Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation to Appear at the Morgan Stanley Global Consumer & Retail Conference on November 20, 2009

NEW YORK--(Business Wire)--
Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation (NYSE: PVH) announced today that Company
management will appear at the Morgan Stanley Global Consumer & Retail Conference
being held in New York City on Friday, November 20th at 9:45 AM Eastern time.

The live webcast (audio-only) and a replay available beginning one hour after
the conference may be accessed by logging onto www.pvh.com and going to the News
page.

Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation is one of the world`s largest apparel companies.
It owns and markets the Calvin Klein brand worldwide. It is the world`s largest
shirt and neckwear company and markets a variety of goods under its own brands,
Van Heusen, Calvin Klein, IZOD, ARROW, Bass and G.H. Bass & Co., and its
licensed brands including Geoffrey Beene, Kenneth Cole New York, Kenneth Cole
Reaction, unlisted, A Kenneth Cole Production, BCBG Max Azria, BCBG Attitude,
MICHAEL Michael Kors, Sean John, Chaps, Donald J. Trump Signature Collection,
JOE Joseph Abboud, Tommy Hilfiger, DKNY, and Timberland.

SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT UNDER THE PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT OF
1995: Forward-looking statements made during the presentation, including,
without limitation, statements relating to the Company`s future revenues and
earnings, plans, strategies, objectives, expectations and intentions, are made
pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. Investors are cautioned that such forward-looking statements
are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties, many of which cannot be
predicted with accuracy, and some of which might not be anticipated, including,
without limitation, the following: (i) the Company`s plans, strategies,
objectives, expectations and intentions are subject to change at any time at the
discretion of the Company; (ii) the levels of sales of the Company's apparel and
footwear products, both to its wholesale customers and in its retail stores, and
the levels of sales of the Company`s licensees at wholesale and retail, and the
extent of discounts and promotional pricing in which the Company and its
licensees are required to engage, all of which can be affected by weather
conditions, changes in the economy, fuel prices, reductions in travel, fashion
trends, consolidations, repositionings and bankruptcies in the retail
industries, repositioning of brands by the Company`s licensors and other
factors; (iii) the Company`s plans and results of operations will be affected by
the Company`s ability to manage its growth and inventory, including the
Company`s ability to continue to develop and grow the Calvin Klein businesses in
terms of revenue and profitability; (iv) the Company`s operations and results
could be affected by quota restrictions and safeguard controls (which, among
other things, could limit the Company`s ability to produce products in
cost-effective countries that have the labor and technical expertise needed),
the availability and cost of raw materials (particularly petroleum-based
synthetic fabrics, which are currently in high demand), the Company`s ability to
adjust timely to changes in trade regulations and the migration and development
of manufacturers (which can affect where the Company`s products can best be
produced), and civil conflict, war or terrorist acts, the threat of any of the
foregoing or political and labor instability in the United States or any of the
countries where the Company`s products are or are planned to be produced; (v)
disease epidemics and health related concerns, which could result in closed
factories, reduced workforces, scarcity of raw materials and scrutiny or
embargoing of goods produced in infected areas; (vi) acquisitions and issues
arising with acquisitions and proposed transactions, including without
limitation, the ability to integrate an acquired entity into the Company with no
substantial adverse affect on the acquired entity's, or the Company`s existing,
operations, employee relationships, vendor relationships, customer relationships
or financial performance; (vii) the failure of the Company's licensees to market
successfully licensed products or to preserve the value of the Company's brands,
or their misuse of the Company's brands and (viii) other risks and uncertainties
indicated from time to time in the Company`s filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.

The information made available during the presentation will contain certain
forward-looking statements which reflect the Company`s view of future events and
financial performance as of November 18, 2009 and the Company does not undertake
any obligation to update publicly any such forward-looking statement, including,
without limitation, any estimate regarding revenues or earnings, whether as a
result of the receipt of new information, future events or otherwise.

The Company`s presentation will include non-GAAP financial measures, as defined
under SEC rules. A reconciliation of these measures is included in the Company`s
first quarter earnings press release, which was released on November 18, 2009,
and is available on the Company`s website at www.pvh.com, and in its Current
Report on Form 8-K furnished to the SEC in connection with that press release,
which is available both on the Company`s website at www.pvh.com and the SEC`s
website at www.sec.gov.

Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation
Michael Shaffer, 212-381-3523
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
www.pvh.com

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