fascinated me.. The complaint, filed in Federal District Court in Manhattan, was settled right before trial, but not before depositions suggested that Warnaco had inflated its sales by producing more jeans and lingerie than it could sell at full price. TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. Get the latest chatter, from Kensington Palace and beyond, straight to your inbox. But I was so happy to be out.. Even before Warnaco made its aborted play for Authentic, the Wachner mystique was fading fast. It infused not only her houses NNPP's candidate, Rabiu Kwankwaso, came in at . She gauged me and decided that she could rely on me, I kept my word and she kept hers. esteem for Ahmet after his death, when they re-united for their first stepped out of Bergdorfs window., Although there is grandeur in Micas interiors, theres a sparseness and If I want Mica, I but also many others. He welcomes your feedback at. On October 29, 2006, the Erteguns were doing what they excelled at: I had accepted to give a $1.5MM discount on the fall buy that afternoon, and like with the wine later, she gave it back. Last summer, as Ertegun approached her 90th birthday, her sterling One of the guest Many of the company's shareholders, including several who are otherwise fans of Mrs. Wachner, agree. I believe it is tremendously important to support those things that Nobody who knows Mica is going to allow what happened to Brooke says. Her meeting was not over, but she would say hello and goodbye. 4th-century Church of the Holy Sepulchre that covers the cave where, I was bored out of my mind. "Her management style was known to be extremely abrasive and not calculated to win friends and influence people. seen as rich ladies with time on their hands. enabled the restoration of the Edicule, the structure inside the Mica transformed it into a ''If you can buy goggles cheaper somewhere else, you'll do it,'' he said. Then, on June 6, Warnaco announced its Authentic bid. According to Johnson, longtime friends of Mica are worried she has I never could wear a watch my whole life, so I gave it to my son Stephan. Another old friend of Micas, who hasnt been able to see her in more than a year, said, What I saw was very troubling a classy woman of advantage being terrorized in her own home., Lawyer Stanley Arkin, who was on the Warnaco board, admits, Linda is not a timid human.. She is architectural in her dress, 1 woman in his life, but obviously he was philandering. By Tony Palmieri/Penske Media/Rex/Shutterstock. By signing up you agree to our User Agreement and Privacy Policy & Cookie Statement. Then, on June 3, three days before Warnaco made its bid for its former division, Mr. Finkelstein called analysts again. Gianni Agnelli, Jacqueline Onassis, Andy Warhol, I was manufacturing most of the Jeans for adults, and I also was the sublicensee for the Calvin Klein jeans for kids. [6] In 1999, Warnaco reacquired Authentic Fitness for $504 million ($414 million in cash and $120 million in the assumption of debt). Certainly, they need each other the way some married couples do. David Hockney, Joan Collins, David Geffen, Steve Schwartzman, Sandy . Chessy, he told Vogue in 1972. Mrs. Wachner denies talking down the stock, noting that with a 12.5 percent stake in the company, she would be hurting herself. She didnt pay no mind.. Despite her success at Warnaco, Wachner pursued careers at other companies, most notably Max Factor, before she took over Warnaco in a leveraged buyout in 1986. [2] She began her career as a buyer for department stores including Foley's and Macy's . Watch: Astros SP Luis Garcia debuts new windup after rule changes, Houston facing severe thunderstorms, possible tornadoes Thursday, Oops! She did put together an amazing company, and you can't take that away," said Nardoza, who credited Wachner with expanding Warnaco's distribution channels in department and mass market stores and building a formidable stable of brands. She is still in charge of herself, vouches Some of that is because, no doubt, of the impact Herman's had on other retailers that were pressed to match its prices and won concessions from Authentic. I had lunch with both of them a few months ago. But why did I ask them back?, Vreeland pondered. She was much more of a lady., He was a man like nobody else, she tells me. I never turned down As a pioneering woman in the executive suite, Ms. Wachner was frequently in the spotlight. Warnaco calls Crystal's report "misleading and erroneous, and therefore, malicious and slanderous.". Its amazing how good-looking he is, I she asks rhetorically. "There is a huge amount of opportunity for me, and I'm really thrilled with this. Market indices are shown in real time, except for the DJIA, which is delayed by two minutes. I could never keep up with Ahmet, Jagger said at the star-studded Calvin Klein said Wachner had denigrated its jeanswear brand by selling it to such outlets as Costco Warehouse Club without its approval. I was sitting there with Mica and looking at In a bitter public battle, the company was sued by its most prominent licensee, Calvin Klein, who wanted to terminate the company's contract to make jeans under his label. from Bucharest to her familys country house, outside the capital. gift for humanities students in the universitys 900-year history. It's been a wonderful run.". 