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Carlos Alberini Named New CEO at Lucky Brand Jeans

Just days after Fifth & Pacific Companies announced it was selling Lucky Brand Jeans to a Los Angeles private-investment firm, Carlos Alberini has been tapped to be the new chief executive.

Currently, Alberini is the co-chief executive at Restoration Hardware Holdings. Before working in the home furnishings retail business, he was president and chief operating officer at Guess Inc., a blue jeans company started by the Marciano brothers. Alberini worked at Guess from 2000 to 2010.

Alberini told Restoration Hardware executives on Dec. 10 he was leaving, and the publicly held company made the announcement on Dec. 12.

Alberini will remain with Restoration Hardware, based in Corte Madera, Calif., until Jan. 31 and continue as a member of the board of directors and a significant shareholder of the company.

“I have been presented with an opportunity to fulfill my lifelong dream to run and build a company. Leaving RH has been one of the most difficult decisions I have ever made in my career,” he said in a statement.

Fifth & Pacific, formerly known as Liz Claiborne, recently announced it was selling Lucky Brand to Leonard Green & Partners for $225 million.