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You, my dear readers, will no doubt have etched indelibly upon your minds my post of September 9th (Bonjour Paris) in which I recorded my vain attempts to locate one particular Vanessa Bruno dress. Having accepted begrudgingly that it was not destined to be mine - imagine my surprise when I chanced upon a brand new shiny Vanessa Bruno shop in rue Vieille du Temple. I popped in and there she