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Dec 04 2007 12:00am EDT

Fashion Breakfast: Hemlines and Headlines

The best holiday present for luxury execs is the weak dollar. Shopping tourists are the saving grace during the holiday season for American retail stores. (WWD)

An Italian television program exposes the plight of Chinese workers working in Italy and more. Prada scores points as the only company to publicially comment. (WWD)

Selfridge's and Harrod's decide that accessories means more than just the bag and open up more floor space to belts, scarves, tights and the like. (WWD)

Phillips-Van Heusen reports a 20 percent jump in third-quarter earnings thanks to Calvin Klein.(WWD)

Tom Ford will open two Moscow stores next year in partnership with the Mercury Group. "Emerging markets are the future," he said. America is "last century." (Bloomberg)

Kate Moss makes the 160th edition of Who's Who. One giant leap for aspiring fashionistas everywhere.(Vogue UK)

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