http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/ready-to-wear/default.aspxTags: ready-to-wearenCommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61129.2)http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2009/10/19/farewell-ready-to-wear-adieu-couture.aspxMon, 19 Oct 2009 22:39:00 GMTb38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:6758Samantha Henig0http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/comments/6758.aspxhttp://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/commentrss.aspx?PostID=6758A post from DoubleX writer Erica Kawalek: It’s a gloomy, retrospective day for fashion. The Wall Street Journal reports that a meeting was to have taken place today between French Prime Minister Francois Fillon and a group of government advisers, luxury...(<a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2009/10/19/farewell-ready-to-wear-adieu-couture.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=6758" width="1" height="1">wal-marthaute coutureschammtaraftsmenready-to-wearnanette leporethe garment center