Thus are longtime accessories specialists like Gucci and Herms coining money, and why everyone in the menswear business is moving heavily into accessories.

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He had Herms ties, a midtown Manhattan apartment with a doorman and skyline views, and a circle of powerful friends, among them technology entrepreneur Michael Rockefeller and real estate developer William Zeckendorf.

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Assets: Family owns 80% of Herms International.

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