A View From the Other Side

Even my husband is hooked. A hard-working logistics director who wears whatever I hand him from his closet at 6 a.m., he likes L.L. Bean’s Easy-Care Oxford shirts. I discovered that one recent morning when I tried to hand him an expensive dress shirt I had bought for him from a department store. He peered around me and into his closet. “Aren’t there any more Bean shirts in there?” he asked. Trust me, there could be no higher compliment to a merchant.