The site covers 130, 000 sq ft of trading space and sells a variety of goods from bridal wear to soft furnishings.

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So California's ports must compete on speed, which is increasingly important for time-sensitive goods such as fashion wear or consumer electronics.

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Vendors flock to the Freeman Coliseum next door to sell their western wear, furniture, art and other goods.

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As for makeup, despite the vast array of goods on display at stores, the type of New Yorkers I am writing about wear very little.

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Cronk, who also designs three lines of ready-to-wear jeans, attributes the interest in handmade, special-order jeans to a growing malaise toward mass-produced goods.

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