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A NETFLIX MODEL FOR HAUTE COUTURE.
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11-9-2009 5:16 PM
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RENT THE RUNWAY.
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border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/09/technology/09runway.html?_r=1&nl=technology&emc=techupdateema1#"><P class="caption"> Jennifer Hyman, left, and Jennifer Carter Fleiss at Rent the Runway headquarters. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/09/technology/09runway.html?_r=1&nl=technology&emc=techupdateema1#"><P>For many women, a $1,000 dress is something they admire in the pages of a glossy magazine or see draped on the frame of a celebrity — not an item hanging in their closet. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; 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