Boutique Browser Prints

"I shop to forget what I bought last year."

"Some fitting room. Nothing fits!"

Small store loses out to glossy big store

'You must have something in my size?'

'As a general rule, I spend what my husband allows me to, plus 75%.'

"Acrylic, hemp, fire wax on mirrored aluminum and stainless steel."

"Do you have this blouse in XXXXXXXXXL?"

"I'm looking for a nice basic piece of clothing that can fulfill every need I have."

"And hideously priced!"

I don't like it. The lapels are too narrow.

Clothes Shop: Self-Satisfaction Guaranteed.

"It's two sizes too big, but it fits."

'Have you got one with smaller spots?'

'Autumn collection' with clothes fallen off rails like leaves.

"Meowzers!"

"We're pretty wiped. In one day, we summitted Gucci, Fendi, Comme des Garcon, Louis Vuitton, and Century 21."

Two women wearing identical dresses head toward exchange window at department store.

'What about trying this on for size?'

"It's two sizes too small."

"Any one of these will make the company even richer."

"It's a little much. Do you have them without this banana?"

"I got tired of running a huge mill, so I opened up a small steel boutique."

"Oh to be young and in love and wear things cut on the bias."

Great British Eccentrics.

The practical psychopath

"Never mind, Harry. Just remember, the 'Saturday Review' loved it."

"It's black, but it's not New York black."

"It's felt to be his most thought provoking work."

Myths and legends...

The Big Book of Suspicious Crawl Spaces

"I want that dressing-room mirror fired."

Customer Convention

Gallery book shop - Rodin's Browser

"Did you ask for the large print edition?"

A sign outside a bookstore reads: "Meet the people in the bookstore cafe staring at their laptops 2-4 p.m."