Prada's new bag

Source: Chris Gascoigne/VIEW

New Yorkers are flooding into the city's Prada store but they're doing more gawping than buying. So what is shopping expert Rem Koolhaas trying to tell us about high fashion? And why is the shop like a handbag?

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