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December 09, 2005

Bloomingdale's Loses Fashion Director

Bloomingdale’s fashion director Kalman Ruttenstein passed away on Thursday. Ruttenstein was seminal is defining the high-end store’s fashion direction and strategy. His absence is expected to have a noticeable impact on Bloomingdale’s fashion presentations.

Ruttenstein was famous for spotting emerging trends and marketing them in a way that captured shoppers’ imaginations, such as linking them with movies or Broadway musicals.

A successor has yet to be named.

Posted by Blacks on December 9, 2005 12:11 PM

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