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Jones Apparel Group, Inc.

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JONES APPAREL GROUP, INC.
1411 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, NEW YORK  10018

May 7, 2008

An important message from Wes Card:

Our annual meeting of stockholders to be held on May 21, 2008 is fast approaching. At this year's meeting, stockholders will consider and vote upon the election of our directors, ratification of the selection of our independent registered public accountants for 2008 and a shareholder proposal regarding an advisory vote on executive compensation.

Your vote is very important. As a holder of shares of Jones common stock on the record date for the annual meeting, you are entitled to one vote for each share of common stock held by you, including unvested shares of restricted stock. As of a recent date, we have not yet received your vote for this year's meeting.

If you hold unvested shares of restricted stock or hold vested shares in your own name, you received a proxy statement and a proxy card for those shares from our transfer agent, The Bank of New York Mellon. You must use that proxy card to vote those shares, unless you intend to vote those shares in person at the annual meeting.

If you hold shares in a brokerage account through the Company's program with Merrill Lynch or with any other broker, you must vote those shares separately, using the voting instruction card that you received in the mail either from Broadridge (on behalf of certain brokers) or directly from a broker that does not use Broadridge. Those cards most likely included instructions on how to vote by telephone or by Internet.

If you have not yet voted your shares, you are urged to do so at your earliest convenience. Our Board of Directors recommends that you vote FOR each of the nominees for director, FOR the ratification of our independent registered public accountants for 2008 and AGAINST the adoption of the shareholder proposal. Your support in accordance with these recommendations is important at this year's meeting, and for the reasons discussed on pages 50-51 of the proxy statement, we believe that your vote AGAINST adoption of the shareholder proposal is particularly important.

Please vote your shares of restricted and unrestricted stock held in your name by signing, dating and returning the enclosed replacement proxy card in the postage-paid envelope provided. If you have not voted shares you hold in a brokerage account and you discarded or misplaced the voting instruction card, please contact the person responsible for your account to request a replacement card or otherwise to provide voting instructions to that broker.

If you have any questions or require assistance voting your shares, please contact Jennifer Giglio in the Legal Department at ext. 2496.

Thank you for your cooperation and continued support.

 

JONES APPAREL GROUP, INC.

P R O X Y
THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The undersigned hereby appoints Wesley R. Card, John T. McClain and Ira M. Dansky, and each of them, each with full power to act without the other, and with full power of substitution, the attorneys and proxies of the undersigned and hereby authorizes them to represent and to vote, all the shares of Common Stock of Jones Apparel Group, Inc. that the undersigned would be entitled to vote, if personally present, at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on May 21, 2008 or any adjournment thereof, upon such business as may properly come before the meeting, including the items set forth on the reverse side.

This Proxy, when properly executed, will be voted in the manner directed herein by the undersigned stockholder. If no direction is given, this proxy will be voted "FOR" all listed nominees for director and Item 2, and "AGAINST" Item 3.

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Admission Ticket
Annual Meeting
of
Jones Apparel Group, Inc. Stockholders
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
10:00 a.m.
JPMorgan Chase Conference Centers
270 Park Avenue
Eleventh Floor
New York, New York

Agenda
	Election of Directors Ratification of the selection of independent registered public accountants Shareholder proposal regarding advisory vote on executive compensation Report on the progress of the corporation Informal discussion among stockholders in attendance

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Votes must be indicated (x) in Black or Blue ink.

(PLEASE SIGN, DATE, AND RETURN THE PROXY CARD PROMPTLY USING THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE.)

Please Mark Here for Address Change or Comments

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SEE REVERSE SIDE

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE "FOR" ALL LISTED NOMINEES AND "FOR" ITEM 2.

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Election of Directors

NOMINEES:

FOR   o

AGAINST   o

ABSTAIN   o

FOR   o

AGAINST   o

ABSTAIN   o

FOR   o

AGAINST   o

ABSTAIN   o

01 -

Wesley R. Card

05 -

Ann N. Reese

2.

Ratification of BDO Seidman, LLP as the independent registered public accountants of the corporation for 2008.

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02 -

Sidney Kimmel

06 -

Gerald C. Crotty

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE "AGAINST" ITEM 3.

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FOR   o

AGAINST   o

ABSTAIN   o

03 -

Matthew H. Kamens

07 -

Lowell W. Robinson

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Shareholder proposal regarding advisory vote on executive compensation.

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04 -

J. Robert Kerrey

08 -

Donna F. Zarcone

4.

In their discretion, the Proxies are authorized to vote upon such other business as may properly come before the meeting.

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JONES APPAREL GROUP, INC.

Annual Meeting of Stockholders

May 21, 2008, 10:00 A.M.

JPMorgan Chase Conference Centers

270 Park Avenue

Eleventh Floor

New York, New York

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