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BRYANT PARK ’TIL 2010/4 JEWELRY’S COUNTERFEIT PLAGUE/40 WWDWomen’s Wear Daily • The Retailers’MONDAY Daily Newspaper • September 10, 2007 • $2.00 Accessories/Innerwear/Legwear Ralph’s Fashion Moment In a word, magnifi cent. Ralph Lauren celebrated his 40th anniversary in grand style with a show and fete Saturday evening at Central Park’s Conservatory Garden. He presented a stellar lineup of his signature looks, including these lovely garden gowns. For more on the season, see pages 8 to 19. PHOTO BY KYLE ERICKSEN KYLE PHOTO BY IMAGES: ELLE OCTOBER 2007 4 WWD, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2007 WWD.COM Fashion Week to Stay in Tents for 2 Years By Marc Karimzadeh Bryant Park. This season, IMG Fashion had to shrink its foot- WWDMONDAY NEW YORK — The tents can call Bryant Park their print and give up one site to reduce the impact Accessories/Innerwear/Legwear home for two more years. on the park. Mallis added that the new contract IMG Fashion, which owns Mercedes-Benz allows to potentially increase the footprint again FASHION Fashion Week, signed a contract on Friday to keep and to add another venue if necessary. She added Ralph Lauren’s party and show were the big weekend news; among other the event in Bryant Park through February 2010. she will continue looking for solutions beyond collections were Vera Wang, Michael Kors, Proenza Schouler and Rodarte. The deal was negotiated over the past six months the two-year extension. “I know there has been 8 with Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the New York speculation about the Port Authority roof, which City Department of Parks and Recreation and the we looked at a couple of times,” she said. “There GENERAL Bryant Park Corp. According to Fern Mallis, IMG are some issues we are not sure can be overcome, Stephen L. Ruzow will step down as president of Kellwood Co.’s Calvin Fashion’s senior vice president, this is the longest which has to do with the building itself, the weight 4 Klein women’s sportswear division, effective Sept. 21. contract IMG has signed with Bryant Park. It usu- loads for the roof…and the access to the roof. ally had year-to-year deals. There are currently three small passenger eleva- EYE: The marathon of fashion week parties only hit the halfway mark “It gives us all a little bit of breathing time to tors that take six people.” 6 over the weekend, but it still left many feeling footsore and exhausted. continue to look at other alternatives and spaces, Whether the deal with the park could be extend- Curved walls, mirrored counters and backlit glass walls contribute to the and to do it with the knowledge and understand- ed beyond two years remains unclear. Mallis said 36 futuristic mood of the fi rst Just Cavalli boutique in New York. ing that we don’t have to keep going back to the she preferred not to project too far in the future. drawing board each season to rehash this out,” “If we are in earnest looking for spaces and Knockoffs have been a thorn in the side of apparel and accessories Mallis said. “This enables us to do it in an orderly something materializes that won’t be built by 40 fi rms for decades, but now the problem has extended into fi ne jewelry. and effi cient manner.” 2010, we hope that the city and the park will con- In the 16 years the event has taken place at tinue to work with us in good faith,” she said. “But Classifi ed Advertisements.............................................................54-55 Bryant Park, it has grown signifi cantly, and the right now, we don’t want to worry what’s going to To e-mail reporters and editors at WWD, the address is fi rstname. Bryant Park Corp. has made no secret it wants the happen in 2010. A lot of things can change in two event to move from the park. It took the interven- years in this city and this industry. It’s an eternity [email protected], using the individual’s name. tion of Bloomberg last October to keep the tents in in fashion terms.” WWD IS A REGISTERED TRADEMARK OF ADVANCE MAGAZINE PUBLISHERS INC. COPYRIGHT ©2007 FAIRCHILD FASHION GROUP. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. PRINTED IN THE U.S.A. VOLUME 194, NO. 53. WWD (ISSN 0149–5380) is published daily (except Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, with one additional issue in January and November, two additional issues in March, May, June, August and December, and three additional issues in February, April, September and October) by Fairchild Fashion Group, which is a division of Advance Magazine Publishers Inc. PRINCIPAL OFFICE: 750 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017. Shared Services provided by Ruzow to Exit Kellwood Post Condé Nast Publications: S. I. Newhouse, Jr., Chairman; Charles H. Townsend, President/CEO; John W. Bellando, Executive Vice President/COO; Debi Chirichella Sabino, Senior Vice President/CFO; Jill Bright, Executive Vice President/Human By Whitney Beckett “This was always the plan, according to industry sources. Resources. Periodicals postage paid at New York, NY, and at additional mailing offi ces. Canada Post Publications Mail when they asked me two years “We appreciate Steve’s contri- Agreement No. 40644503. Canadian Goods and Services Tax Registration No. 886549096-RT0001. Canada Post: return tephen L. Ruzow will step ago to go to Calvin and fi x it — butions to our women’s businesses undeliverable Canadian addresses to: P.O. Box 503, RPO West Beaver Cre, Rich-Hill, ON L4B 4R6 POSTMASTER: SEND ADDRESS CHANGES TO WOMEN’S WEAR DAILY, P.O. Box 15008, North Hollywood, CA Sdown as president of Kellwood we knew it wouldn’t be forever,” over the past six years,” Robert C. 91615–5008. 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MANUSCRIPTS, PHOTOGRAPHS, AND OTHER MATERIALS SUBMITTED MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY Ruzow said it was his deci- addition to his post as president Klein division in order to refocus A SELF-ADDRESSED STAMPED ENVELOPE. sion to depart, and that he was of Kellwood Womenswear. In the women’s better sportswear, pleased with where Kellwood’s September 2004, he was moved and to develop and launch the ck MONDAY: Mercedes-Benz New York Fashion Week con- better and bridge Calvin Klein to the Calvin Klein division, Calvin Klein women’s bridge busi- tinues (through Wednesday). women’s sportswear lines were. which had trouble as a licensee, ness, which will be in stores for G-III Apparel Group reports second-quarter sales spring 2008,” Skinner continued. and earnings. “Now that better sportswear is re- positioned with a much stronger TUESDAY: Anteprima, Milan (through Wednesday). product presentation and bridge Ready to Show and Intertex Milano, Milan (through is ready to launch, Steve has ex- Thursday). Shapewear pressed an interest in retiring Milano Unica, Milan (through Friday). from Kellwood.” The U.S. Commerce Department releases the August A Global Resource with... Before joining Kellwood, foreign trade report. • Niche Market • Trend Forward Designs • Quick Response • In Stock Ruzow served as president at Benetton Group reports second-quarter sales and Always a Leader in Innovative Design and Manufacturing! The Leiber Group (formerly earnings. Pegasus Apparel Group) from Call...(800) 982-1113 March 2000 to May 2001.