The Jones Group Inc.
1411 Broadway
New York, NY 10018
February 27, 2014
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
| Attention: | Brigitte Lippmann |
| cc: | John Reynolds |
| cc: | Ronald E. Alper |
| Re: | The Jones Group Inc. |
| Revised Preliminary Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A |
| Filed February 27, 2014 |
| File No. 001-10746 |
Dear Ms. Lippmann:
In connection with the filing by The Jones Group Inc. (the “Company”) of Amendment No. 3 to the Company’s Preliminary Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, File No. 001-10746, filed on February 27, 2014, the Company hereby acknowledges that:
| • | The Company is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; |
| • | Staff comments or changes to disclosure in response to staff comments do not foreclose the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) from taking any action with respect to the filing; and |
| • | The Company may not assert staff comments as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States. |
| The Jones Group Inc. | ||||
| By: | /s/ Ira M. Dansky | |||
| Name: | Ira M. Dansky | |||
| Title: | Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | |||
| cc: | Beth Dorfsman, Esq. (The Jones Group Inc.) |
| George Schoen, Esq. (Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP) |
