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<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the
financial statement of Jenna Lane, Inc. included in the Company's Form 10-Q for
the period ended December 31, 1997, and is qualified in its entirety by
reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
       
                             
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