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C. Wonder, the apparel, accessory and home goods chain that shut down and filed for bankruptcy earlier this year, may get new life.

Xcel Brands recently said it’s hoping to buy the brand that J. Christopher Burch, the ex-husband of fashion designer Tory Burch, launched after the couple’s split.

The Fresh Produce retail chain, which sells colorful, roomy women’s clothing that one can classify as “tourist wear,” has found a buyer who promised to keep more than half of its 27 stores alive.

In court papers, Fresh Produce officials said that an entity called Blue Stripe LLC is preparing to buy all but 12 stores out of bankruptcy protection.

Bankruptcy professionals are scrambling to find a buyer who will save Fresh Produce women’s clothing line—colorful, roomy and reminiscent of that time you took the grandkids to Sarasota, Fla., for a beach vacation—from shutdown.

The Boulder, Colo., company could close by the end of August it doesn’t find a buyer to take over Fresh Produce’s 27 stores located in vacation spots like Florida, Arizona and South Carolina.

Women’s dress and formalwear chain Cache officially