<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/a0efa73c-5590-4256-a610-fa50bd3a9304/2F92225B-0011-42C1-96CF-907D826299AD/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/06/07/travel/07heads.html?em#" href="http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/06/07/travel/07heads.html?em#" style="font-size: 11px;">travel.nytimes.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/06/07/travel/07heads.html?em#"><NYT_HEADLINE type=" " version="1.0"> Antwerp Designers, Off Price </NYT_HEADLINE></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/06/07/travel/07heads.html?em#"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/travel.nytimes.com/img/27285C6C-32E0-44E8-B8D1-7DD7AA74BE26" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/06/07/travel/07heads.html?em#"><P class="caption">Episode sells vintage items ranging from Western shirts to gas masks.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/06/07/travel/07heads.html?em#"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/travel.nytimes.com/img/91F94398-6F83-40EF-943F-F7FBBA7B1203" alt="Antwerp" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/06/07/travel/07heads.html?em#"><P>ANTWERP has been a byword for avant-garde fashion since a group of up-and-coming designers started working in the Flemish city in the 1980s. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/06/07/travel/07heads.html?em#"><P>The city’s historic core is now one of <A title="Go to the Europe Travel Guide." href="http://travel.nytimes.com/travel/guides/europe/overview.html?inline=nyt-geo">Europe</A>’s hottest fashion hubs, and the price tags verify that status. Try walking into <A title="More articles about Dries Van Noten." href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/v/dries_van_noten/index.html?inline=nyt-per">Dries Van Noten</A>’s <SPAN class="bold">Het Modepaleis</SPAN> (Nationalestraat 16; 32-3-470-2510; <A target="_" href="http://www.driesvannoten.be">www.driesvannoten.be</A>) for some new apparel. A woman’s top can set you back 800 euros ($1,136 at $1.42 to the euro). A dress can easily run over 1,000.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/06/07/travel/07heads.html?em#"><P>But if you can’t afford those price tags, equally fashionable outfits can be found in the city’s booming second-hand clothing scene. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/06/07/travel/07heads.html?em#"><P>These outlets are the best way to add big-name designers from Antwerp and beyond to your wardrobe at bargain rates, while ambling through some of the city’s historic neighborhoods.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/06/07/travel/07heads.html?em#">In 2007, <SPAN class="bold"><A href="http://travel.nytimes.com/travel/guides/europe/belgium/antwerp/37513/fcs/shopping-detail.html">FCS</A></SPAN> (Timmerwerfstraat 8; 32-3-294-3378; <A target="_" href="http://www.fcselection.be">www.fcselection.be</A>) moved to Zuid </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/06/07/travel/07heads.html?em#">(South),</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/06/07/travel/07heads.html?em#">a honeycomb</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/2F92225B-0011-42C1-96CF-907D826299AD/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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