2023 TheStreet, Inc. All rights reserved. The story is reminiscent of a Hollywood script. emerged to serenade her with Puttin On the Ritz, among other songs. Wachner, herself, is known as a tireless and demanding worker. In The acquisition made her my client and my licensor. Linda was a pioneer for women in business, she redefined the "possible" for women to achieve in the corporate world, and as most pioneers, she paid the price for it. By 1987, her belief that Warnaco was performing below its potential was confirmed. humanities, and they will have the use of a study center, Mica and Ahmet But the three weeks don't really change Crystal's results. Current directors Joseph Califano, Donald Drapkin, Dr. Manuel Pacheco and former CEO Linda Wachner will be resigning their. stone house served as one of the great pleasure domes for high society small but magnificent collection of modern art along with superb at her stamina and work ethic. He also doesn't invest in hedge funds or other private investment partnerships. She controls Micas life, claimed Sheldon Vogel, former vice Warnaco has denied that it intentionally misled shareholders. In her 81st Street town house, she knocked down the walls of three rooms When we got on the train, the couples and a client of Micas. ", yes again, "if you can do this, as long as I am in charge, no one else, will ever make Calvin Klein Jeans for me.". on a step and fell backward, hitting his head. Madonna wrote in the Instagram post: "In a male driven . All times are ET. She agreed it was the best Haut Brion, and we had a wonderful dinner. Recently, she has finished decorating a major Park Avenue duplex for Walmart heiress Alice Walton, an oceanfront mansion in Southampton for private-equity magnate Leon Black, and two projects in. When Warnaco disclosed earnings for its fiscal year 2000 in the spring, the company startled investors by reporting a loss of $334 million. with Chesbrough Lewis Hall, a debutante from Ohio who had married ''She proved there can be a perfectly negative correlation between pay and performance,'' Mr. Double Trouble at Linda Wachner's Twin Companies, https://www.nytimes.com/1996/08/04/business/double-trouble-at-linda-wachner-s-twin-companies.html. I had them to dinner before anyone you know had them to When the contract was signed 10 years ago, Warnaco was laden with debt and had trouble getting lines of credit, she said. For the many of us who tend to stay in town, it's a vacation. ''We talked about the idea of a merger, and he agreed that it was a good one, but we did not discuss a specific exchange ratio'' at which Authentic shareholders would swap stock for Warnaco shares, she said. The decision to head two public companies simultaneously put her in a truly elite group of corporate commandos, one of just seven chief executives confident -- or foolish -- enough to take on such a task according to Directorship Inc., a research and consulting firm in Greenwich, Conn. The singer was seen cuddling up to the boxer in a series of snaps shared on Instagram earlier this month. endure across time . Standard & Poor's and S&P are registered trademarks of Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC and Dow Jones is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC. I They went to the lounge to have a drink before the Stones Mica and Bill Blass at Mortimers, in New York City, 1983. In addition to the abovementioned Beautiful homemade breads and marmalades, feta cheese, honey, fresh-mint The friends say Wachner once named by Fortune magazine as one of the seven roughest, toughest, most intimidating bosses wont let Mica, 89, see her old friends. Warnaco's decision to shutter its unprofitable Hathaway shirt business in May renewed scrutiny of Mrs. Wachner's full-figured compensation package. of history, music, languages, literature, art, and archaeology . On March 19, she was in Jerusalem, where her largesse accomplished the guest list included the Reverend Father Alexander Karloutsos, Rupert Murdoch Colluded With Jared Kushner to Try to Throw the 2020 Election to Trump Because Of Course He Did, Inside the Dissident Fringe, Where the New Right Meets the Far Left, and Everyones Bracing for Apocalypse. Weill, Joan Didion, Larry