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Uniqlo’s Profits Soar; Gemma Ward’s Movie Comes Stateside

• Hey, retailers: The cold weather brought a 32.2 percent increase in sales for Uniqlo in November. That makes one of you. [WWD]

Gemma Ward’s new movie, The Black Balloon, debuts in the U.S. Friday. The drama has already swept nominations for Australia’s version of the Oscars. [Fashionologie]

• Sounds like Kate Moss’s spring 2009 Topshop line will include a lot of floral prints. How innovative. [British
Vogue
]

Helena Christensen is now co-designing jewelry for Pilgrim and starring in the ads. [Telegraph]

Naomi Campbell’s boyfriend, Vladimir Doronin, was seen punching a photographer in the stomach in Miami last week. Birds of a feather… [NYP]

Uniqlo’s Profits Soar; Gemma Ward’s Movie Comes Stateside