Stephanie Solomon Retires From Bloomingdale's

After 29 years in the Bloomingdale's fashion office serving as Bloomingdale's VP of fashion direction, Stephanie Solomon is retiring.

"Stephanie had a great feeling for Bloomingdale's, the values of the company," said Michael Gould, the company's chairman and chief executive officer. "She was one of the great disciples of Kal [Ruttenstein]. Her passion and her enthusiasm for product and the Bloomingdale's brand itself has been second to none. I will miss her. If we could only replicate the passion she had for product."

Gould told WWD that a successor to Solomon has not yet been chosen.

Solomon reflected on her time this week after the Calvin Klein Collection resort saying she felt "blessed to work with the biggest geniuses in the industry."

Solomon's descision to retire was made by several deciding factors including spending more time with her family, especially her grandchildren.

"I travel but I travel for Bloomingdale's," she said. "I am going to explore all the other talents that I have inside me. I never had the summer off my whole life. I don't play golf, I don't play tennis. I swim and I read the whole summer. I will eat. I will barbecue. I will talk to my tree, who is my best friend, in the country."