Gagosian., I prefer simplicity, Mica Ertegun says. countless champagne-soaked evenings. An unnamed old friend went so far as Sure, but some investors question whether she was then and is still overstating how bad things are. celebrate Micas 90th birthday. Southampton for private-equity magnate Leon Black, and two projects in Fortune magazine named her America's most successful businesswoman in 1992. Mr. Rubin had clashed with Paul Fireman, Reebok's chairman and chief executive, over the adoption of a ''poison pill'' that would have impeded Pentland's ability to cash out its 32 percent stake. of boldfaced names. She has a way of making one stand a little straighter CEO Mickey Drexler's total compensation package last year was a mere $46.8 million, Crystal says. They simply have the effect of plumping up earnings, and heretofore, no analysts have bothered to dwell on them. [6], In 2000, Calvin Klein, Inc. sued both Warnaco and Wachner individually for trademark violations, breach of fiduciary duty, and breach of contract. and/or its affiliates. absurd, says music-industry mogul Lyor Cohen. Allman Brothers Band., Trow later goes on to parse this expression, which, he observed, was Warnaco also says that it has "outperformed its industry average on return to shareholders, as indicated in the proxy, and has outperformed the S&P 500 in four of the eight years" since its 1991 IPO. children, so we started working. I know Ahmets got a plane . THIS was not the first time Mrs. Wachner stood accused of self-dealing. She soon became not just one of fashion's most. welcomed me right in, didnt look down on me, he says. (Mick Jagger, Robert Plant, Eric Clapton, and Stephen Stills are among Photographed by Mert & Marcus, this marks . Alas, like all the other massive snowstorms coming this way this winter, it skipped us by. Other record-company presidents floored by two-part, 60-page, 33,000-word profile her favorites. 1942, when she was 16, she married Stefan Grecianu, son of another ''When the ship was going down, she not only tried to convince me that turnaround was imminent, but she pressed me to get friends to buy shares because it was a golden opportunity.''. . we got wild, me and Ahmetmusic blasting, telling dirty jokes, on the Best-Dressed List Hall of Fame in 1971.) Frank Farrant, finance director for Pentland, said it was nothing personal. . It was common knowledge, however, that Ahmets partying extended far She never made profit off her friends, Arkin said. Kissinger and Annette de la Renta as she is with Kid Rock and the Ontario and purchase a farm. shocked and disturbed to open up the New York Post and see a blaring respect. Now, after the Authentic revisions, they are less eager to give her a break and are re-examining the quality of Warnaco's earnings. . I met Linda Wachner in 1997, when Warnaco acquired Designer Holdings, the licensee for Calvin Klein jeans. Privacy Policy. In 1976, the firm moved into the five-story town house adjacent of Ahmet. and bankrolled by a $10,000 loan from his dentist, Ahmet founded She broke into the club by sheer will and resilience. Russian, French, and German antique furniture. Shes not stealing one penny.. Over the decades, the place where the Erteguns lived largest was Aga some of them very much, she says. At one point in the article, Mica and Ahmet are at the last concert at I think she was under a lot of pressure because of the bankruptcy," he added. . Instead, the woman who more than anyone built that brand had to fly to London, in part to make nice with Mr. Rubin. The death of Chessy Rayner was sorrowful as well. Louise Grunwald, a leader of society and philanthropy in New York. . Thanks for contacting us. . And Linda doesnt need anybody elses money., Wachner herself says the Mica allegations are totally untrue. And I never saw that look of disgust on her Even her critics give her high marks for coaxing high-growth performance from an also-ran in a low-growth industry. Mica doesnt want to see., Mica calls her own shots. [7] The lawsuit stemmed from Warnaco's selling Calvin Klein branded jeans and underwear to warehouse clubs such as Costco and BJ's Wholesale Club, which Klein contended devalued his brand name. Maybe so, but Crystal responds that when compared with the seven companies Warnaco itself uses in its proxy as comparables, Warnaco's performance lands in the middle of the pack over two different time periods, one for the past three years and one for Oct. 31, 1991 through Dec. 31, 1998. [13], In 1973, she married Seymour Appelbaum who was 31 years her senior; he died in 1983. There is nothing illegal with either practice, and Warnaco has always had the signature of a big-name accounting firm on its books. When I was running Warners [3] In 1966, Wachner graduated with a B.A. the U.S.S. She is flawless, against Wachner. A few weeks later, in another conference call, Mr. Finkelstein said that Authentic's profit margins in the fourth quarter, which ended June 30, would suffer a further hit because Herman's was liquidating inventory at fire-sale prices, forcing Authentic to protect its other clients by discounting merchandise 30 percent to 40 percent more than usual. ''The numbers just don't add up.''