<ARTICLE>                     5
<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the
financial statements of Jenna Lane, Inc. and subsidiaries included in the
Company's Form 10-Q for the period ended December 31, 1999, and is qualified in
its entirety by reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>


                             
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