UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                          ---------------------------

                                    FORM S-8

                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                     UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                              HARTMARX CORPORATION
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

             -----------------------------------------------------

          DELAWARE                                   36-3217140
   (State of incorporation)             (I.R.S. employer identification number)

                             101 North Wacker Drive
                            Chicago, Illinois 60606
              (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

                           2006 Incentive Stock Plan
                                      and
            2006 Stock Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors
                           (Full title of the Plans)

                                TARAS R. PROCZKO
              SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, GENERAL COUNSEL AND SECRETARY
                              HARTMARX CORPORATION
                             101 NORTH WACKER DRIVE
                            CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60606
                                 (312) 372-6300
 (Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                      ------------------------------------

<TABLE>

                                          CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
<CAPTION>

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   Title of Each Class of                            Proposed Maximum       Proposed Maximum       Amount of
      Securities To Be         Amount To Be           Offering Price       Aggregate Offering     Registration
         Registered           Registered (1)          per Share (2)              Price                Fee
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

<S>                          <C>                          <C>                 <C>                  <C>
Common Stock, par            4,695,046 shares             $7.12               $33,428,727          $3,576.87
value $2.50 per share
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

(1)  Such additional securities are also being registered hereby as may become issuable under the 2006 Incentive
     Stock Plan and the 2006 Stock Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors (the "Plans") as a result of
     applicable anti-dilution provisions.

(2)  In accordance with Rules 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"),
     estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, the maximum offering price per share is
     based on the average of the high and low sale prices for a share of Common Stock on the Composite Tape of the
     New York Stock Exchange on June 8, 2006.

</TABLE>


<PAGE>


                                EXPLANATORY NOTE

         A total of 4,695,046 shares of Common Stock of Hartmarx Corporation, a
Delaware Corporation (the "Company"), are being registered in connection with
the Plans: 4,309,540 shares of Common Stock under the 2006 Incentive Stock Plan
and 385,506 shares of Common Stock under the 2006 Stock Compensation Plan for
Non-Employee Directors.

         The total number of shares of Common Stock being registered hereunder
in connection with the 2006 Incentive Stock Plan include 1,500,000 newly
registered shares, 2,407 shares not issued under the Company's 1988 Stock
Option Plan, 750 shares not issued under the Company's 1995 Incentive Stock
Plan, 899,200 shares not issued under the Company's 1998 Incentive Stock Plan,
and 1,907,183 shares not issued under the Company's 2003 Incentive Stock Plan.
Shares of Common Stock not issued under the 1988 Stock Option Plan, the 1995
Incentive Stock Plan, the 1998 Incentive Stock Plan, and the 2003 Incentive
Stock Plan, or which relate to options issued under such plans that are
terminated, expired or never exercised, are, pursuant to the terms of such
plans and the 2006 Incentive Stock Plan, available for issuance under the 2006
Incentive Stock Plan.

         The total number of shares of Common Stock being registered hereunder
in connection with the 2006 Stock Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors
include 250,000 newly registered shares, and 135,506 shares under the Company's
1995 Stock Plan for Non- Employee Directors. Shares of Common Stock not issued
under the 1995 Stock Plan for Non-Employee Directors, or which relate to
options issued under such plan that are terminated or never exercised, are,
pursuant to the terms of such plan and the 2006 Stock Compensation Plan for
Non-Employee Directors, available for issuance under the 2006 Stock
Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors.

                                    PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

         The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") by the Company (Commission File 1-8501) pursuant
to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), are
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:

         (a) The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
November 30, 2005.

         (b) All other reports of the Company filed pursuant to Section 13(a)
or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K referred to in (a) above, including the
Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended February
28, 2006, the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 27, 2005, and
the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 20, 2006.

         (c) The description of the Common Stock contained in the Company's
Registration Statement on Form 8-B, dated July 8, 1983, filed with the
Commission pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act.

         All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, after the date of this
Registration Statement prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to
this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered have
been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be
deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the
date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed
to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the
extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed
document which also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or
superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

Item 4.  Description of Securities.

         Not applicable.

Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

         The validity of the issuance of the shares of Common Stock offered
hereby will be passed upon for the Company by Taras R. Proczko, Senior Vice
President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Company. As of June 7, 2006,
Mr. Proczko is the beneficial holder (directly and indirectly) of 48,725 shares
of Common Stock, 15,443 shares of Common Stock held in Mr. Proczko's Hartmarx
Savings Investment and Stock Ownership Plan 401(k) account, and options to
purchase 55,000 shares of Common Stock. Mr. Proczko is eligible to participate
in the 2006 Incentive Stock Plan.
<PAGE>


Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

         Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or DGCL, grants
the Company the power to indemnify each person who was or is a party or is
threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action,
suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative by
reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of
the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director,
officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees),
judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted
in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to
the best interests of the Company, and with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his/her conduct was unlawful,
provided, however, no indemnification shall be made in connection with any
proceeding brought by or in the right of the Company where the person involved
is adjudged to be liable to the Company except to the extent approved by a
court.

         Under the Company's certificate of incorporation and bylaws, the
Company is required to indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any
person who is or was made or is threatened to be made a party to any action,
suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative,
because the person is or was a director or officer of the Company or is or was
serving as a director, officer, employee or agent for another entity at the
request of the Company against liability incurred in such action, suit or
proceeding. The Company's bylaws require the Company to advance expenses, as
incurred, in connection with any such proceeding, subject to the limitations
under Delaware law. The Company has also entered into indemnification
agreements with certain of its officers and directors to contractually provide
indemnification coverage consistent with the Company's certificate of
incorporation and bylaws.

         In addition, the Company maintains officers' and directors' liability
insurance insuring the Company's officers and directors against certain
liabilities and expenses incurred by them in their capacities as such.

Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed.

         Not applicable.

Item 8.  Exhibits.

Exhibit No.        Description of Exhibit
-----------        ----------------------

5.1                Opinion of Taras R. Proczko, Senior Vice President, General
                   Counsel and Secretary of the Company.

23.1               Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

23.2               Consent of Taras R. Proczko (included in Exhibit 5.1).

24.1               Power of Attorney.

Item 9.  Undertakings.

         (a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

                  (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are
         being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

                           (i) To include any prospectus required by Section
                  10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

                           (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or
                  events arising after the effective date of the registration
                  statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
                  thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a
                  fundamental change in the information set forth in the
                  registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any
                  increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
                  total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed
                  that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or
                  high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be
                  reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission
                  pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in
                  volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in
                  the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
                  "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective
                  registration statement.

                           (iii) To include any material information with
                  respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed
                  in the registration statement or any material change to such
                  information in the registration statement;

<PAGE>


provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration
statement.

                  (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under
         the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed
         to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
         therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
         deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

                  (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
         amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold
         at the termination of the offering.

         (b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit
plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall
be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.

         (c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise,
the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed
in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.


<PAGE>


                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized in the City of Chicago, State of Illinois, on this 8th day of
June, 2006.

                                           HARTMARX CORPORATION


                                           By: /s/ Taras R. Proczko
                                               --------------------------------
                                           Name:  Taras R. Proczko
                                           Title: Senior Vice President, General
                                                  Counsel and Secretary

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities indicated on this 8th day of June, 2006.


          SIGNATURE                               TITLE
          ---------                               -----


            *                        Chairman of the Board, President,
--------------------------------     Chief Executive Officer and Director
Homi B. Patel                        (Principal Executive Officer)


            *                        Director
--------------------------------
Michael F. Anthony


            *                        Director
--------------------------------
Jeffrey A. Cole


            *                        Director
--------------------------------
James P. Dollive


            *                        Director
--------------------------------
Raymond F. Farley


            *                        Director
--------------------------------
Elbert O. Hand


            *                        Director
--------------------------------
Dipak C. Jain


            *                        Director
--------------------------------
Michael B. Rohlfs


            *                        Director
--------------------------------
Stuart L. Scott


            *                        Executive Vice President and Chief
--------------------------------     Financial Officer (Principal
Glenn R. Morgan                      Financial Officer)


            *                        Vice President and Controller (Principal
--------------------------------     Accounting Officer)
Andrew A. Zahr


*  By: /s/ Taras R. Proczko
       -------------------------
       Taras R. Proczko, Attorney-in-fact


<PAGE>



                                 EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit No.         Description of Exhibit
-----------         ----------------------

5.1                 Opinion of Taras R. Proczko, Senior Vice President, General
                    Counsel and Secretary of the Company.

