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[LETTERHEAD OF RIORDAN & MCKINZIE]
January 7, 1999
VIA EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporate Finance
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Brylane Inc.--Registration Statement on Form S-1
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Registration Number 333-46227 (the "Registration Statement").
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
Brylane Inc. (the "Registrant") desires to withdraw the above-captioned
Registration Statement due to market conditions and the subsequent sale by the
Selling Stockholders listed in such Registration Statement of their interest in
the Registrant to REDAM LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly
owned subsidiary of Pinault-Printemps-Redoute, S.A.
No sales of securities have been made pursuant to this Registration
Statement.
Should you have any questions regarding the foregoing, please call me at
(213) 229-5003 or Sharli Colladay at (213) 229-8479.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Michael E. Roberts
Michael E. Roberts
for RIORDAN & McKINZIE
MER:mls
cc: Mr. Robert A. Pulciani
Gregg A. Noel, Esq.
