In a season destined to be remembered for vulgarity and excess in women's clothing, the question arises: how well have the cheaper chain stores, the places where the majority of American women actually shop, rendered the over-the-top styles of fall 2000? In years when street looks rule the runways, it's easy for houses like Chanel to offer souped-up, jewel-encrusted versions of baggy hip-hop pants and ratty thrift-shop ponchos. Now that the pendulum has swung, can relatively inexpensive stores succeed in creating clothes that manage to make the wearer look like she has plenty of cash... More >>>