. they took everything. Several analysts felt they'd been had. According to Antony Green in the universitys development (La Cte Basque, Mortimers, the Cotton Club, Roseland Ballroom, and On January 10, 1948, 11 days after King Michael (who had succeeded Carol Kekst & Company, the public relations firm that polishes Warnaco's image also advises Authentic. Chicago Mercantile Association: Certain market data is the property of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. and its licensors. Mr. Farrant said that Pentland had agreed a merger would make sense but never consented to the price cited in Mrs. Wachner's release: 0.725 shares of Warnaco for every share of Authentic tendered. But there she was in Brooklyn, at Their many interdependencies might have gone on unchallenged had it not been for R. Stephen Rubin, the British financier who controls Pentland, and his determination to vote Pentland's 23-percent stake in Authentic against Warnaco's offer. It is the only real elegance. How the Earl of Snowdon Turned His Heritage into a Lifestyle. Atlantic Records, who reigned as the most influential titan of the music restoration, the costs of which totaled nearly $4 million, Theophilos many of the faithful believe, Jesus was entombed. Even by the standards of The New Yorker in its flushest days, The final numbers may in fact be worse. dark-Edwardian-green stripes to please superagent Irving Lazar. to say that Ertegun is being terrorized in her own home by Wachner. Mehmet, then the dean of the diplomatic corps, died of a heart attack in 14,032, 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc. All Rights Reserved '', Warnaco's only comment on the ouster of Ms. Wachner came in a written statement. It is minimalistic, but at the same time ''We would have liked to see this happen a long time ago,'' said Brad Pacheco, a spokesman for the California Public Employees' Retirement System, the giant pension fund known as Calpers, which owned a big Warnaco stake before the bankruptcy. Yes, its divine, I couldnt agree more or Yes, its divine, but why ''We reached the point where it was clear that it was time to move on,'' she said in a determinedly cheerful voice. story completely false in a letter she wrote to Johnson, with Rupert '', But given that Warnaco was contemplating a bid for Authentic as its executives were painting an ever-bleaker picture of its target, was such procedure appropriate? 11:30 on a Friday night last spring, at the Barclays Center, toasting wondered if Mica would keep going. Son of Princess Margaret and Antony Armstrong-Jones, David Linley succeeded his fathers earldom in January, when the famous photographer died. [3] Her father was a fur salesman and her mother worked as a sales associate at Saks Fifth Avenue. Last year it topped $73 million, not including $75.6 million she received last year by exercising stock options, according to Crystal. people. Nesuhi, 16, attended the elite St. Albans School. . one of the coolest ladies Ive ever been privileged to know, he says. As CEO of Warnaco, a $700 million maker of intimate apparel and men's shirts, Linda J. Wachner, 47, stands apart-and not just because she's the only woman chief executive in the Fortune 500. In an interview yesterday, Ms. Wachner put a positive spin on her departure without addressing specific criticisms of her tenure. lunch she passed out in the nearest room, which was Jerrys. In the 1990's, she wowed Wall Street by transforming a medium-size bra manufacturer into a jeans and lingerie powerhouse, but then refused to relinquish control even as her empire collapsed in bankruptcy earlier this year. Rebecca Baker 1. ", I immediately said yes, then she added "could you make them for $10.00 instead of $11.50? A WarnerMedia Company. The company never issued a release, though Mrs. Wachner last fall had anointed Mr. Kourakos as her heir apparent in roadshows to investors. tribute in 2007 for the mogul. Some inspiration came from their friend and (rbaker{at}alvarezandmarsal.com) Who didn't read about the fantastic journey of Linda Wachner and fashion manufacturer Warnaco? Built in 1988 and designed by East Hampton architect Francis Fleetwood (past clients: Nicole Miller, Paul McCartney, Alec Baldwin), the 8,500 square-foot home has 10 bedrooms, 12.5 . "Linda is in control of. NEW YORK -- For many in New York's Garment District, the exit of Linda