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The Scene – Pinched between overflowing coat shops and renovated dive bars is a dress shop right out of the late 1800s. The walls sport wide vertical white and tan stripes, with hat boxes on a shelf to match. Dressmaker mannequins display the colorful wares, and Mary Adams herself (who says "I'm usually here") creates her masterpieces at a work space that doubles as a checkout counter. This place screams sophisticated atelier, and if Toulouse-Latrec were still alive, he'd be bringing Ms. Adams an afternoon Campari. – – – The Goods – Ruffles, ruffles everywhere,…