Wives would order 40 gowns from Worth in Paris each season.

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The next morning, we could've gotten coffee and pastries from Avalon International Breads or detoxed in the worth-the-wait crepe line at Good Girls go to Paris.

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Fast-forward to the recent past and every green blog worth its solar-powered servers was celebrating the bike-sharing program in Paris.

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