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                                                                    Exhibit 10.7

                             REPLACEMENT NEW BRIDGE NOTE

                                                          Boston, Massachusetts
                                          
$ 4,300,000.00                                                September 4, 1998


     On or before March 31, 1999, the undersigned, DM Management Company, for
value received, promises to pay to the order of Citizens Bank of Massachusetts
(hereinafter called the "Bank"), at its principal office at 28 State Street,
Boston, Massachusetts 02109, or such other location that the holder may specify

     Four Million Three Hundred Thousand DOLLARS ($4,300,000.00)

with interest payable as hereafter set forth.  This is the "Replacement New
Bridge Note" issued pursuant to the terms of a certain Third Amendment to Second
Amended and Restated Loan Agreement dated as of the date hereof, by and between
Bank and the undersigned, as the same may further hereafter be amended or
restated (the "Loan Agreement").

     Interest shall accrue at the rate provided in the Loan Agreement for the
Replacement New Bridge Loan as defined therein and shall be paid monthly, in
arrears, during the term hereof commencing one (1) month from the date hereof
and on the like day of each month thereafter except all accrued but unpaid
interest shall be due and payable at maturity.  

     Overdue principal and overdue interest from time to time outstanding shall
bear interest in accordance with the terms of the Loan Agreement.  If payment is
not made when due hereunder then, without limitation on any other right of the
Holder, there shall be a late charge as provided in the Loan Agreement.

     If an "Event of Default" (as defined in the Loan Agreement) shall occur,
the entire unpaid principal balance of this note and all accrued and unpaid
interest may become or be declared due and payable without notice or demand, in
the manner and with the effect provided in the Loan Agreement.

     If a "Special Event" (as defined in the Loan Agreement) shall occur, the
entire unpaid principal balance of this note and all accrued and unpaid interest
shall be due and payable on December 31, 1998 without notice or demand.

     Every maker, endorser and guarantor of this note, or the obligation
represented by this note, waives presentment, demand, notice, protest, and all
other demands or notices in connection with the delivery, acceptance,
endorsement, performance, default, or enforcement of this note, assents to any
and all extensions or postponements of the time of payment or any other
indulgence, to any substitution, exchange, or release of collateral, and/or to
the addition or release of any other party or 





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person primarily or secondarily liable, and generally waives all suretyship
defenses and defenses in the nature thereof.

     The undersigned will pay all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses of
collection, including reasonable attorneys' fees, incurred or paid by the holder
in enforcing this note or the obligations hereby evidenced, to the extent
permitted by law.

     No delay or omission of the holder in exercising any right of remedy
hereunder shall constitute a waiver of any such right or remedy.

     The holder need not enter payments of principal or interest upon this note,
but may maintain a record thereof on a separate ledger maintained by the holder.

     The word "holder" as used in this note shall mean the payee or indorsee of
this note who is in possession of it or the bearer if this note is at the time
payable to bearer.

     This note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and shall take effect as an instrument under
seal.

WITNESS:                                DM MANAGEMENT COMPANY


/s/ Richard J. Snyder                   By: /s/ Olga L. Conley
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                                           Olga L. Conley
                                           Chief Financial Officer




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