You can take the girl out of the velour tracksuit, but apparently you can’t take the tracksuit out of the girl. Rumor has it that the founders of Juicy Couture, Pamela Skaist-Levy and Gela Nash-Taylor, are trying to buy the brand back from its current owners. It’s been 10 years since they sold it to Liz Claiborne – now called Fifth and Pacific Co. – but according to financial statements obtained by WWD, the two designers are working with private equity firms on a plan to bring the label back under their control.
If they do make a successful return to the brand, Skaist-Levy and Nash-Taylor would have a very busy schedule: they started another line, called Skaist-Taylor, just last year. But it certainly wouldn’t be the first time a designer came back to a brand they loved after spending time on other projects. A look at five designers who made their own comebacks work, here. …read more
Source: FULL ARTICLE at fashionologie
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