SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
SCHEDULE 13G
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 4)
Jones Apparel Group, Inc.
(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
(Title of Class of Securities)
480074 10 3
(CUSIP Number)
The information required in the remainder of this cover
page shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section
18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise
subject to the liabilities of that Section of the Act but shall be
subject to all other provisions of the Act.
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CUSIP No. 480074 10 3
1. Name of Reporting Person:
SS or IRS Identification No. of Above Person
Sidney Kimmel
Social Security No. ###-##-####
2. Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group
(See Instructions)
(a) [ ]
(b) [ ]
3. SEC Use Only ...........................................[ ]
4. Citizenship or Place of Organization: United States
Number of 5. Sole Voting Power: 12,099,750<F1>
Shares Bene-
ficially 6. Shared Voting Power: -
owned by
Each Reporting 7. Sole Dispositive Power: 12,099,750
Person
8. Shared Dispositive Power: -
9. Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting
Person: 12,099,750
10. Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row 9 Excludes
Certain Shares (See Instructions)......................[ ]
11. Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row 9: 22.6%
12. Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions): IN
<F1> All share amounts reflect two-for-one stock split effected
October 2, 1996.
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Item 1 (a) Name of Issuer
Jones Apparel Group, Inc.
Item 1 (b) Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:
250 Rittenhouse Circle
Keystone Park
Bristol, PA 19007
Item 2 (a) Name of Person Filing:
Sidney Kimmel
Item 2 (c) Citizenship: United States
Item 2 (d) Title of Class of Securities:
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
Item 2 (e) CUSIP Number: 480074 10 3
Item 3. If this statement is filed pursuant to Rules 13d-1(b),
or 13d-2(b), check whether the person is a:
Not Applicable.
Item 4. Ownership (as of December 31, 1996).
Ordinary Shares
(a) Amount Beneficially
Owned: 12,099,750
(b) Percent of Class<F2> 22.6%
(c) Number of shares as
to which such person has:
(i) sole power to vote or
to direct the vote 12,099,750
(ii) shared power to vote
or to direct the vote --
(iii) sole power to dispose or
to direct the disposition of 12,099,750
(iv) shared power to dispose
or direct the disposition of --
<F2> Based on 53,569,760 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of November 13,
1996 as reported in the Issuer's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended September 29, 1996.
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Item 5. Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class [ ]
Item 6. Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of
another Person.
Not Applicable
Item 7. Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary
Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on by
the Parent Holding Company.
Not Applicable
Item 8. Identification and Classification of Members of the
Group.
Not Applicable
Item 9. Notice of Dissolution of Group.
Not Applicable
Item 10. Certification.
Not Applicable
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Signature
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge
and belief, the undersigned hereby certifies that the information
set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
/S/ Sidney Kimmel
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Sidney Kimmel
Dated: February 5, 1997
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