CEO SUMMIT.(WWD/DNR Apparel CEO Summit )(Brief Article)

Daily News Record, November, 2002

As could be expected of any gathering of type-A fashion personalities, the WWD/DNR Apparel CEO Summit was almost as much about schmoozing as about business. Prior to Ralph Lauren's speech, Scott Fellows, whose role as creative director of Switzerland-based Bally comes to an end next month, noted the conference helped reacquaint him with the U.S. fashion industry. Was he looking for a new job? "I may already have one -- you never know," he said with a laugh.

David Chu of Nautica said he was contemplating a return to Milan in January to stage a second men's show there, while Andreas Kurz, CEO of Diesel USA, said Lauren's speech was a highlight of the evening -- but so was being seated at dinner with Denise Seegal of Jennifer Lopez's Sweetface Fashion Co., who...

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