<PAGE>

                                           Registration Statement No.33
                                                                       ---------


                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM S-8
                          REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                          Jos. A. Bank Clothiers, Inc.
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               (Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)

      Delaware                                                36-3189198
------------------------------                             -------------------
(State or other jurisdiction                               (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)                             Identification No.)


                   500 Hanover Pike, Hampstead, Maryland 21074
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        (Address of Principal Executive Offices)              (Zip Code)

                 Jos. A. Bank Clothiers, Inc. Stock Option Plan
                             for Robert N. Wildrick
                            (Full title of the plan)

                        Charles D. Frazer, Vice President
                               and General Counsel
                          Jos. A. Bank Clothiers, Inc.
                                500 Hanover Pike
                         Hampstead, Maryland 21074-2095
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                     (Name and address of agent for service)

                                 (410) 239-2700
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                                 With a copy to:

                          Ralph J. Sutcliffe, Esq.
                          Kronish Lieb Weiner & Hellman LLP
                          1114 Avenue of the Americas
                          New York, NY 10036-7798

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Title of                                                         Amount
securities       Amount        Offering        Aggregate         of
to be            to be         price           offering          registration
registered       registered    per share(1)    price             fee
----------       ----------    ------------    ---------         ------------

Common Stock,
$.01 par         600,000       $3.41           $2,046,000        $511.50
value

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(1)      Exercise price of the options granted under the Plan,
         pursuant to Rule 457(h).


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                                     PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.  Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference

         The following documents, which have been filed by Jos. A. Bank
Clothiers, Inc. (the "Company" or "registrant") with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "SEC"), are incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement as of their respective dates:

         (a) The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
January 29, 2000;

         (b) The Company's quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the periods ended
April 29, 2000, July 29, 2000 and October 28, 2000; and

         (c) The description of the Company's capital stock contained in the
Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A (No. 0-23874) under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), declared effective May 3,
1994.

         All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment 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 in this Registration Statement and to be a part
hereof from the date of filing of such documents.

Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel

         Ralph J. Sutcliffe, a partner of Kronish Lieb Weiner & Hellman LLP and
counsel to the Company, beneficially owns 10,500 shares of the Company's common
stock.

Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers

         The Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that the
Company will, to the fullest extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of
the State of Delaware, as amended from time to time (the "GCL"), indemnify all
persons whom it may indemnify pursuant thereto. The Company's Bylaws, as
amended, contain a similar provision requiring indemnification of the Company's
directors and officers to the fullest extent authorized by the GCL. The GCL
permits a corporation to indemnify its directors and officers (among others)
against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid


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in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by them in connection with any
action, suit or proceeding brought (or threatened to be brought) by third
parties, if such directors or officers acted in good faith and in a manner they
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no
reasonable cause to believe their conduct was unlawful. In a derivative action
(i.e., one by or in the right of the corporation), indemnification may be made
for expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by
directors and officers in connection with the defense or settlement of such
action if they had acted in good faith and in a manner they reasonably believed
to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, except that no
indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to
which such person shall have been adjudged liable to the Company unless and only
to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or
suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication
of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is
fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses. The GCL further
provides that, to the extent any director or officer has been successful on the
merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in
this paragraph, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person
shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and
reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith. In addition, the Company's
Certificate of Incorporation contains a provision limiting the personal
liability of the Company's directors for monetary damages for certain breaches
of their fiduciary duty. The Company has indemnification insurance under which
directors and officers are insured against certain liability that may occur in
their capacity as such.

         The Company has entered into an employment agreement with Robert N.
Wildrick dated as of November 1, 1999 (as amended, the "Employment Agreement").
Under the terms of the Employment Agreement, the Company has agreed to indemnify
Robert N. Wildrick from and against any expenses (including attorneys' fees),
judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement incurred by him by reason of his
being made a party or threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending
or completed action, suit or proceeding, by reason of any act or omission to act
during or before the term of the Employment Agreement or otherwise by reason of
the fact that Robert N. Wildrick is or was a director or officer of the Company
or any subsidiary or affiliate of the Company, to the fullest extent permitted
by the GCL.


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Item 8.  Exhibits.

                  4.1      Form of Common Stock certificate, previously filed
                           with the SEC as an exhibit to the Company's
                           Registration Statement on Form 8-A (No. 0-23874)
                           under the Exchange Act, declared effective May 3,
                           1994, and incorporated herein by reference.

                  5.1      Opinion of counsel as to legality of the shares of
                           common stock covered by this Registration
                           Statement.

                  23.1     Consent of independent accountants

                  23.2     Consent of counsel (included within Exhibit 5.1)


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Item 9.  Undertakings.

