TOMMY HILFIGER CELEBRATES THE LEGENDARY LIFE & STYLE OF PRINCESS GRACE KELLY OF MONACO

New York, New York & Amsterdam, The Netherlands / (November 2006)  In honor of the legendary life and style of Princess Grace of Monaco, Tommy Hilfiger Group announced its plans today to publish a retrospective book entitled: Grace Kelly: A Life in Pictures, through a new partnership signed with French publisher PHYB, as well as a traveling photography exhibition and auction that will share with the public rare and unseen photos from the book of the iconic princess.

The world first came to know Grace Kelly as a leading actress in Hollywood. Her beauty, taste and sophistication captured the hearts of millions of fans who affectionately referred to her as America's Princess. In 1956, through her marriage to Rainer III, The Prince of Monaco, she joined the world of European royalty endearing a new world of admirers for decades to come.
 
"Grace Kelly's look was clean, classic, and simple...She was refreshingly wholesome, confident, passionate, and full of poise,” says Tommy Hilfiger. “Since my start in the fashion industry, I've dreamt of the chance to honor a woman who has had such great influence on my design sensibility."

Grace Kelly: A Life in Pictures features over 200 pages of photographs shot by numerous Magnum photographers who captured her private and public moments. Mr. Hilfiger has authored an intimate foreword of the book expressing shared sentiments that Grace Kelly remains both an American and a European Princess whose path in life became an extraordinary stage for the world to experience and enjoy her purity and grace.

Included in the book is a contribution from Prince Albert with personal quotes, a detailed biography, historical and handwritten documents. The book is edited by Pierre-Henri Verlhac and Yann-Brice Dherbier. It will be distributed worldwide with translations available in French and English for the book's release this autumn and in German in 2007. The book will be available worldwide and also sold in Tommy Hilfiger retail stores in Europe and in the United States.
 
The book will be a centerpiece within Tommy Hilfiger freestanding stores in Europe this November for the fall season, notably in the new flagship stores opening on the rue Saint-Honoré in Paris this September and on Regent Street in London, and premiere in the United States for the Spring / Summer 2007 season.

Tommy Hilfiger Group will also host a traveling exhibition in Paris and New York entitled, Grace Kelly Photo Exhibitions to share with the public the rare images from the book that have never before been viewed. Talks are underway to extend the exhibition to Berlin as well.

Designer Tommy Hilfiger will personally host a celebration auction in Paris for select images with proceeds from the auction donated to The Princess Grace Foundation - an organization devoted to supporting young talent in their pursuit of the arts in theater, dance, and film through a variety of grants, scholarships, apprenticeships, and fellowship programs.  Portions of the book sales will also be donated to the foundation.

About Tommy Hilfiger Group

Tommy Hilfiger Group, through its subsidiaries, designs, sources and markets men's and women's sportswear, jeanswear and childrenswear.  The Company's brands include Tommy Hilfiger and Karl Lagerfeld.  Through a range of strategic licensing agreements, the Company also offers a broad array of related apparel, accessories, footwear, fragrance, and home furnishings.  The Company's products can be found in leading department and specialty stores throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Mexico, Central and South America, Japan, Hong Kong, Australia and other countries in the Far East, as well as the Company's own network of outlet and specialty stores in the United States, Canada and Europe.

European press, please contact:

Abdel El Hamri
Senior Manager of European Communications
Tommy Hilfiger Europe B.V.
Tel: +31 (0) 20 589 5701
Abdel.Elhamri@tommy.com

Michele Giacalone
Director of European Communications
Tommy Hilfiger Europe B.V.
Tel: +31 (0) 20 589 5724
Michele.Giacalone@tommy.com

Quohnos Mitchell
Senior Director of European Communications
Tommy Hilfiger Europe B.V.
Tel: +31 (0) 20 589 5851
Quohnos.Mitchell@tommy.com

US Press, please contact:

Jennifer Fruzzetti
Manager of Corporate Communications
Tommy Hilfiger U.S.A., Inc.
Tel: 212 549 6035
JFruzzetti@tommy-usa.com
 
Virginia Theofanides
Director of Public Relations
Tommy Hilfiger U.S.A., Inc.
Tel: 212 549 6027
VTheofanides@tommy-usa.com
 
Kirsten Sharett
Vice President of Communications
Tommy Hilfiger U.S.A., Inc.
Tel: 212 548 1952
KSharett@tommy-usa.com