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Oct 08 2008 9:12am EDT

Morning Hemlines: Rochas, Retail, Narciso, Lululemon, LA Fashion Week, Project Runway

No surprise--except for Wal-Mart, retailers' same-store sales were down in September. (WWD)

Liz Claiborne
and Narciso Rodriguez are officially splitting. He'll take full ownership of the company. (WWD)

Yoga wear company Lululemon is expanding even as the economy sinks. (Portfolio.com)

Procter & Gamble is relaunching the Rochas fashion house, which it closed two years ago. (WSJ)

After five years of running L.A. Fashion Week together, Smashbox Studios and IMG will part ways. It's unclear where that leaves the event, which has been languishing. (LA Times)

The next season of Project Runway could be delayed while NBC Universal and the Weinstein Co. sort out their differences. (LA TImes)


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