GOOD OLE U.S.A.: At least one person is not sold on the Far East as the new frontier. “I do not believe in Asia anymore,” said Jean Touitou, founder and owner of French contemporary brand A.P.C. “I know people are crazy for China, but I’m not at all. And Japan, for fashion — it’s a dead, dead country.” Which is why Touitou is putting his money in America, New York City’s West Village, specifically