You’re probably familiar with the saying, “I’d give my right arm for [the object of your desire].” In fact, just earlier this week, one of The Cut’s commenters noted that s/he would sacrifice a car in exchange for a particular Louis Vuitton jacket. After all, when you want something bad enough, there’s nothing you won’t consider trading for it: a limb, a motor vehicle, a generally disliked member of your extended family … maybe even a generally nice member of your extended family. And nothing engenders that kind of self-destructive lust like haute couture. To wit, here are ten of our favorite looks from Paris's fall 2009 shows — click through and learn what, exactly, we’d be willing to swap for them. Because God knows we can’t afford to pay cash.

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