Nice Animated Gif | Is It Fall Already??

Neiman Marcus recently sent an email with:
(1) a super early mention of Fall 2010 - we are only just into Spring... Be Prepared For Christmas Emails in August this year.
(2) a very nicely done animated.gif. 

The subject line for this email was: TREND REPORT: The Preview of Fall

Here is the animated.gif:

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Animated GIF Done Well

Here is a great example from Bumble and Bumble on using an animated GIF.  Nice job with the images and the Spring message!

Here is the entire email creative.
The Subject Line is: April frizz? Fret not (+ free shipping on ANY order starts now)