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<p align="center">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June
25, 2013</p>
<u>
<p align="right">Registration No. 333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </p>
</u></font><font size="4">
<p align="center">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<br>
Washington, D.C. 20549</font><font size="3"><br>
_______________________________________________</p>
<p align="center"><b><font size="5">FORM S-8</font></b></p>
<p align="center"><b>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</b></p>
<p align="center">______________________________________________</p>
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<p align="center">THE JONES GROUP INC.</font></b><font size="3"><br>
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</p>
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			<td width="50%" align="center"><b>Pennsylvania </b>
			<p>(State or other jurisdiction of<br>
			incorporation or organization)</td>
			<td width="50%" align="center"><b>06-0935166 </b>
			<p>(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)<br>
&nbsp;</td>
		</tr>
	</table>
	</center></div>
<p align="center"><b>1411 Broadway<br>
New York, New York 10018<br>
(212) 642-3860</b><br>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</p>
<font size="1">
<p align="center">_______________________________________________________</p>
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<p align="center"><b>THE JONES GROUP INC. 2009 LONG TERM INCENTIVE PLAN<br>
</b>(Full title of the plan)</p>
<p align="center"><b>IRA M. DANSKY, ESQ.<br>
Executive Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel<br>
The Jones Group Inc.<br>
1411 Broadway<br>
New York, New York 10018</b><br>
(Name and address of agent for service)</p>
<p align="center">_____________________</p>
<b>
<p align="center">(212) 536-9526<br>
</b>(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</p>
<p>Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer,
an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.
See the definitions of &quot;large accelerated filer,&quot; &quot;accelerated filer&quot; and
&quot;smaller reporting company&quot; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. </p>
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	<table id="table1" border="0" cellSpacing="0" cellPadding="0" width="100%">
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			<td>Large accelerated filer [X] </td>
			<td>
			<p align="center">Accelerated filer [&nbsp; ] </td>
			<td>
			<p align="center">Non-accelerated filer [&nbsp; ] </td>
			<td>
			<p align="right">Smaller reporting company [&nbsp; ] </td>
		</tr>
	</table>
	</center></div>
<p align="center"><b>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</b> </p>
<table id="table8" border="1" cellSpacing="0" borderColor="#000000" cellPadding="3" width="100%">
	<tr>
		<td style="MARGIN: 4px 5px" vAlign="bottom" width="22%" align="left">
		Title of securities <br>
		to be registered</td>
		<td style="MARGIN: 4px 5px" vAlign="bottom" width="19%" align="left">
		Amount to be<br>
		registered (1)</td>
		<td style="MARGIN: 4px 5px" vAlign="bottom" width="20%" align="left">
		Proposed maximum offering price per share (2)</td>
		<td style="MARGIN: 4px 5px" vAlign="bottom" width="20%" align="left">
		Proposed maximum aggregate offering price (2)</td>
		<td style="MARGIN: 4px 5px" vAlign="bottom" width="22%" align="left">
		Amount of registration <br>
		fee (2)</td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td style="MARGIN: 4px 5px" vAlign="bottom" width="22%" align="left">
		<p align="left"><br>
		Common Stock, $.01 par value per share</td>
		<td style="MARGIN: 4px 5px" vAlign="bottom" width="19%" align="left">
		<p align="left"><br>
		3,250,000 shares</td>
		<td style="MARGIN: 4px 5px" vAlign="bottom" width="20%" align="left">
		<p align="left"><br>
		$13.485</td>
		<td style="MARGIN: 4px 5px" vAlign="bottom" width="20%" align="left">
		<p align="left"><br>
		$43,826,250</td>
		<td style="MARGIN: 4px 5px" vAlign="bottom" width="22%" align="left">
		$5,977.90</td>
	</tr>
</table>
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		<td width="5%" valign="top">(1)</td>
		<td width="95%" valign="top">Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities
		Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this registration
		statement also covers any additional shares of Common Stock that may
		become issuable under the 2009 Long Term Incentive Plan resulting from
		stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.<br>
&nbsp;</td>
	</tr>