23.1                Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

23.2                Consent of Taras R. Proczko (included in Exhibit 5.1).

4.1                 Power of Attorney.
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UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                          ---------------------------

                                    FORM S-8

                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                     UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                              HARTMARX CORPORATION
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

             -----------------------------------------------------

          DELAWARE                                   36-3217140
   (State of incorporation)             (I.R.S. employer identification number)

                             101 North Wacker Drive
                            Chicago, Illinois 60606
              (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

                           2006 Incentive Stock Plan
                                      and
            2006 Stock Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors
                           (Full title of the Plans)

                                TARAS R. PROCZKO
              SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, GENERAL COUNSEL AND SECRETARY
                              HARTMARX CORPORATION
                             101 NORTH WACKER DRIVE
                            CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60606
                                 (312) 372-6300
 (Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                      ------------------------------------

                                          CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   Title of Each Class of                            Proposed Maximum       Proposed Maximum       Amount of
      Securities To Be         Amount To Be           Offering Price       Aggregate Offering     Registration
         Registered           Registered (1)          per Share (2)              Price                Fee
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Common Stock, par            4,695,046 shares             $7.12               $33,428,727          $3,576.87
value $2.50 per share
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

(1)  Such additional securities are also being registered hereby as may become issuable under the 2006 Incentive
     Stock Plan and the 2006 Stock Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors (the "Plans") as a result of
     applicable anti-dilution provisions.

(2)  In accordance with Rules 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"),
     estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, the maximum offering price per share is
     based on the average of the high and low sale prices for a share of Common Stock on the Composite Tape of the
     New York Stock Exchange on June 8, 2006.
EXPLANATORY NOTE

         A total of 4,695,046 shares of Common Stock of Hartmarx Corporation, a
Delaware Corporation (the "Company"), are being registered in connection with
the Plans: 4,309,540 shares of Common Stock under the 2006 Incentive Stock Plan
and 385,506 shares of Common Stock under the 2006 Stock Compensation Plan for
Non-Employee Directors.

         The total number of shares of Common Stock being registered hereunder
in connection with the 2006 Incentive Stock Plan include 1,500,000 newly
registered shares, 2,407 shares not issued under the Company's 1988 Stock
Option Plan, 750 shares not issued under the Company's 1995 Incentive Stock
Plan, 899,200 shares not issued under the Company's 1998 Incentive Stock Plan,
and 1,907,183 shares not issued under the Company's 2003 Incentive Stock Plan.
Shares of Common Stock not issued under the 1988 Stock Option Plan, the 1995
Incentive Stock Plan, the 1998 Incentive Stock Plan, and the 2003 Incentive
Stock Plan, or which relate to options issued under such plans that are
terminated, expired or never exercised, are, pursuant to the terms of such
plans and the 2006 Incentive Stock Plan, available for issuance under the 2006
Incentive Stock Plan.

         The total number of shares of Common Stock being registered hereunder
in connection with the 2006 Stock Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors
include 250,000 newly registered shares, and 135,506 shares under the Company's
1995 Stock Plan for Non- Employee Directors. Shares of Common Stock not issued
under the 1995 Stock Plan for Non-Employee Directors, or which relate to
options issued under such plan that are terminated or never exercised, are,
pursuant to the terms of such plan and the 2006 Stock Compensation Plan for
Non-Employee Directors, available for issuance under the 2006 Stock
Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors.

                                    PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

         The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") by the Company (Commission File 1-8501) pursuant
to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), are
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:

         (a) The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
November 30, 2005.

         (b) All other reports of the Company filed pursuant to Section 13(a)
or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K referred to in (a) above, including the
Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended February
28, 2006, the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 27, 2005, and
the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 20, 2006.

         (c) The description of the Common Stock contained in the Company's
Registration Statement on Form 8-B, dated July 8, 1983, filed with the
Commission pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act.

         All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, after the date of this
Registration Statement prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to
this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered have
been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be
deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the
date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed
to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the
extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed
document which also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or
superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

Item 4.  Description of Securities.

         Not applicable.

Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

         The validity of the issuance of the shares of Common Stock offered
hereby will be passed upon for the Company by Taras R. Proczko, Senior Vice
President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Company. As of June 7, 2006,
Mr. Proczko is the beneficial holder (directly and indirectly) of 48,725 shares
of Common Stock, 15,443 shares of Common Stock held in Mr. Proczko's Hartmarx
Savings Investment and Stock Ownership Plan 401(k) account, and options to
purchase 55,000 shares of Common Stock. Mr. Proczko is eligible to participate
in the 2006 Incentive Stock Plan.
Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

         Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or DGCL, grants
the Company the power to indemnify each person who was or is a party or is
threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action,
suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative by
reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of
the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director,
officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees),
judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted
in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to
the best interests of the Company, and with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his/her conduct was unlawful,
provided, however, no indemnification shall be made in connection with any
proceeding brought by or in the right of the Company where the person involved
is adjudged to be liable to the Company except to the extent approved by a
court.

         Under the Company's certificate of incorporation and bylaws, the
Company is required to indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any
person who is or was made or is threatened to be made a party to any action,
suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative,
because the person is or was a director or officer of the Company or is or was
serving as a director, officer, employee or agent for another entity at the
request of the Company against liability incurred in such action, suit or
proceeding. The Company's bylaws require the Company to advance expenses, as
incurred, in connection with any such proceeding, subject to the limitations
under Delaware law. The Company has also entered into indemnification
agreements with certain of its officers and directors to contractually provide
indemnification coverage consistent with the Company's certificate of
incorporation and bylaws.

         In addition, the Company maintains officers' and directors' liability
insurance insuring the Company's officers and directors against certain
liabilities and expenses incurred by them in their capacities as such.

Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed.

         Not applicable.

Item 8.  Exhibits.

Exhibit No.        Description of Exhibit
-----------        ----------------------

5.1                Opinion of Taras R. Proczko, Senior Vice President, General
                   Counsel and Secretary of the Company.

23.1               Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

23.2               Consent of Taras R. Proczko (included in Exhibit 5.1).

24.1               Power of Attorney.

Item 9.  Undertakings.

         (a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

                  (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are
         being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

                           (i) To include any prospectus required by Section
                  10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

                           (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or
                  events arising after the effective date of the registration
                  statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
                  thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a
                  fundamental change in the information set forth in the
                  registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any
                  increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
                  total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed
                  that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or
                  high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be
                  reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission
                  pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in
                  volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in
                  the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
                  "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective
                  registration statement.

                           (iii) To include any material information with
                  respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed
                  in the registration statement or any material change to such
                  information in the registration statement;
provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration
statement.

                  (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under
         the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed
         to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
         therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
         deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

                  (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
         amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold
         at the termination of the offering.

         (b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit
plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall
be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.

         (c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise,
the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed
in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized in the City of Chicago, State of Illinois, on this 8th day of
June, 2006.

                                           HARTMARX CORPORATION

                                           By: /s/ Taras R. Proczko
                                               --------------------------------
                                           Name:  Taras R. Proczko
                                           Title: Senior Vice President, General
                                                  Counsel and Secretary

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities indicated on this 8th day of June, 2006.

          SIGNATURE                               TITLE
          ---------                               -----

            *                        Chairman of the Board, President,
--------------------------------     Chief Executive Officer and Director
Homi B. Patel                        (Principal Executive Officer)

            *                        Director
--------------------------------
Michael F. Anthony

            *                        Director
--------------------------------
Jeffrey A. Cole

            *                        Director
--------------------------------
James P. Dollive

            *                        Director
--------------------------------
Raymond F. Farley

            *                        Director
--------------------------------
Elbert O. Hand

            *                        Director
--------------------------------
Dipak C. Jain

            *                        Director
--------------------------------
Michael B. Rohlfs

            *                        Director
--------------------------------
Stuart L. Scott

            *                        Executive Vice President and Chief
--------------------------------     Financial Officer (Principal
Glenn R. Morgan                      Financial Officer)

            *                        Vice President and Controller (Principal
--------------------------------     Accounting Officer)
Andrew A. Zahr

*  By: /s/ Taras R. Proczko
       -------------------------
       Taras R. Proczko, Attorney-in-fact
EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.         Description of Exhibit
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5.1                 Opinion of Taras R. Proczko, Senior Vice President, General
                    Counsel and Secretary of the Company.

23.1                Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

23.2                Consent of Taras R. Proczko (included in Exhibit 5.1).

4.1                 Power of Attorney.