rosie walked slowly , looking in the windows of secondhand clothing stores trying to pass themselves off as grunge boutiques , shoe stores with signs reading buy american and clearance sale in the windows , a discount place called no more than 5 , its window heaped with dollbabies made in mexico or manila , a leathergoods place called motorcycle mama , and a store called avec plaisir with a startling array of goods-dildos , handcuffs , and crotchless underwear-displayed on black velvet .