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Hi [lloli],

Thanks for your letter. I've received more letters on this column (both
positive and negative) than on any other. I had no idea it would strike a
nerve since it was just my own personal experience.

I would like to correct something however. Shopping vintage versus new is
not only about the cost. (These days because vintage is so hot, it actually
costs more than new in many cases.) It was more a personal habit and one
that had negative results for me. So I changed it. It's not about class or
gender. It's a personal story about my own perception of being in a rut and
struggling to get out of it.

Thanks for taking the time to write in.

Regards,

Rita
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Rita Silvan
Editor-in-Chief, ELLE Canada

whatever. she didn't really get my point, but, hey, she wrote back!