Liz Claiborne Browses

In 1999, when retailer Liz Claiborne threatened to relocate its headquarters-along with its 800 employees and bountiful tax dollars-to New Jersey, the Giuliani administration induced it to stay with $8 million worth of incentives.

And so the mighty women’s clothier signed a new 15-year lease at 1441 Broadway, the 34-story tower it Read More

Miz-Life Crisis

“Today I was talking about my favorite look, especially right this minute,” said Isaac Mizrahi, the new designer for Liz Claiborne, on Tuesday, July 15. “If I was so thin, I would wear only oversized men’s clothes with the shirts all buttoned up, and a big belt, you know? And Read More

Liz Claiborne’s Fire Sale

For the last ten years, Liz Claiborne seemed to be buying everything in sight, especially things that were to most of us difficult to distinguish from Liz Claiborne itself. (Ellen Tracy? Dana Buchman?)

Now it appears that the company is prepared to part with many of its 16 subsidiaries practically for the asking, so that Read More