A.  Post-Effective Amendments

         The 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;

                  (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
                  after the effective date of this 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 this Registration
                  Statement;

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

provided, however, that subparagraphs (i) and (ii) above will not apply if the
information required to be included in a post- effective amendment by those
subparagraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the
SEC by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that
are incorporated by reference in this 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.  Subsequent Documents Incorporated by Reference

         The registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant's annual
report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where


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applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this
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.  Claims for Indemnification

         Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act 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 SEC such indemnification is against
public policy as expressed in the Securities 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 Securities Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.


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                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Hampstead, State of Maryland, on the 16th day of
March, 2001.

                                    Jos. A. Bank Clothiers, Inc.
                                    (Registrant)


                                    By:   /s/ Robert N. Wildrick
                                       ------------------------------------
                                       Robert N. Wildrick
                                       Chief Executive Officer and Director



         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration
Statement has been signed below by the following persons in all capacities and
on the dates indicated.

       Signature                    Title                              Date

/s/ Robert N. Wildrick         Chief Executive Officer            March 16, 2001
----------------------         and Director
Robert N. Wildrick

/s/ David E. Ullman            Executive Vice                     March 19, 2001
----------------------         President and Chief
David E. Ullman                Financial Officer


/s/ Richard E. Pitts           Treasurer                          March 19, 2001
----------------------
Richard E. Pitts

/s/ David A. Preiser           Director                           March 19, 2001
----------------------
David A. Preiser


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/s/ Peter V. Handal            Director                           March 19, 2001
----------------------
Peter V. Handal

/s/ Gary S. Gladstein          Director                           March 19, 2001
----------------------
Gary S. Gladstein

/s/ Andrew A. Giordano         Chairman of the Board              March 19, 2001
----------------------         and Director
Andrew A. Giordano


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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit                                                            Page
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4.1      Form of Common Stock certificate, previously filed
         with the SEC as an exhibit to the Company's
         Registration Statement on Form 8-A (No. 0-23874)
         under the Exchange Act, declared effective May 3,
         1994, and incorporated herein by reference.

5.1      Opinion of counsel as to legality of the shares of
         common stock covered by this Registration
         Statement.

23.1     Consent of independent accountants

23.2     Consent of counsel (included within Exhibit 5.1)


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Registration Statement No.33
                                                                       ---------

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM S-8
                          REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                          Jos. A. Bank Clothiers, Inc.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
               (Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)

      Delaware                                                36-3189198
------------------------------                             -------------------
(State or other jurisdiction                               (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)                             Identification No.)

                   500 Hanover Pike, Hampstead, Maryland 21074
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        (Address of Principal Executive Offices)              (Zip Code)

                 Jos. A. Bank Clothiers, Inc. Stock Option Plan
                             for Robert N. Wildrick
                            (Full title of the plan)

                        Charles D. Frazer, Vice President
                               and General Counsel
                          Jos. A. Bank Clothiers, Inc.
                                500 Hanover Pike
                         Hampstead, Maryland 21074-2095
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                     (Name and address of agent for service)

                                 (410) 239-2700
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                                 With a copy to:

                          Ralph J. Sutcliffe, Esq.
                          Kronish Lieb Weiner & Hellman LLP
                          1114 Avenue of the Americas
                          New York, NY 10036-7798

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Title of                                                         Amount
securities       Amount        Offering        Aggregate         of
to be            to be         price           offering          registration
registered       registered    per share(1)    price             fee
----------       ----------    ------------    ---------         ------------

Common Stock,
$.01 par         600,000       $3.41           $2,046,000        $511.50
value

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(1)      Exercise price of the options granted under the Plan,
         pursuant to Rule 457(h).
PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.  Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference

         The following documents, which have been filed by Jos. A. Bank
Clothiers, Inc. (the "Company" or "registrant") with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "SEC"), are incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement as of their respective dates:

         (a) The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
January 29, 2000;

         (b) The Company's quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the periods ended
April 29, 2000, July 29, 2000 and October 28, 2000; and

         (c) The description of the Company's capital stock contained in the
Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A (No. 0-23874) under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), declared effective May 3,
1994.

         All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment 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 in this Registration Statement and to be a part
hereof from the date of filing of such documents.

Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel

         Ralph J. Sutcliffe, a partner of Kronish Lieb Weiner & Hellman LLP and
counsel to the Company, beneficially owns 10,500 shares of the Company's common
stock.

Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers

         The Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that the
Company will, to the fullest extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of
the State of Delaware, as amended from time to time (the "GCL"), indemnify all
persons whom it may indemnify pursuant thereto. The Company's Bylaws, as
amended, contain a similar provision requiring indemnification of the Company's
directors and officers to the fullest extent authorized by the GCL. The GCL
permits a corporation to indemnify its directors and officers (among others)
against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid

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in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by them in connection with any
action, suit or proceeding brought (or threatened to be brought) by third
parties, if such directors or officers acted in good faith and in a manner they
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no
reasonable cause to believe their conduct was unlawful. In a derivative action
(i.e., one by or in the right of the corporation), indemnification may be made
for expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by
directors and officers in connection with the defense or settlement of such
action if they had acted in good faith and in a manner they reasonably believed
to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, except that no
indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to
which such person shall have been adjudged liable to the Company unless and only
to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or
suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication
of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is
fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses. The GCL further
provides that, to the extent any director or officer has been successful on the
merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in
this paragraph, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person
shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and
reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith. In addition, the Company's
Certificate of Incorporation contains a provision limiting the personal
liability of the Company's directors for monetary damages for certain breaches
of their fiduciary duty. The Company has indemnification insurance under which
directors and officers are insured against certain liability that may occur in
their capacity as such.

         The Company has entered into an employment agreement with Robert N.
Wildrick dated as of November 1, 1999 (as amended, the "Employment Agreement").
Under the terms of the Employment Agreement, the Company has agreed to indemnify
Robert N. Wildrick from and against any expenses (including attorneys' fees),
judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement incurred by him by reason of his
being made a party or threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending
or completed action, suit or proceeding, by reason of any act or omission to act
during or before the term of the Employment Agreement or otherwise by reason of
the fact that Robert N. Wildrick is or was a director or officer of the Company
or any subsidiary or affiliate of the Company, to the fullest extent permitted
by the GCL.

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Item 8.  Exhibits.

                  4.1      Form of Common Stock certificate, previously filed
                           with the SEC as an exhibit to the Company's
                           Registration Statement on Form 8-A (No. 0-23874)
                           under the Exchange Act, declared effective May 3,
                           1994, and incorporated herein by reference.

                  5.1      Opinion of counsel as to legality of the shares of
                           common stock covered by this Registration
                           Statement.

                  23.1     Consent of independent accountants

                  23.2     Consent of counsel (included within Exhibit 5.1)

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Item 9.  Undertakings.

A.  Post-Effective Amendments

         The 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;

                  (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
                  after the effective date of this 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 this Registration
                  Statement;

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

provided, however, that subparagraphs (i) and (ii) above will not apply if the
information required to be included in a post- effective amendment by those
subparagraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the
SEC by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that
are incorporated by reference in this 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.  Subsequent Documents Incorporated by Reference

         The registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant's annual
report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where

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applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this
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.  Claims for Indemnification

         Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act 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 SEC such indemnification is against
public policy as expressed in the Securities 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 Securities Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.

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SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Hampstead, State of Maryland, on the 16th day of
March, 2001.

                                    Jos. A. Bank Clothiers, Inc.
                                    (Registrant)

                                    By:   /s/ Robert N. Wildrick
                                       ------------------------------------
                                       Robert N. Wildrick
                                       Chief Executive Officer and Director

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration
Statement has been signed below by the following persons in all capacities and
on the dates indicated.

       Signature                    Title                              Date

/s/ Robert N. Wildrick         Chief Executive Officer            March 16, 2001
----------------------         and Director
Robert N. Wildrick

/s/ David E. Ullman            Executive Vice                     March 19, 2001
----------------------         President and Chief
David E. Ullman                Financial Officer

/s/ Richard E. Pitts           Treasurer                          March 19, 2001
----------------------
Richard E. Pitts

/s/ David A. Preiser           Director                           March 19, 2001
----------------------
David A. Preiser

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/s/ Peter V. Handal            Director                           March 19, 2001
----------------------
Peter V. Handal

/s/ Gary S. Gladstein          Director                           March 19, 2001
----------------------
Gary S. Gladstein

/s/ Andrew A. Giordano         Chairman of the Board              March 19, 2001
----------------------         and Director
Andrew A. Giordano

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit                                                            Page
-------                                                            ----

4.1      Form of Common Stock certificate, previously filed
         with the SEC as an exhibit to the Company's
         Registration Statement on Form 8-A (No. 0-23874)
         under the Exchange Act, declared effective May 3,
         1994, and incorporated herein by reference.

5.1      Opinion of counsel as to legality of the shares of
         common stock covered by this Registration
         Statement.

23.1     Consent of independent accountants

23.2     Consent of counsel (included within Exhibit 5.1)

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