- Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership (3)

FORM 3	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0104 Expires: February 28, 2011 Estimated average burden hours per response... 0.5
	Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

KARP ALLAN W

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (MM/DD/YYYY) 11/12/2009

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

rue21, inc. [RUE]

(Last) (First) (Middle)

C/O KARPREILLY LLC, 104 FIELD POINT ROAD, 2ND FLOOR

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)

_____ Director ___ X ___ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)

(Street)

GREENWICH, CT 06830

(City) (State) (Zip)

5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

_ X _ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ 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)
Common Stock	13999999 ⁽¹⁾	I	By SKM Funds ⁽¹⁾

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

Explanation of Responses:

( 1)

Owned by SKM Equity Fund II, L.P. and SKM Investment Fund II (together, the "SKM Funds"). SKM Equity Fund II, L.P. directly beneficially owns 13,725,490 shares of Common Stock and SKM Investment Fund II directly beneficially owns 274,509 shares of Common Stock. The Reporting Person is a Managing Member of Saunders Karp & Megrue Partners, LLC, the general partner of each of SKM Investment Fund II and SKM Partners, L.P., which is the general partner of SKM Equity Fund II, L.P. As such, the Reporting Person may be deemed to have a shared voting and/or dispositive power over these shares. However, the Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of these shares, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
KARP ALLAN W C/O KARPREILLY LLC 104 FIELD POINT ROAD, 2ND FLOOR GREENWICH, CT 06830		X

Signatures
/s/ Allan W. Karp		5/27/2011
^** Signature of Reporting Person		Date

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