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		<td width="5%" valign="top">(2)</td>
		<td width="95%" valign="top">Calculated solely for purposes of this
		offering under Rule 457(h)(1) and 457(c) under the Securities Act on the
		basis of $13.485 per share, which represents the average of the high
		and low sales prices per share of the Common Stock of the Registrant as
		reported on the New York Stock Exchange on June 24, 2013.</td>
	</tr>
</table>
<p align="center"><br>
Exhibit Index appears on Page II-4</p>
<hr noshade color="#000000" size="1">
<p align="center"><b>INCORPORATION OF PREVIOUS REGISTRATION STATEMENT</b></p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This Registration Statement on
Form S-8 is being filed by The Jones Group Inc. (the "Registrant") to register
3,250,000 shares of Common Stock of the Registrant, $0.01 par value (the "Common
Stock") authorized for issuance under the Registrant's 2009 Long Term Incentive
Plan (the "Plan"). The Registrant previously registered an aggregate of
19,123,245 shares of Common Stock authorized for issuance under the Plan
pursuant to the Registrant's Form S-8, Registration No. 333-159575 (the "2009
Registration Statement"), which was filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on May 29, 2009. Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the
contents of the 2009 Registration Statement are hereby incorporated in this
Registration Statement by reference. <br>
<br>
</p>
<p align="center"><b>PART II</b></p>
<p><b>ITEM 8.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; EXHIBITS. </b></p>
<p>See Exhibit Index at page II-4.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
</p>
<p align="center">[Signature Page follows] </p>
<p align="center">II-1</p>
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<p align="center"><b>SIGNATURES</b></p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Pursuant to the requirements of
the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable
grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8
and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of
New York, on June 25, 2013. </p>
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		<td width="50%">&nbsp;</td>
		<td width="50%">THE JONES GROUP INC.<br>
		<br>
		<p>By: <u>/s/ Wesley R. Card </u><br>
		Name: Wesley R. Card<br>
		Title: Chief Executive Officer</td>
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<p align="center"><br>
<b>POWER OF ATTORNEY</b></p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS,
that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Wesley
R. Card, John T. McClain and Ira M. Dansky, and each of them, his true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities to sign any and all amendments (including pre-effective and
post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-8, and to
file the same with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and grants unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might and could do in
person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Pursuant to the requirements of
the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the
following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated. </p>
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			<td width="33%" align="center"><u>Signature</u></td>
			<td width="45%" align="center"><u>Title</u></td>
			<td width="22%" align="center"><u>Date</u></td>
		</tr>
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			<td vAlign="top" width="33%"><u>/s/ Wesley R. Card</u><br>
			Wesley R. Card</td>
			<td vAlign="top" width="45%">Chief Executive<br>
			Officer and Director<br>
			(Principal Executive Officer)</td>
			<td vAlign="top" width="22%" align="center">June 25, 2013</td>
		</tr>
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			<td vAlign="top" width="33%"><u>/s/ John T. McClain</u><br>
			John T. McClain</td>
			<td vAlign="top" width="45%">Chief Financial Officer<br>
			(Principal Financial Officer)</td>
			<td vAlign="top" width="22%" align="center">June 25, 2013</td>
		</tr>
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		<td vAlign="top" width="33%"><u>/s/ Christopher R. Cade</u><br>
		Christopher R. Cade</td>
		<td vAlign="top" width="45%">Executive Vice President, Chief<br>
		Accounting Officer and Controller<br>
		(Principal Accounting Officer) </td>
		<td vAlign="top" width="22%" align="center">June 25, 2013</td>
		</tr>
	</table>
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			<td vAlign="top" width="33%"><u>/s/ Sidney Kimmel</u><br>
			Sidney Kimmel</td>
			<td vAlign="top" width="45%">Director <br>
&nbsp;</td>
			<td vAlign="top" width="22%" align="center">June 25, 2013</td>
