Mr. Tahari owns a penthouse at 860 Fifth Ave. that is undergoing renovation, according to brokers.
There was nothing like this on the market, and Rosen and Tahari knew quickly what it meant.
Mr. Tahari moved into the apartment on Labor Day, just days before the launch of New York's fashion week.
In 1996, Elie Tahari brought back a swatch from Italy's Milior fabric mill.
Mr. Tahari and his broker, Rick Kelly of Prudential Douglas Elliman, had originally negotiated a lease to move in on July 1.
In 2003, Rosen and Tahari sold Theory to Japan's Link Holdings, but Rosen stayed on to run it and he's still there.
Tahari, an Israeli orphan with a rough-and-tumble youth, had found success early, but he got stuck in the quicksand of New York nightlife.
In 2003, Link Holdings, Theory's Japanese licensee (owned partially by Fast Retailing, which today owns it in full), offered to buy Rosen and Tahari out.
More surprising still is Rosen's continued close relationship with Elie Tahari.
Fashion designer Elie Tahari has finally moved into a three-bedroom apartment facing Central Park at 15 Central Park West, drawing the curtain on a bitter battle between the apartment's former tenant, a New York hedge-fund manager, and its owner, a member of a billionaire Asian family.
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