Check out the gallery-like Hoxton Boutique (2 Hoxton Street), stocking MM6, Hussein Chalayan and its own Hobo label.

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Say what you want about net neutrality, at least the Internet hasn't been taken out by a hobo.

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The myth of the hobo runs powerfully through American folklore, symbolizing American wanderlust and the unfettered -- and unwashed -- spirit.

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In addition to playing the boy and the conductor, Hanks also portrays the boy's father, a mysterious hobo and Santa Claus.

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You might be a messenger type wanting that front flap to shield the unsightly mess within or a hobo type seeking unimpeded access.

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Three the Tods D-Style Bauletto, Fendi 2jours, and Gucci leather hobo are intended for women and can transition smoothly from the office to dinner.

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If I were a hobo, this would be my new crash pad.

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Instead, the man who sat down on Letterman's couch was a disheveled character with a hobo's beard and dark glasses, mumbling incoherent answers to the host's questions.

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When the Kittredge house is burglarized in a crime wave that the newspapers are blaming on vagrants, the plot becomes a mild mystery that Kit tries to solve for the sake of her young hobo friend Will (Max Thieriot).

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Which leads to the trickle-up theory: couture, being about lasting luxury instead of fashion fads, doesn't set trends but rather picks them up by osmosis, and last March the ready-to-wear shows were full to the brim with furs, from Ann Demeulemeester's cave-woman wraps to Amanda Wakeley's ermine jumper to Fendi's furs-that-didn't-look-like-furs (they looked like hobo patchwork coats, chunky grandma jumpers, and velvet skirts).

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