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| | Fashion Police |
 | | Vintage dealers are not only fashion's new detectives; they also control the inspiration supply. |
 | | It was a 22-year-old vintage dealer, Sameer Reddy, who stumbled on a photo of the original, identical vest, by hippie designer Kaisik Wong, who died from an AIDS-related disease in 1990. |
 | | Of course, as much as they enjoy their detective work, the dealers also understand that fashion, as Reddy puts it, is all about "cloaking yourself in familiar imagery." Walsh points to John Galliano, who he claims used the copying process to perfect his craft. |
| www.newyorkmetro.com /nymetro/shopping/fashion/features/5938 (686 words) |
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