Had the gray suit with a torn pocket been disposed of through a pawn shop or a second-hand clothing emporium?
Liam James Burton, a man named after the singer from Oasis, his ex-girlfriend's son and everyone's favourite men's clothing emporium, poses an interesting question:
'Next' and its ilk - the new wave of bright, white, high-tech clothing emporia - are where the shoppers are in a generation which has suddenly realized it has arrived.
In many ways, Quatorze has been a paradigm since it opened in 1984 on West 14th Street along a strip of bodegas, open-air clothing emporiums and bilingual driving schools.
No more dodging dawdlers on the escalators of New York City's department stores and clothing emporiums.
The fabled Spring Street Bookstore near West Broadway has now become a clothing emporium.
Racing teams, clothing emporia, trackday companies and driving experience centres feed Silverstone with their energy and bathe in its reflected light: a high-octane symbiosis.
When Quatorze opened in late 1985 on West 14th Street, a Hispanic-flavored commercial strip of bodegas, cut-rate clothing emporiums and bilingual driving schools, it seemed a bold move.
This warren of "twittens" is a mosaic of galleries, antiques shops, jewellers and clothing emporia, which mix cutting-edge design with a great collection of vintage wares.