The Devil Wears ...Frenchy's?

Ah yes, see if Miranda Priestly (played by Meryl Streep) wears Prada, she could very well have found it at Frenchy's. One thing I'm really looking forward to doing on my next trip to NS is taking advantage of a day or two of Frenchy shopping.

Frenchy's is a maritime thing. It's a chain of used clothing stores that offers more than just used clothing. You'll find name-brand clothes from Gap to London Fog to Prada if you look for it. The concept is simple - they divide the clothes by type (shirts, pants, skirts, sweaters, etc.) into bins, and you simply have to dig. Shopping at Frenchy's often involves time and imagination. The clothes are wrinkly and sometimes have flaws that require a tiny bit of touching up. But usually when you shop at Frenchy's you can come away with some really great clothes.

My best finds have been some great knit sweaters, a fabulous pink Kenneth Cole skirt, a Banana Republic top and a really pretty skirt which met an untimely end when I mistakenly tried to iron it. Ho hum.

And apparently I'm not the only one who things Frenchy's is great. There was an article published in the New Yorker recently from a freelancer who loves Frenchy's just as much. Read it here: RAG TIME: What I bought last summer (by Calvin Trillin).