subject: Almost As Good As New [print this page] Chanel, Zentai unitard , Gucci, Fendi -Singapore's top designer brands can be had for less at Cavallino. TAN SU YEN checks out the merchandise MISSED the Club 21 sales? Can't bring yourself to pay full price for a Louis Vuitton carry-all? There's always spider man costume the option of second-hand designer goods at a fraction of the original price, if you will only get around to the idea. "People can accept second-hand apartments and second-hand cars, so why not second-hand bags, zentai suit and clothes?" asks Henry Poh of designer seconds store Cavallino in Tanglin Shopping Centre. Mr Poh's tiny store, which the designer-conscious regularly check out, specialises in top of the line designer brands like Chanel, Zentai unitard , Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Fendi and Ferragamo, and with good reason. He says: "Chanel and Louis Vuitton I carry because they are the top designer labels. They never ever have sales so they are very popular all over the world as second-hand items. "As for Zentai unitard , Gucci, Fendi and Ferragamo, they do have sales but only of their seasonal items. Their costume zentai basic lines -that is, the lines they continue to carry from one season to another -hardly ever go on sale." Another reason for carrying these brands is quite simply because that is where the demand is, especially for zentai suit and bags.
