SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* ARIA PARTNERS GP LLC (Last) (First) (Middle) 11150 SANTA MONICA BOULEVARD, SUITE 700 (Street) LOS ANGELES CA 90025 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 02/28/2008	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol COLE KENNETH PRODUCTIONS INC [ KCP ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) Form filed by One Reporting Person X Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Class A Common Stock	1,439,868	I	By four affiliates and a third party managed account(1)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* ARIA PARTNERS GP LLC (Last) (First) (Middle) 11150 SANTA MONICA BOULEVARD, SUITE 700 (Street) LOS ANGELES CA 90025 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* MESSINA DANA (Last) (First) (Middle) 11150 SANTA MONICA BOULEVARD, SUITE 700 (Street) LOS ANGELES CA 90025 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

Explanation of Responses:

1. The Class A Common Stock is directly owned by Aria Select Consumer Fund LP, Aria Partners LP, Aria Partners II LP and Aria Partners (Cayman) Ltd. and 89,034 of the Class A Common Stock is owned by a third party account managed by Aria Partners GP LLC. Aria Partners GP LLC and Dana D. Messina may be deemed to be beneficially own the Class A Common Stock because Aria Partners GP LLC is the (x) General Partner of Aria Partners LP, Aria Partners II LP and Aria Partners (Cayman) Ltd., (y) investment manager to each of Aria Select Consumer Fund LP and Aria Partners (Cayman) Ltd. and (z) parent of Aria Retail GP, LLC, the General Partner of Aria Select Consumer Fund LP. Dana D. Messina is the Managing Member of Aria Partners GP LLC. Each of the reporting persons disclaim beneficial ownership of the reported securities, except to the extent of their pecuniary interest therein.

	/s/ Dana D. Messina, Managing Member	03/04/2008
	/s/ Dana D. Messina	03/04/2008
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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