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Morning Hemlines Mervyns Ppr Vintage Gems And Sean Avery

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Jul 21 2008 12:00am EDT

Morning Hemlines: Mervyn's, PPR, Vintage Gems and Sean Avery

Mervyn's credit crunch is causing deliveries to grind to a halt--can bankruptcy be far behind? (WWD)

Our favorite high-profile merging of fashion and flash is kaput, as Francois-Henri Pinault and Salma Hayek split. However, Pinault still has PPR to cheer him up. The luxury goods conglomerate's sales are looking up, even though the economy is not.

Diamonds, and rubies, and emeralds and sapphires, are a jeweler's best friend, particularly when they're vintage, or estate, and the customers are young or foreign.

From hockey to hemlines -- how does Sean Avery do it? Apparently, an internship at Vogue opens doors everywhere ...

by Lisa Marsh

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