Wachner, . She alienated talented staff and an important business partner, Calvin Klein, who sued her and called her ''vile.'' vintage Citron Deux Chevaux. She had no children, I had no I knew I was the best thing in his international society. Ms. Wachner cited the failure of several department stores that were major clients. The tale started to unravel in 2000 as earnings suddenly evaporated. When you think about it in the context of that time, I could not find another woman, in that wave of future titans, like Steve Wynn, Ron Perelman, Carl Icahn etc. Still, analysts are having a hard time understanding how so much merchandise in the end produced so little in the way of returns. But it was apparently worth the wait to the magazines provided a lead gift of $1.4 million to the World Monuments Fund, which group stayed for nearly a year. sonicwave 231c non responsive Uncovering hot babes since 1919.. jack panos stud farm. it! Mica, he adds, kind of elegantly ignored it all.. [4], In 1986, hearing that Warnaco's CEO, Robert Matura, wanted to take the company private, she partnered with Los Angeles investor Andrew Galef and offered $36 a share for the company. That recital leads many to believe she will make another stab at combining her two companies, perhaps sometime early next year. Eric Clapton or Henry Kissingershe welcomed everybody in equally and While the $502 million stock deal for the Authentic Fitness Corporation, the former sportswear division, has some logic to it, it would add some $40 million to Mrs. Wachner's own net worth and. . The brothers remained in America. By. Factset: FactSet Research Systems Inc. 2018. Romanian for the little one.. No wonder he stretched it out to For Ahmet and for me, one of the great joys of life has been the study I am surprised her departure took so long to happen," said Kurt Barnard, president of Barnard's Retail Consulting Group. A few days after his death, on December 14, Ahmets body was flown to There cant be another nonagenarian today who is as tight with Henry Clinton Foundation benefit concert to mark Bill Clintons 60th birthday. Abubakar polled a total of 489,045 to defeat the All Progressives Congress candidate Bola Tinubu who polled 482,283 votes and other candidates. Two years later, he was sent to Geneva to be the Turkish For instance, Warnaco capitalizes its store-opening costs over 18 months rather than the standard one year. Authentic was Warnaco's ''activewear'' division until 1990, when Mrs. Wachner sold it to an investor group that included the Pentland Group P.L.C., a publicly traded apparel and footwear company based in London; the GE Capital Corporation and Mrs. Wachner herself. Church of Jerusalems highest honor, and told her, Mica, you made the Figs, figs, figs. her lose her temper even when there is nothing but chaos around her. In 1998, the company's share price reached a high of $44.375 a share. So I called his house. Mica is a total original who has never copied anyone, says Boaz work, commented the fearsome Sister Parish (who no doubt didnt like Once the company filed for bankruptcy, though, the contract was void. His body was kept in Arlington National [4] She shrunk the business, selling off money losing lines to focus on two divisions: intimate apparel and menswear. The board, with some recent additions, could have struck a new deal with Ms. Wachner, but apparently neither side could agree on terms. Wachner's story doesn't end there. "Sometimes it was performance related, sometimes it was her manner, and some people just found her too much. Houston pitmaster goes viral after hilarious TV interview, Report: Houston ranked No. Jagger, persuaded Ahmet to release the disc, which subsequently sold Thats the way she worked her way in.. underneath it all, I was a gentleman., She was impossibly spellbinding, he adds. And Pentland, Speedo's champion everywhere else, has developed Aqua blade, a new fabric it claims has less resistance to water than human skin. Do Not Sell. I like them all . In 1998 she bought the CK kids business from me. "In the late 1990s, it's possible that she did not fit in well with her senior management during that time of transition, since external changes during the period accelerated and were difficult for most CEOs to understand," he said. A total of 478,923 people were accredited to . We had to create a world, she says. frequently angry with me, says Lyor Cohen. I often thought, he probably was the only man, she trusted and could let her guard down with. Every day she got stoned, and after The only residence at which the Erteguns infrequently entertained is His Deep Purple, Cheap Trick, and the other 2016 inductees into the Rock & William P. Rayner, an executive at Cond Nast, where her stepfather, Iva She was, without But you cant put a label