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He built Superba into America’s number one tie company, selling it to PVH in 2006 for about $180 million. On his retirement, this widely admired industry icon shares a few success secrets. Are you really retiring? Why? Yes, it’s time. PVH neckwear has an amazing team of people in place and it’s their turn. That [...]
One of those famous PVH “lifers,” Mitch Lechner is proud of his 27 years at the company, as well he should be. “I started out on the Macy’s training program but the opportunity arose to join PVH when they were launching The Designer Group. I had the chance to get in on the ground floor [...]
New Year, New Company, New Attitude! You’ve been a division of Components Clothing/Components by John McCoy since 2003; why go out on your own? In a word: DIVORCE! The ending of my marriage to John McCoy was pretty complicated… It wasn’t just the personal, but the business was so entwined. So, going out on my [...]
The Headwear Association has opened voting for its second annual “Hat Person of the Year” award. The celebrity nominees are Johnny Depp, Hugh Jackman, Justin Timberlake, Gwen Stefani, Kate Hudson and Nicole Richie. Depp currently leads the poll with 32 percent of the votes. Last year’s “Hat Person of the Year” was Brad Pitt, who [...]
Whatever you do, don’t ask Doug Williams about New Year’s resolutions. “I don’t believe in them,” he insists. “If you need to make resolutions once a year, you’re not living life in the present. I believe New Year’s Day is every morning when you wake up. You choose to be happy or unhappy; you live [...]
NEW YORK—Margaret Spaniolo is leaving her position as SVP and men’s GMM at Bergdorf Goodman to be Thom Browne’s new president and COO, starting January 3. She will report to designer and CEO Thom Browne, and to Yasuhiro Ishikawa, CEO of Tokyo-based Cross Company, which bought a majority stake in Thom Browne a year ago. [...]
MIAMI—Lewis Cohen, owner of the Irving Berlin Men’s Shop in Hollywood, Fla. Has died at 88. Cohen, who was born in Philadelphia, founded the store with his business partner, Irving Berlin (not the songwriter) in 1953. Berlin long since left the business, but Cohen’s daughter, Ronni Cohen Coaches joined him 30 years ago. Cohen is [...]
NEW YORK—Adolfo Menswear has appointed veteran menswear rep Stewart Golden to the position of executive vice president. He will report to Adolfo chairman Paul Wattenberg. Golden will be responsible for developing new business, expanding into trousers and outerwear, and adding sales reps to serve independent specialty stores. –Harry Sheff
Oh the stories! Talk to Patrick MonPere Sr. about retailing and you will undoubtedly hear many a tale about life itself. An exceptional merchant with a flair for both fashion and finance, MonPere has created a unique business model that combines 16 retail stores and a strong web/catalog business with promotional cash-raising sales for merchants [...]
Karen Alberg Grossman: Don Robbie, who has designed for Cardin, St. Laurent and his own label, has been described as brilliant, outrageous and ever-exasperating.
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