		</tr>
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		<td vAlign="top" width="33%"><u>/s/ Matthew H. Kamens</u><br>
		Matthew H. Kamens</td>
		<td vAlign="top" width="45%">Director</td>
		<td vAlign="top" width="22%" align="center">June 25, 2013</td>
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		<td vAlign="top" width="33%"><u>/s/ Gerald C. Crotty<br>
		</u>Gerald C. Crotty</td>
		<td vAlign="top" width="45%">Director</td>
		<td vAlign="top" width="22%" align="center">June 25, 2013</td>
	</tr>
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		<td vAlign="top" width="33%"><u>/s/ Lowell W. Robinson</u><br>
		Lowell W. Robinson</td>
		<td vAlign="top" width="45%">Director</td>
		<td vAlign="top" width="22%" align="center">June 25, 2013</td>
	</tr>
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		<td vAlign="top" width="33%"><u>/s/ Margaret H. Georgiadis</u><br>
		Margaret H. Georgiadis</td>
		<td vAlign="top" width="45%">Director</td>
		<td vAlign="top" width="22%" align="center">June 25, 2013</td>
	</tr>
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		<td vAlign="top" width="33%"><u>/s/ Robert L. Mettler<br>
		</u>Robert L. Mettler</td>
		<td vAlign="top" width="45%">Director</td>
		<td vAlign="top" width="22%" align="center">June 25, 2013</td>
	</tr>
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		<td vAlign="top" width="33%"><u>/s/ John D. Demsey<br>
		</u>John D. Demsey</td>
		<td vAlign="top" width="45%">Director</td>
		<td vAlign="top" width="22%" align="center">June 25, 2013</td>
	</tr>
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		<td vAlign="top" width="33%"><u>/s/ Jeffrey D. Nuechterlein<br>
		</u>Jeffrey D. Nuechterlein</td>
		<td vAlign="top" width="45%">Director</td>
		<td vAlign="top" width="22%" align="center">June 25, 2013</td>
	</tr>
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		<td vAlign="top" width="33%"><u>/s/ Ann Marie C. Wilkins<br>
		</u>Ann Marie C. Wilkins</td>
		<td vAlign="top" width="45%">Director</td>
		<td vAlign="top" width="22%" align="center">June 25, 2013</td>
	</tr>
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		<td vAlign="top" width="33%"><u>/s/ James A. Mitarotonda<br>
		</u>James A. Mitarotonda</td>
		<td vAlign="top" width="45%">Director</td>
		<td vAlign="top" width="22%" align="center">June 25, 2013</td>
	</tr>
</table>
<p align="center"><br>
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<p align="center"><b>EXHIBIT INDEX</b></p>
<table id="table10" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="8">
	<tr>
		<td vAlign="bottom" width="10%"><b>Exhibit<u><br>
		Number</u></b></td>
		<td vAlign="bottom" width="90%">
		<p align="center"><b><u>Description</u></b></td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td vAlign="top" width="10%">5.1*</td>
		<td vAlign="top" width="90%">Opinion of Ira M. Dansky, General Counsel
		of The Jones Group Inc., regarding the legality of the securities being
		registered. </td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td vAlign="top" width="10%">23.1</td>
		<td vAlign="top" width="90%">Consent of Ira M. Dansky, Esq. (included as
		part of Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement).<br>
		</td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td vAlign="top" width="10%">23.2*</td>
		<td vAlign="top" width="90%">Consent of BDO USA, LLP. </td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td vAlign="top" width="10%">24.1</td>
		<td vAlign="top" width="90%">Power of Attorney (included on the
		signature page of this Registration Statement). </td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td vAlign="top" width="10%">99.1</td>
		<td vAlign="top" width="90%">2009 Long Term Incentive Plan, as amended
		(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrant's Current
		Report on Form 8-K dated June 14, 2013).</td>
	</tr>
</table>
<p>________________<br>
*Filed herewith</p>
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Form S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June
25, 2013
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
_______________________________________________
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
______________________________________________
THE JONES 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.)
1411 Broadway
New York, New York 10018
(212) 642-3860
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
_______________________________________________________
THE JONES GROUP INC. 2009 LONG TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
IRA M. DANSKY, ESQ.
Executive Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel
The Jones Group Inc.
