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As recession rages, Brahmin restraint becomes... chic?

Retailers on Newbury Street say customers have been opting for less-flashy purchases lately. Retailers on Newbury Street say customers have been opting for less-flashy purchases lately. (Lisa Poole for The Boston Globe)
By Sarah Schweitzer
Globe Staff / April 26, 2009

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For years, to keep company in Boston's highest society - with, say, the Lowells or the Cabots or the Saltonstalls - the unwritten Brahmin code dictated that less was more. Your zip code might be pricey, but your home was hidden behind a hedge. Your clothes gave away nothing. Brown shoes and blue suits for men, frocks set off by ... (Full article: 1066 words)

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