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"    Photo: Getty Images   Starting in June 2014, Reed Krakoff is leaving his position as the president and executive creative director of Coach to focus on his own brand, RK. He has been with Coach for 16 years. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m excited to focus to exclusively on the RK brand and to embark on the next phase of my career,&amp;quot; Krakoff told WWD. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s relatively recent [that I made this decision], I&amp;#039;ve been so focused on Coach and the RK brand for the last bunch of years. I&amp;#039;ve been focused on preparing and getting ready for the next evolution of Coach, building a team with Lew, moving forward...it&amp;#039;s really taken up all my time.&amp;quot; Perhaps Krakoff&amp;#039;s decision was influenced by the fact that six months ago Lew Frankfort passed the torch of chairman and chief executive of Coach to Victor Luis.   Krakoff and Frankfort had a close working relationship. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s been an amazing partnership, both professionally and personally,&amp;quot; Frankfort echoed in WWD. While Coach searches for a new creative director, the brand also mentioned it might be interested in selling the RK brand. Coach will also continue to focus on becoming more of a lifestyle label, upping its women&amp;#039;s ready-to-wear sector. With so many moving parts, there&amp;#039;s sure to be a lot to watch from the all-American company. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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