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You can buy the clothes -- just don't try to design them

Women are having trouble getting ahead in -- of all places -- the fashion industry.
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  • Friday, December 9, 2005 07:11 AM

    tale often told

    For centuries, domestic cooking was in the purview of women while professional cooking was a male-only profession. (It's not that were either incapable or incompetent when it comes to the work that women traditionally do; we'd just rather get paid for it.) It's been a slow road integrating professional kitchens, but the process is underway. Maybe the fashion world didn't get the taffeta-lined memo.

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