Exclusive clientele pay thousands to browse high-end merchandise

Launching this week;Colton's Personal Couture — owned by Howard Colton — is the most exclusive;and possibly only;private shopping club ever to hit Vancouver.

Vancouver's one per cent have a new place to spend their millions. Starting Wednesday, wealthy members of Colton's Personal Couture will pay $25,000 upfront to shop the couture brands by appointment in a private showroom stocked with their favourite luxury labels.

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In this April 15, 2012 photo released by Imagine South Pacific, beauty contestant Koini Vakaloloma poses for a photo in the surf on Tavarua Island, Fiji. A beauty pageant in Fiji that has turned into a fiasco has sparked a debate in the island nation about race, age and ethics after Vakaloloma replaced Torika Watters as winner of the Miss World Fiji pageant. (AP Photo/Imagine South Pacific, Shiri Ram) Editorial Use Only

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Jenna Talackova;the first transgendered Miss Universe contestant;gets ready for a photo shoot at the Sandman Signature Hotel in Toronto on Saturday;May 12;2012;in advance of next Saturday's Miss Universe Canada pageant.

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Canadian singer and poet Leonard Cohen is pictured on January 16;2012 in Paris.

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"The X Factor" judges, from left, L.A. Reid, Demi Lovato, Simon Cowell and Britney Spears attend the FOX network upfront presentation party at Wollman Rink, Monday, May 14, 2012 in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)

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