As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 6, 2006

Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement No. 333-46190

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO FORM S-3

Registration Statement

Under

The Securities Act of 1933

JONES APPAREL GROUP, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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

250 Rittenhouse Circle

Bristol, PA 19007

(215) 785-4000

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

Ira M. Dansky, Esq.

Jones Apparel Group, Inc.

1411 Broadway

New York, NY 10018

(212) 536-9526

(Name and address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

Copy to:

William V. Fogg, Esq.

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

Worldwide Plaza, 825 Eighth Avenue

 New York, New York 10019

(212) 474-1000

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: Not applicable.

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DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

On September 20, 2000, the Registrant filed a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-46190) (the “Registration Statement”) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, as amended by Amendment No. 1 filed September 28, 2000, which registered for resale from time to time by a certain selling security holder up to 457,071 shares of common stock of the Registrant.

Pursuant to the undertaking made by the Registrant as required by Item 512(a)(3) of Regulation S-K, the Registrant files this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement and hereby deregisters all securities registered that remain unsold pursuant to the Registration Statement.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement No. 333-46190 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on March 6, 2006.

JONES APPAREL GROUP, INC.
Registrant
By:	/s/ IRA M. DANSKY
	Ira M. Dansky
	Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

Signature	Title
/s/ PETER BONEPARTH	President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)
Peter Boneparth
*	Chairman and Director
Sidney Kimmel
*	Chief Operating and Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
Wesley R. Card
*	Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)
Patrick M. Farrell
*	Director
Howard Gittis
/s/ ANTHONY F. SCARPA	Director
Anthony F. Scarpa
/s/ MATTHEW H. KAMENS	Director
Matthew H. Kamens
/s/ J. ROBERT KERREY	Director
J. Robert Kerrey
/s/ ANN N. REESE	Director
Ann N. Reese
/s/ GERALD C. CROTTY	Director
Gerald C. Crotty
/s/ LOWELL W. ROBINSON	Director
Lowell W. Robinson
/s/ ALLEN I. QUESTROM	Director
Allen I. Questrom

*By	/s/ IRA M. DANSKY
	Ira M. Dansky  Attorney in Fact