UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q/A No. 2

[X]  QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
     OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

     For the quarterly period ended September 27, 1998

     OR

[ ]  TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
     OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Commission File Number 1-10746

JONES APPAREL GROUP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Pennsylvania                            06-0935166
(State or other jurisdiction of         (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)          Identification No.)

250 Rittenhouse Circle
Bristol, Pennsylvania                   19007
(Address of principal                   (Zip Code)
executive offices)

(215) 785-4000
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed
since last report)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such
filing requirements for the past 90 days.

YES   [X]         NO   [ ]

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's classes of
common stock, as of the latest practicable date.

Class of Common Stock                  Outstanding at November 6, 1998
$.01 par value                         104,859,946

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Explanatory Note

The undersigned Registrant hereby amends, as and to the extent
set forth below, the following items, financial statements,
financial statement schedules, exhibits or other portions of its
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended
September 27, 1998, as amended, filed pursuant to Section 13 or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934:

  Item 6.  Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K

  Exhibit 10.53, filed herewith, has been amended to include
certain provisions of Schedule C thereto which were
inadvertently omitted from the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q/A
No. 1 filed by the Registrant on August 26, 1999.



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SIGNATURE


  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this Amendment to the Quarterly Report to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.


                                                    JONES APPAREL GROUP, INC.
                                                                 (Registrant)


Date: October 29, 1999                        By           /s/ Wesley R. Card
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                                                               WESLEY R. CARD
                                                      Chief Financial Officer




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