

Locals joke that the only slimming down this town knows is liposuction, but the higher-end shopping districts quickly disprove that theory. For example, Robertson Boulevard, home to the celebrated Ivy restaurant, has 12 storefronts empty or emptying on just a five-block stretch.

?he trendonistas still flock to Barneys, but it? just to eat lunch and buy a lipstick,?said Leslie Wright, a fashion-forward executive at Bonhams & Butterfields, the art auctioneer.?hat way,?she continued, ?hey can still drop into conversation that they spent all afternoon someplace chic.?p>


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