Fashion Street :
Readymade garments are one of Mumbai's chief
exports - and the surplus lands up at Fashion
Street, a huddle of little shops on Mahatma
Gandhi Road. They cost only a fraction of
the price in foreign stores however, and
are grabbed by fashion conscious collegians
fresh off the rack. Haggling, of course
is half the fun of buying. Begin at half
the quoted price and work your way gradually
upwards, then follow though with a thorough
appraisal of the goods: much of the stuff
here is rejected by quality conscious importers
and likely to have a missing button or crooked
collar. But by and large the clothes are
of good quality, trendy, and probably the
cheapest anywhere in the world.
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