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<P align=center>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 12,
2003</P><U>
<P align=right>Registration No. 333-_____</P></U></FONT><FONT size=4>
<P align=center>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>Washington, D.C.
20549</FONT><FONT
size=3><BR>_______________________________________________</P></FONT><B><FONT
size=5>
<P align=center>FORM S-8</P>
<P align=center></FONT>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933</P></B><FONT size=3>
<P
align=center>______________________________________________</P></FONT><B><FONT
size=6>
<P align=center>JONES APPAREL GROUP, INC.</FONT></B><FONT size=3><BR>(Exact name
of registrant as specified in its charter)</P></FONT>
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    <TD align=center width="50%"><B>Pennsylvania&nbsp;</B>
      <P>(State or other jurisdiction of<br>
      incorporation or organization)</P></TD>
    <TD align=center width="50%"><B>06-0935166&nbsp;</B>
      <P>(I.R.S. Employer Identification
No.)<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;</P></TD></TR></TABLE></CENTER></DIV><B>
<P align=center>250 Rittenhouse Circle<BR>Bristol, Pennsylvania 19007<BR>(215)
785-4000</B><BR>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</P><FONT size=1>
<P
align=center>_______________________________________________________</P></FONT>
<p align="center"><b>1999 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN</b><br>
(Full title of the plan)</p>
<P align=center><B>IRA M. DANSKY, ESQ.<BR>Executive Vice President, General Counsel
and Secretary<BR>Jones Apparel 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 align=center><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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    <TD
    style="margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; margin-top: 4px; margin-bottom: 4px"
    align=left width="22%" valign="bottom"><B>
      <P align=left>Title of securities <BR>to be registered</B></P></TD>
    <TD
    style="margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; margin-top: 4px; margin-bottom: 4px"
    align=left width="19%" valign="bottom"><B>
      <P align=left>Amount to be<BR>registered(1)</B></P></TD>
    <TD
    style="margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; margin-top: 4px; margin-bottom: 4px"
    align=left width="20%" valign="bottom"><B>
      <P align=left>Proposed maximum offering price per share</B></P></TD>
    <TD
    style="margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; margin-top: 4px; margin-bottom: 4px"
    align=left width="20%" valign="bottom"><B>
      <P align=left>Proposed maximum aggregate offering price (2)</B></P></TD>
    <TD
    style="margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; margin-top: 4px; margin-bottom: 4px"
    align=left width="18%" valign="bottom"><B>
      <P align=left>Amount of registration&nbsp;fee</B></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD style="margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; margin-top: 4px; margin-bottom: 4px" vAlign=bottom
    align=left width="22%">
      <P align=left><BR>Common Stock,&nbsp;<BR>$.01 par value</P></TD>
    <TD style="margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; margin-top: 4px; margin-bottom: 4px" vAlign=bottom
    align=left width="19%">
      <P align=left><BR>1,500,000</P></TD>
    <TD style="margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; margin-top: 4px; margin-bottom: 4px" vAlign=bottom
    align=left width="20%">
      <P align=left><BR>$27.845</P></TD>
    <TD style="margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; margin-top: 4px; margin-bottom: 4px" vAlign=bottom
    align=left width="20%">
      <P align=left><BR>$41,767,500</P></TD>
    <TD style="margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; margin-top: 4px; margin-bottom: 4px" vAlign=bottom
    align=left width="18%">
      <P align=left><BR>$3,378.99</P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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size=1></FONT><FONT size=2><BR></FONT>
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    <TD vAlign=top width="3%"><FONT size=2>(1)&nbsp; </FONT></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top width="97%"><font size="2">An indeterminate additional number
      of shares of Common Stock are registered hereunder, which may be issued as
      a result of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions pursuant
      to the operation of the &quot;Adjustments Upon Changes in
      Capitalization&quot; provisions of the 1999 Stock Incentive Plan. No
      additional registration fee is included for these shares.<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD vAlign=top width="3%"><FONT size=2>(2)&nbsp; </FONT></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top width="97%"><font size="2">Estimated solely for the purpose
      of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457. The
      proposed maximum aggregate offering price is based upon the average of the
      high and low sales prices for the Common Stock of $27.845 on June 9, 2003.</font></TD></TR></TABLE></CENTER></DIV><SMALL>
<P align=center>Page 1 of 5 Pages<BR>Exhibit Index appears on Page 5</SMALL></P>
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<p align="center"><b>EXPLANATORY NOTE</b></p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The registrant previously registered an aggregate of
15,000,000 shares of Common Stock, $.01 par value (the &quot;Common Stock&quot;)
of Jones Apparel Group, Inc. (&quot;Jones&quot; or the &quot;Company&quot;) to
be issued under the Jones Apparel Group, Inc. 1999 Stock Incentive Plan (the
&quot;Plan&quot;). The purpose of this Registration Statement on Form S-8 is to
register an additional 1,500,000 shares of Common Stock of Jones to be issued
under the Plan. The contents of the Company's Registration Statement on Form
S-8, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 23, 1999
(File No. 333-85795), which became effective on such date, relating to the
registration of shares of Common Stock authorized for issuance under the Plan,
are incorporated by reference herein in accordance with General Instruction E to
Form S?8.</p>
<p>Item 8. Exhibits.</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; See Exhibit Index.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p align="center">[Signature Page follows]</p>
<p align="center">2</p>
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<P align=center><B>SIGNATURES</P></B>
<P>&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 Bristol, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on June
12, 2003.</P>
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    <TD width="50%"></TD>
    <TD width="50%">JONES APPAREL GROUP, INC.
