Daniella Vitale to Join Barneys New York

NEW YORK, Nov. 29, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Barneys New York, the luxury specialty retailer, announced today that Daniella Vitale will join the company effective December 1, 2010, as Chief Merchant and Executive Vice-President responsible for all of women's and Barneys.com operations.  Ms. Vitale will be responsible for merchandising, business development and strategy in those areas and will report directly to Mark Lee, Chief Executive Officer of Barneys New York.

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Mark Lee stated, "Daniella is an outstanding leader and merchant and brings with her a lucrative twenty year career in the luxury retail space.  She will bring our women's and total web business to even greater prominence.  I am thrilled to work with her again and join our senior management team."  Daniella Vitale stated, "I am very fortunate to be partnering with Mark again.  He is an incredible talent and working with him at Gucci was a highlight.  Barneys is one of the most venerable retailers in luxury and I look forward to contributing to its continued success."  Ms. Vitale spent more than a decade with Gucci most recently serving as President of the Americas.  Previously she was Vice President of Wholesale at Giorgio Armani and a Merchandise Manager at Salvatore Ferragamo.

The company also announced that Judy Collinson, Executive Vice-President/GMM Women's Merchandising, and Julie Gilhart, Senior Vice-President/Women's Fashion Director, have left the company to pursue other opportunities.  Vitale has launched a search for a new women's Fashion Director.

Tom Kalenderian, Executive Vice-President/GMM Men's Merchandising, continues in his role and continues to report directly to Mark Lee.

About Barneys New York

BARNEYS NEW YORK (Barneys) is a luxury specialty retailer with flagship stores in New York City, Beverly Hills, Chicago, Seattle, Boston, Dallas, San Francisco, Las Vegas, and Scottsdale. Founded as a men's retailer in 1923 in downtown Manhattan it turned into an international arbiter of high style for both women and men in the 1970s and became renowned for discovering and developing new and innovative design talent. Barneys is famous for selling the most intriguing edit from the world's top designers including women's and men's ready-to-wear, accessories, shoes, jewelry, cosmetics, fragrances, and gifts for the home.

Barneys flagship store interiors are easily recognized by the unique juxtaposition of whimsical displays with a sophisticated gallery-like environment. Barneys' signature sense of humor and style is manifested in its creative advertising campaigns, original holiday themes, and celebrated window displays. Barneys' innovative and hip CO-OP, a mecca for young and emerging designers, was launched in 1985 and has since expanded into a freestanding store concept. Barneys operates more than a dozen CO-OP stores in eight states across the U.S. For more information about Barneys New York please visit www.Barneys.com.

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