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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001209191-09-054788.txt : 20091201
<SEC-HEADER>0001209191-09-054788.hdr.sgml : 20091201
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20091201151818
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001209191-09-054788
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20091127
FILED AS OF DATE:		20091201
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20091201

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			JONES APPAREL GROUP INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000874016
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	WOMEN'S, MISSES', AND JUNIORS OUTERWEAR [2330]
		IRS NUMBER:				060935166
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			PA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1411 BROADWAY
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10018
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2126423860

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1411 BROADWAY
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10018

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			KERREY J ROBERT
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001179100
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-10746
		FILM NUMBER:		091214716

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		NEW SCHOOL UNIVERSITY
		STREET 2:		616 W. 12TH STREET
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10036
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    <issuer>
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        <issuerName>JONES APPAREL GROUP INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>JNY</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

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        <reportingOwnerId>
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            <rptOwnerName>KERREY J ROBERT</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>21 WEST 11TH STREET</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>#1</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK,</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10011</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

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            </securityTitle>
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            <transactionTimeliness>
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            <transactionAmounts>
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                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>17.23</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
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            </postTransactionAmounts>
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            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Phantom stock units convert to the cash value of the Company's common stock on a one-for-one basis.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">These units represent dividend equivalents on deferred director's compensation under the Company's deferred compensation plan for outside directors.  The units are settled in cash after the reporting person ceases to be a director of the Company.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">These units represent deferred director's compensation under the Company's deferred compensation plan for outside directors.  The units are settled in cash after the reporting person ceases to be a director of the Company.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/J. Robert Kerrey</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2009-11-30</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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