      <P>By: <U>/s/ Wesley R. Card</U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>Name: Wesley
      R. Card<BR>Title: Chief Operating and Financial
Officer</P></TD></TR></TABLE></CENTER></DIV>
<P>&nbsp;</P><B><FONT size=3>
<P align=center>POWER OF ATTORNEY</P></FONT></B>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose
signature appears below constitutes and appoints Ira M. Dansky, Wesley R. Card
and Patrick M. Farrell, and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agent with full power of substitution 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, 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 their substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.</p>
<p>&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 align=middle width="33%"><B><U>Signature<BR></U>&nbsp;&nbsp;</B></TD>
    <TD align=middle width="39%"><B><U>Title<BR></U>&nbsp;&nbsp;</B></TD>
    <TD align=middle width="28%"><B><U>Date<BR></U>&nbsp;&nbsp;</B></TD></TR>
  <tr>
    <TD vAlign=top width="33%"><U>
      <P>/s/ Peter Boneparth<BR></U>Peter Boneparth<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top width="39%">
      <P>President, Chief Executive Officer and Director</P></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top align=middle width="28%">June 12, 2003</TD>
  </tr>
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    <TD vAlign=top width="33%"><U>
      <P>/s/ Sidney Kimmel<BR></U>Sidney Kimmel<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top width="39%">
      <P>Chairman and Director<BR></P></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top align=middle width="28%">June 12, 2003</TD>
  </tr>
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    <TD vAlign=top width="33%"><U>
      <P>/s/ Wesley R. Card<BR></U>Wesley R. Card<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top width="39%">
      <P>Chief Operating and Financial Officer<BR>(Principal Financial Officer)</P></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top align=middle width="28%">June 12, 2003</TD>
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<P align=center><BR>3</P>
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    <TD vAlign=top width="33%"><U>
      <P>/s/ Patrick M. Farrell<BR></U>Patrick M.
      Farrell<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top width="39%">Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller
      (Principal Accounting Officer)</TD>
    <TD vAlign=top align=middle width="28%">June 12, 2003</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD vAlign=top width="33%"><U>
      <P>/s/ Geraldine Stutz<BR></U>Geraldine Stutz<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top width="39%">Director</TD>
    <TD vAlign=top align=middle width="28%">June 12, 2003</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD vAlign=top width="33%"><U>
      <P>/s/ Howard Gittis<BR></U>Howard Gittis<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top width="39%">Director</TD>
    <TD vAlign=top align=middle width="28%">June 12, 2003</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD vAlign=top width="33%"><U>
      <P>/s/ Anthony F. Scarpa<BR></U>Anthony F. Scarpa<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top width="39%">Director</TD>
    <TD vAlign=top align=middle width="28%">June 12, 2003</TD></TR>
  <tr>
    <TD vAlign=top width="33%"><U>
      <P>/s/ Matthew H. Kamens<BR></U>Matthew H. Kamens<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top width="39%">Director</TD>
    <TD vAlign=top align=middle width="28%">June 12, 2003</TD>
  </tr>
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    <TD vAlign=top width="33%"><U>
      <P>/s/ Michael L. Tarnopol<BR></U>Michael L. Tarnopol<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top width="39%">Director</TD>
    <TD vAlign=top align=middle width="28%">June 12, 2003</TD>
  </tr>
  <TR>
    <TD vAlign=top width="33%"><U>
      <P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR></U>J. Robert Kerrey<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD vAlign=top width="39%">Director</TD>
    <TD vAlign=top align=middle width="28%">_________</TD></TR></TABLE></CENTER></DIV>
<P align=center><BR>4</P>
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<B>
<P align=center>EXHIBIT INDEX</P>
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  <TR>
    <TD width="11%"><B>
      <P>Exhibit<BR><U>Number</U><BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;</B> </P></TD>
    <TD width="89%">
      <P align=center><B>&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR><U>Description</U><BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;</B>
      </P></TD></TR></B>
  <TR>
    <TD vAlign=top align=left width="11%">4.1&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD vAlign=top align=left width="89%">Provisions of the Amended and Restated
      Articles of Incorporation that define the rights of security holders of
      Jones Apparel Group, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Jones Apparel
      Group, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
      1998).<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD vAlign=top align=left width="11%">4.2</TD>
    <TD vAlign=top align=left width="89%">Provisions of the Amended and Restated
      By-laws of Jones Apparel Group, Inc. that define the rights of security
      holders of Jones Apparel Group, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Jones
      Apparel Group, Inc.'s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the six months
      ended July 6, 2002).<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD vAlign=top align=left width="11%">4.3*</TD>
    <TD vAlign=top align=left width="89%">Jones Apparel Group, Inc. 1999 Stock
      Incentive Plan, as amended.<br>
      &nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD vAlign=top align=left width="11%">5.1*</TD>
    <TD vAlign=top align=left width="89%">Opinion of Ira M. Dansky, General
      Counsel of Jones Apparel Group, Inc., regarding the legality of the
      securities being registered.<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD vAlign=top align=left width="11%">23.1</TD>
    <TD vAlign=top align=left width="89%">Consent of Ira M. Dansky, Esq.
