Same neighborhood, vaery different shop windows

Manhattan is known for having more and less expensive shops coexist in some areas....these three are a great case in point: Lord &Taylor not far from much less expensive dress shop. which is just around the corner from jewelry store having fire sale.

Used to be you could be fairly sure of the quality of what you were buying according to where you bought it, but these days it seems everything in made in China or Swaziland or Mexico...and may be a really cheap illegal knock off ( doubt Lord & Taylor would sell those, though).

Caveat emptor!