Lori's looks like a local version of Payless Shoes, with shoeboxes stacked on the floor and women surrounded by piles of heels and boots that they try on and trade in search of the perfect fit. But the designer names on most of those shoes prove that this is a step above your typical discount store. (I have friends from New York who make pilgrimages to Lori's whenever they're in town on business -- no matter how short their trip is.) A mecca for shoe-obsessed fashion slaves, Lori's stocks all the latest styles, at prices that average 10% to 30% below department-store rates.