1411 Broadway
New York, New York 10018
(Name and address of agent for service)
_____________________
(212) 536-9526
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer,
an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.
See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and
"smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer [X]
Accelerated filer [  ]
Non-accelerated filer [  ]
Smaller reporting company [  ]
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of securities
to be registered
Amount to be
registered (1)
Proposed maximum offering price per share (2)
Proposed maximum aggregate offering price (2)
Amount of registration
fee (2)
Common Stock, $.01 par value per share
3,250,000 shares
$13.485
$43,826,250
$5,977.90
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities
		Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this registration
		statement also covers any additional shares of Common Stock that may
		become issuable under the 2009 Long Term Incentive Plan resulting from
		stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.
(2)
Calculated solely for purposes of this
		offering under Rule 457(h)(1) and 457(c) under the Securities Act on the
		basis of $13.485 per share, which represents the average of the high
		and low sales prices per share of the Common Stock of the Registrant as
		reported on the New York Stock Exchange on June 24, 2013.
Exhibit Index appears on Page II-4
INCORPORATION OF PREVIOUS REGISTRATION STATEMENT
This Registration Statement on
Form S-8 is being filed by The Jones Group Inc. (the "Registrant") to register
3,250,000 shares of Common Stock of the Registrant, $0.01 par value (the "Common
Stock") authorized for issuance under the Registrant's 2009 Long Term Incentive
Plan (the "Plan"). The Registrant previously registered an aggregate of
19,123,245 shares of Common Stock authorized for issuance under the Plan
pursuant to the Registrant's Form S-8, Registration No. 333-159575 (the "2009
Registration Statement"), which was filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on May 29, 2009. Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the
contents of the 2009 Registration Statement are hereby incorporated in this
Registration Statement by reference.
PART II
ITEM 8.    EXHIBITS.
See Exhibit Index at page II-4.
[Signature Page follows]
II-1
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of
the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable
grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8
and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of
New York, on June 25, 2013.
THE JONES GROUP INC.
By:
/s/ Wesley R. Card
Name: Wesley R. Card
Title: Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS,
that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Wesley
R. Card, John T. McClain and Ira M. Dansky, and each of them, his true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities to sign any and all amendments (including pre-effective and
post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-8, and to
file the same with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and grants unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might and could do in
person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of
the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the
following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Wesley R. Card
Wesley R. Card
Chief Executive
Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
June 25, 2013
/s/ John T. McClain
John T. McClain
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
June 25, 2013
/s/ Christopher R. Cade
Christopher R. Cade
Executive Vice President, Chief
Accounting Officer and Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
June 25, 2013
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/s/ Sidney Kimmel
Sidney Kimmel
Director
June 25, 2013
/s/ Matthew H. Kamens
Matthew H. Kamens
Director
June 25, 2013
/s/ Gerald C. Crotty
Gerald C. Crotty
Director
June 25, 2013
/s/ Lowell W. Robinson
Lowell W. Robinson
Director
June 25, 2013
/s/ Margaret H. Georgiadis
Margaret H. Georgiadis
Director
June 25, 2013
/s/ Robert L. Mettler
Robert L. Mettler
Director
June 25, 2013
/s/ John D. Demsey
John D. Demsey
Director
June 25, 2013
/s/ Jeffrey D. Nuechterlein
Jeffrey D. Nuechterlein
Director
June 25, 2013
/s/ Ann Marie C. Wilkins
Ann Marie C. Wilkins
Director
June 25, 2013
/s/ James A. Mitarotonda
James A. Mitarotonda
Director
June 25, 2013
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
5.1*
Opinion of Ira M. Dansky, General Counsel
		of The Jones Group Inc., regarding the legality of the securities being
		registered.
23.1
Consent of Ira M. Dansky, Esq. (included as
		part of Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement).
23.2*
Consent of BDO USA, LLP.
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on the
		signature page of this Registration Statement).
99.1
2009 Long Term Incentive Plan, as amended
		(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrant's Current
		Report on Form 8-K dated June 14, 2013).
________________
*Filed herewith
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