The scarf, with its red trimming and lively pattern in olive, ocher and teal, stood out from the others in the 2-euro bin at the secondhand shop  Chine Machine . I was there with Hannah Vinter, the 23-year-old daughter of a college compeer, who was staying with us for a few days. Hannah was moving to Paris from London and had no money for such frivolities, so I offered her the scarf as a freely permitted-to-Paris gift.

“Five euros,” said Olivia Singer, the 23-year-old British research manager, as I went to pay.

“But it was in the 2-euro bin!” I protested.

“The tag says 5 euros,” Olivia replied. “It’s quality it.”

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Born in Germany and raised in Virginia, Kenya Chase contrived English Letters at the University of Virginia before inspiring to New York where she used up two years as an aspiring dancer. Afterwards, she settled into existence as a novelist and managing editor, working for magazines including Jane, YM and Honey and later the newspaper Metro Supranational. She is a contributor to Fad.it and has also written for publications including InStyle, Taste, Au fond, USA Weekend, State Geographic Episode and UK ELLE to name a few. She now lives in London where she covers the trend and advantage beget for Metro.