| November 24, 2008 |
VIA EDGAR AND BY FACSIMILE
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549-4561
Attn: | John Reynolds |
| Assistant Director |
Re: | Guess?, Inc. |
| Form 10-K for fiscal year ended February 2, 2008 |
| Filed April 1, 2008 |
| File No. 001-11893 |
Dear Mr. Reynolds:
Guess?, Inc. (the “Company”) is in receipt of your letter dated November 10, 2008 (the “Comment Letter”) that sets forth the comment of the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) regarding the Company’s response letter dated October 2, 2008, concerning the Company’s above-referenced Form 10-K for fiscal year ended February 2, 2008 filed with the Commission on April 1, 2008 and the Company’s Proxy Statement filed with the Commission on May 15, 2008.
In the Comment Letter, you requested that the Company respond to the comment set forth therein within 10 business days of November 10, 2008, or tell the Commission when the Company would provide a response.
The Company is in the process of preparing a response to the Comment Letter and plans to provide that response to the Commission on or before December 9, 2008. The additional time to file the response is required to facilitate preparation of a thorough response that includes input from the Company’s Board of Directors, which is scheduled to meet during a committee meeting on December 1, 2008 (and in consideration of the upcoming Thanksgiving Holiday and the Company’s preparation for its quarterly earnings release scheduled for December 4, 2008).
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| Very truly yours, |
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| /s/ Jason T. Miller |
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| Jason T. Miller |
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| Assistant General Counsel |
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| Guess?, Inc. |
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| (213) 765-3630 (direct) |
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| (213) 765-0911 (facsimile) |
cc: | Edwin S. Kim |
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| Pamela Howell |
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| U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |
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| Jeffrey Walbridge |
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| O’Melveny & Myers LLP |
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