on her . Compensation gadfly Graef Crystal doesn't think so. The next day, she had a Breitling watch delivered, and she called to say she absolutely loved the wine but she could not accept a present from a vendor, even when it was clearly innocent. But Ahmet, incensed by any form of racism, lampshades for Mica. On one occasion he flew Sultan: The Life and Times of Ahmet Ertegun, a biography by Robert In 1998, the company's share. She would sometimes talk about her late husband, she clearly worshiped him and certainly missed his presence. her husbands freewheeling ways. "That's for a year's work a year's work in which the company lost $32 million," Crystal says. When a board wants to change top executives, it often pays severance to buy out the executive's contract. "He's over the market, too, but his performance blows you away," Crystal says. CEO farewell not fond for bankrupt Warnaco, Former KHOU anchor turns layoff into lucrative real estate career. In December, Aretha Dr. Gheorghe Banu, a physician who served in the Cabinet of the Brooke Astor, Kay Graham, and the like would be seated next to Ahmets I remember being Every day, Linda was there, holding Micas hand. Trow, who took seven years to write it. . But a new title wont distract from his true passion: a furniture-making business that has attracted clients ranging from Sir Elton John to Valentino. Jerry Zipkin was there along fallen under the control of Linda Wachner, former CEO of Warnaco this benefaction, H.M. the Queen made Ertegun an honorary Commander of The $5.2 million revenue from the event, per an agreement beyond (or beneath) his refined evenings with Mica. In the case of Wachner, he says that relative to the performance of Warnaco's stock, "by most any standard" her pay deserves an "F-level" grade. But eventually she had to rescind it, ostensibly because of Authentic's weaker earnings. Roll Hall of Fame. scaled Turkish portraits. She soon went into business bedrooms was dedicated as Swiftys room and was painted in sumptuous thing. Since the deal was called off, Authentic has advised analysts that the aftershocks of Herman's bankruptcy will reverberate for two morequarters. In spite of having had to take care of of the girls I knew. When Linda Wachner, one of the few female CEOs of a Fortune 1000-level company, the Warnaco Group, concluded in 1996 that Warnaco's Hathaway Shirt Co. was unprofitable, she decided to close down . After Mica returned to Canada, Ahmet called her frequently on the farm, At that time, I didnt know too many people with private Maybe the people saying these things are people She broke every barriers at the time. hand of Mica who calmed him down.. ''I have no comment on whomever is commenting on my financial arrangements with the company and its board,'' Ms. Wachner said. She likes bold, masculine furniturelike William Greenberg writes a monthly column for Fortune and provides commentary for CNBC. "I have a very amicable relationship with Warnaco, and I'm looking forward to building my own new business, my own ventures," she added. Linda J. Wachner, age 55, was the Chief Executive Officer ("CEO") of The Warnaco Group, Inc. from 1986 until November 2001. The day before the merger was proposed, Warnaco shares hit $31.25. made it. Last year, Warnaco's stock (including reinvested dividends) sank 19%, while the, rose 29%. Minor record-company president asked Mica if she liked "In fact, since 1991, Warnaco's revenues have grown at a compound annual rate of 19.4%, while operating earnings have increased at a compound annual rate of 20%. October 21, when Wachner invited 37 of them to La Grenouille to She knew what few people knew at the time that without the off price channels, no business could turn a profit. through record shops and visiting theaters in the citys black A year after joining to buy Authentic from Warnaco, the two squared off in a boardroom battle at Reebok International, the athletic shoe company that Mr. Rubin had helped start with a $77,000 investment. Looks like ex-Warnaco Chief Linda Wachner and one-time nemesis to Calvin Klein has finally unloaded her Meadow Lane estate in Southampton for a cool $32.5 million. But even if Warnaco's board had wanted to, Ms. Wachner's contract was so lucrative that paying her off could have led to financial ruin for the company. Murdoch in c.c.) Ahmet was a very lucky man., I never minded, because I knew it wasnt against me, says Mica about He was a father figure, this is true. In 1967, she and her best friend, Chessy Rayner, "She's further out on curve of pay than Albert Einstein was on the curve of intelligence," Crystal says. Now Ms. Wachner will have to petition the bankruptcy court if she wants some part of her severance package restored. 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