      (included as part of Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement).<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD vAlign=top align=left width="11%">23.2*</TD>
    <TD vAlign=top align=left width="89%">Consent of BDO Seidman,
      LLP.<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD vAlign=top align=left width="11%">24.1</TD>
    <TD vAlign=top align=left width="89%">Power of Attorney (included on the
      signature page of this Registration
Statement).</TD></TR></TABLE></CENTER></DIV><FONT size=3>
<P>________________</P></FONT>
<P>*Filed herewith.</P>
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S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 12,
2003
Registration No. 333-_____
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.
20549
_______________________________________________
FORM S-8
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, Pennsylvania 19007
(215)
785-4000
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
_______________________________________________________
1999 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
IRA M. DANSKY, ESQ.
Executive Vice President, General Counsel
and Secretary
Jones Apparel 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)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of securities
to be registered
Amount to be
registered(1)
Proposed maximum offering price per share
Proposed maximum aggregate offering price (2)
Amount of registration fee
Common Stock,
$.01 par value
1,500,000
$27.845
$41,767,500
$3,378.99
(1)
An indeterminate additional number
      of shares of Common Stock are registered hereunder, which may be issued as
      a result of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions pursuant
      to the operation of the "Adjustments Upon Changes in
      Capitalization" provisions of the 1999 Stock Incentive Plan. No
      additional registration fee is included for these shares.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose
      of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457. The
      proposed maximum aggregate offering price is based upon the average of the
      high and low sales prices for the Common Stock of $27.845 on June 9, 2003.
Page 1 of 5 Pages
Exhibit Index appears on Page 5
EXPLANATORY NOTE
The registrant previously registered an aggregate of
15,000,000 shares of Common Stock, $.01 par value (the "Common Stock")
of Jones Apparel Group, Inc. ("Jones" or the "Company") to
be issued under the Jones Apparel Group, Inc. 1999 Stock Incentive Plan (the
"Plan"). The purpose of this Registration Statement on Form S-8 is to
register an additional 1,500,000 shares of Common Stock of Jones to be issued
under the Plan. The contents of the Company's Registration Statement on Form
S-8, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 23, 1999
(File No. 333-85795), which became effective on such date, relating to the
registration of shares of Common Stock authorized for issuance under the Plan,
are incorporated by reference herein in accordance with General Instruction E to
Form S?8.
Item 8. Exhibits.
See Exhibit Index.
[Signature Page follows]
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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 Bristol, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on June
12, 2003.
JONES APPAREL GROUP, INC.
By:
/s/ Wesley R. Card
Name: Wesley
      R. Card
Title: Chief Operating and Financial
Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose
signature appears below constitutes and appoints Ira M. Dansky, Wesley R. Card
and Patrick M. Farrell, and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agent with full power of substitution 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, 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 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/ Peter Boneparth
Peter Boneparth
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
June 12, 2003
/s/ Sidney Kimmel
Sidney Kimmel
Chairman and Director
June 12, 2003
/s/ Wesley R. Card
Wesley R. Card
Chief Operating and Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
June 12, 2003
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/s/ Patrick M. Farrell
Patrick M.
      Farrell
Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller
      (Principal Accounting Officer)
June 12, 2003
/s/ Geraldine Stutz
Geraldine Stutz
Director
June 12, 2003
/s/ Howard Gittis
Howard Gittis
Director
June 12, 2003
/s/ Anthony F. Scarpa
Anthony F. Scarpa
Director
June 12, 2003
/s/ Matthew H. Kamens
Matthew H. Kamens
Director
June 12, 2003
/s/ Michael L. Tarnopol
Michael L. Tarnopol
Director
June 12, 2003
J. Robert Kerrey
Director
_________
4
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Provisions of the Amended and Restated
      Articles of Incorporation that define the rights of security holders of
      Jones Apparel Group, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Jones Apparel
      Group, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
      1998).
4.2
Provisions of the Amended and Restated
      By-laws of Jones Apparel Group, Inc. that define the rights of security
      holders of Jones Apparel Group, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Jones
      Apparel Group, Inc.'s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the six months
      ended July 6, 2002).
4.3*
Jones Apparel Group, Inc. 1999 Stock
      Incentive Plan, as amended.
5.1*
Opinion of Ira M. Dansky, General
      Counsel of Jones Apparel 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 Seidman,
      LLP.
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on the
      signature page of this Registration
Statement).
________________
*Filed herewith.
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