Scott D. Felder Named President of Kellwood Menswear

NEW YORK, April 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Kellwood has named Scott D. Felder president of Kellwood Menswear, according to Robert C. Skinner, Kellwood president and chief operating officer. Felder succeeds Paul A. Robb who was named chief executive officer of Kellwood's Sag Harbor division.

"Scott has a strong, diversified background in the menswear arena for 20 years and is the perfect candidate to provide the division leadership and continue the positive momentum generated in menswear under Paul's direction over the past few years," said Skinner.

Felder joined Kellwood Menswear in February 2003 as senior vice president of sales and merchandising. Prior to Kellwood, he was senior vice president/national sales manager for TSI, Tropical Sportswear International. He began his career with Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation, where he accumulated broad-based knowledge and experience in sales, product management, merchandising, design and sourcing. During his 12 years with PVH, Felder held various sales and management positions with several of their divisions. He most recently held the post at PVH of vice president/general merchandise manager, Van Heusen Sportswear.

Felder will be based in New York and reports to Skinner.

Kellwood is a $2.5 billion marketer of apparel and consumer soft goods. Kellwood specializes in branded as well as private label products, and markets to all channels of distribution with product specific to a particular channel. Kellwood brands include Phat Farm(R), Baby Phat(R), Sag Harbor(R), Koret(R), Jax(R), David Dart(R), David Meister(TM), Democracy(R), My Michelle(R), Briggs New York(R), Northern Isles(R), David Brooks(R), Kelty(R), and Sierra Designs(R). Calvin Klein(R), XOXO(R), Liz Claiborne(R) Dresses and Suits, IZOD(R), Claiborne(R) Dress Shirts, Dockers(R), Gerber(R), Slates(R) Bill Burns(R), Nautica(R) Dress shirts, and O Oscar, an Oscar de la Renta company, are produced under licensing agreements. For more information, visit http://www.kellwood.com/ .