Former Victoria's Secret Exec Joins Bill Blass

New York City Former Victoria's Secret Direct executive VP Ann Acierno has been named CEO of Bill Blass New York.

Acierno has also served as president of new business development at Tommy Hilfiger, where she conceived and launched Karl Lagerfeld as a global multichannel luxury brand and H Hilfiger, a U.S. vertical retail specialty store. Earlier in her career, Acierno was a senior VP at Saks Fifth Avenue, where she reorganized the brand's Folio catalog division.