Perry Ellis International Part of ``America's Most Trustworthy Companies'' List for...

Perry Ellis International Part of ``America's Most Trustworthy Companies'' List for Second Consecutive Year

MIAMI--(Business Wire)--
Perry Ellis International, Inc. (NASDAQ:PERY) announced today that
for a second consecutive year the company is part of the prestigious
"Audit Integrity Top 100 - 2008" list, published by Audit Integrity
Inc. and Forbes.com last March 27. Perry Ellis International is one of
only 33 companies who repeated from last year's list. It is also the
only company in the Apparel/Accessories sector.

According to Audit Integrity Inc., to be included in the Top 100
Most Trustworthy Companies, a firm must consistently achieve high
Accounting and Governance Risk (AGR) scores, evidencing accounting
transparency and conservative management. Audit Integrity also states
that "the AGR score has proven to be a highly effective indicator of
investment returns."

"Perry Ellis International's commitment to strong governance,
transparent accounting and overall integrity made possible our
inclusion on this list for a second year in a row. We are proud of
this recognition and would like to thank Audit Integrity Inc. for our
selection," commented George Feldenkries, Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer.

About Perry Ellis International

Perry Ellis International, Inc. is a leading designer, distributor
and licensor of a broad line of high quality men's and women's
apparel, accessories, and fragrances. The Company's collection of
dress and casual shirts, golf sportswear, sweaters, dress and casual
pants and shorts, jeans wear, active wear and men's and women's
swimwear is available through all major levels of retail distribution.
The Company, through its wholly owned subsidiaries, owns a portfolio
of nationally and internationally recognized brands including Perry
Ellis(R), Jantzen(R), Laundry(R) by Shelli Segal, C&C California(R),
Cubavera(R), Munsingwear(R), Savane(R), Original Penguin(R), Grand
Slam(R), Natural Issue(R), Pro Player(R), the Havanera Co. (R),
Axis(R), Tricots St. Raphael(R), Gotcha(R), Girl Star(R) and MCD(R).
The Company enhances its roster of brands by licensing trademarks from
third parties including Dockers(R) for outerwear, Nike(R) and JAG(R)
for swimwear, and PING(R) and PGA TOUR(R) for golf apparel. Additional
information on the Company is available at http://www.pery.com.

Safe Harbor Statement

We caution readers that the forward-looking statements (statements
which are not historical facts) in this release are made pursuant to
the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are based on current
expectations rather than historical facts and they are indicated by
words or phrases such as "anticipate," "could," "may," "might,"
"potential," "predict," "should," "estimate," "expect," "project,"
"believe," "plan," "envision," "continue," "intend," "target,"
"contemplate," or "will" and similar words or phrases or comparable
terminology. We have based such forward-looking statements on our
current expectations, assumptions, estimates and projections. While we
believe these expectations, assumptions, estimates and projections are
reasonable, such forward-looking statements are only predictions and
involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, and other factors
that may cause actual results, performance or achievements to be
materially different from any future results, performance or
achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements,
many of which are beyond our control. These factors include: general
economic conditions, a significant decrease in business from or loss
of any of our major customers or programs, anticipated and
unanticipated trends and conditions in our industry, including the
impact of recent or future retail and wholesale consolidation, the
effectiveness of our planned advertising, marketing and promotional
campaigns, our ability to contain costs, disruptions in the supply
chain, our future capital needs and our ability to obtain financing,
our ability to integrate acquired businesses, trademarks, tradenames
and licenses, our ability to predict consumer preferences and changes
in fashion trends and consumer acceptance of both new designs and
newly introduced products, the termination or non-renewal of any
material license agreements to which we are a party, changes in the
costs of raw materials, labor and advertising, our ability to carry
out growth strategies including expansion in international and direct
to consumer retail markets, the level of consumer spending for apparel
and other merchandise, our ability to compete, exposure to foreign
currency risk and interest rate risk, possible disruption in
commercial activities due to terrorist activity and armed conflict,
and other factors set forth in Perry Ellis International's filings
with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Investors are cautioned
that all forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties,
including those risks and uncertainties detailed in Perry Ellis'
filings with the SEC. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on
these forward-looking statements, which are valid only as of the date
they were made. We undertake no obligation to update or revise any
forward-looking statements to reflect new information or the
occurrence of unanticipated events or otherwise.

Perry Ellis International, Miami
Investor Relations
Francisco G. Hoffmann, 305-873-1365

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