Peter Som Not Quitting Bill Blass

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Contrary to reports that have surfaced today, Peter Som is not giving up his post as womenswear designer of Bill Blass.

According to Portfolio, a source reveled that Som is, in fact, renegotiating his contract with the label.

It has been suggested in various reports that the cancellation of brand's fashion show, originally scheduled for fashion week in September, could have been the last straw for Som.

"Due to the restructuring of the Bill Blass brand, NexCen and Bill Blass creative director Peter Som have decided to forgo a runway show during this interim period and is now considering presenting a collection to retailers this season," Blass' cash-strapped parent NexCen Brands, Inc. said in a statement released to the press Thursday evening.

A protege of the late American designer Bill Blass, Som was hired to inject new life into the Bill Blass label, which hasn’t been doing very well under the stewardship of head designer Michael Vollbracht.

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