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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SECURITIES
  EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</font></b></p>
  
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date of Report (Date of earliest event
  reported):&nbsp;<b><font style="font-weight:bold;">May&nbsp;20</font>, 2008</b></font></p>
  
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">MOTHERS WORK, INC.</font></b></p>
  
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  Arrangements of Certain Officers.</font></b></p>
  
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As first reported on the Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed March&nbsp;8,
  2007, Mothers Work,&nbsp;Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) is a party to Supplemental
  Executive Retirement Agreements (the &#147;SERP Agreements&#148;) with its Chairman and
  Chief Executive Officer, Dan Matthias and with its President and Chief Creative
  Officer, Rebecca Matthias.&#160; In connection
  with the adoption of the SERP Agreements, the Company created a grantor trust
  (the &#147;Grantor Trust&#148;) for the purpose of accumulating assets in anticipation of
  its payment obligations under the SERP Agreements.&#160; The SERP Agreements provide that the Company
  will make annual contributions to the Grantor Trust to enable the assets of the
  Grantor Trust to approximate the actuarial present value of the benefits then
  accrued under the SERP Agreements.&#160; The
  terms of the SERP Agreements and the Rabbi Trust also provide that the assets
  of the Grantor Trust are generally to be used only to discharge the Company&#146;s
  obligations under the SERP Agreements (or, in the event of the Company&#146;s
  insolvency, for the benefit of the Company&#146;s general creditors).</font></p>
  
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On May&nbsp;20, 2008, the Company, entered into (i)&nbsp;a Letter
  Agreement (the &#147;Letter Agreement&#148;) with Dan Matthias, Rebecca Matthias and
  Wachovia Bank, National Association (the &#147;Trustee&#148;), and (ii)&nbsp;an amendment
  to the Grantor Trust agreement with the Trustee (the &#147;Amendment&#148;, and together
  with the Letter Agreement, the &#147;Agreements&#148;).&#160;
  The Agreements amend the SERP Agreements and the Grantor Trust agreement
  to provide for</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;"> the Company to deliver currently an irrevocable
  standby letter of credit to the Trustee in an amount equal to the Company&#146;s
  current funding obligation under the SERP Agreements (which is
  $3,885,258).&#160; The Agreements then provide
  for distribution by the Trustee to the Company of the assets currently held in
  the Grantor Trust.</font></p>
  
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The amendments effected by the Agreements also allow for the issuance,
  from time to time, of irrevocable standby letters of credit, or the increase of
  size of an irrevocable standby letter of credit already held by the Trustee, in
  lieu of any deposit to the Grantor Trust otherwise required in the future.&#160; In addition, the Agreements permit the
  Company, from time to time at its sole discretion, to reduce the size of any
  irrevocable standby letter of credit issued to the Trustee, so long as the
  Company simultaneously funds the Grantor Trust with an amount of cash equal to
  the amount of the reduction of the letter of credit.</font></p>
  
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by reference to
  the full text of the Letter Agreement, which is filed with this Current Report
  on Form&nbsp;8-K as Exhibit&nbsp;10.1.</font></p>
  
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  Item 9.01&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Financial
  Statements and Exhibits</font></b></p>
  
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Letter Agreement dated May&nbsp;20, 2008 among Dan
    Matthias, Rebecca Matthias, Wachovia Bank, National Association and Mothers
    Work,&nbsp;Inc.</font></p>
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text: UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington,
  D.C. 20549
  FORM 8-K
  CURRENT
  REPORT
  PURSUANT TO
  SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
  SECURITIES
  EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
  Date of Report (Date of earliest event
  reported):
  May 20
  , 2008
  MOTHERS WORK, INC.
  (Exact name of Registrant as specified in
  Charter)
  Delaware
  0-21196
  13-3045573
  (State or Other
    Jurisdiction
  of Incorporation or Organization)
  Commission
  File number
  (I.R.S. Employer
  Identification Number)
  456 North
  5th Street
  Philadelphia,
  PA 19123
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  (215)
  873-2200
  (Registrant's telephone number, including
  area code)
  Check
  the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K is intended to simultaneously
  satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
  provisions:
  o
  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under
    the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
  o
  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under
    the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
  o
  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule
    14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
  o
  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule
    13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
  Item 5.02
  Compensatory
  Arrangements of Certain Officers.
  As first reported on the Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 8,
  2007, Mothers Work, Inc. (the "Company") is a party to Supplemental
  Executive Retirement Agreements (the "SERP Agreements") with its Chairman and
  Chief Executive Officer, Dan Matthias and with its President and Chief Creative
  Officer, Rebecca Matthias.  In connection
  with the adoption of the SERP Agreements, the Company created a grantor trust
  (the "Grantor Trust") for the purpose of accumulating assets in anticipation of
  its payment obligations under the SERP Agreements.  The SERP Agreements provide that the Company
  will make annual contributions to the Grantor Trust to enable the assets of the
  Grantor Trust to approximate the actuarial present value of the benefits then
  accrued under the SERP Agreements.  The
  terms of the SERP Agreements and the Rabbi Trust also provide that the assets
  of the Grantor Trust are generally to be used only to discharge the Company's
  obligations under the SERP Agreements (or, in the event of the Company's
  insolvency, for the benefit of the Company's general creditors).
  On May 20, 2008, the Company, entered into (i) a Letter
  Agreement (the "Letter Agreement") with Dan Matthias, Rebecca Matthias and
  Wachovia Bank, National Association (the "Trustee"), and (ii) an amendment
  to the Grantor Trust agreement with the Trustee (the "Amendment", and together
  with the Letter Agreement, the "Agreements"). 
  The Agreements amend the SERP Agreements and the Grantor Trust agreement
  to provide for
  the Company to deliver currently an irrevocable
  standby letter of credit to the Trustee in an amount equal to the Company's
  current funding obligation under the SERP Agreements (which is
  $3,885,258).  The Agreements then provide
  for distribution by the Trustee to the Company of the assets currently held in
  the Grantor Trust.
  The amendments effected by the Agreements also allow for the issuance,
  from time to time, of irrevocable standby letters of credit, or the increase of
  size of an irrevocable standby letter of credit already held by the Trustee, in
  lieu of any deposit to the Grantor Trust otherwise required in the future.  In addition, the Agreements permit the
  Company, from time to time at its sole discretion, to reduce the size of any
  irrevocable standby letter of credit issued to the Trustee, so long as the
  Company simultaneously funds the Grantor Trust with an amount of cash equal to
  the amount of the reduction of the letter of credit.
  The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by reference to
  the full text of the Letter Agreement, which is filed with this Current Report
  on Form 8-K as Exhibit 10.1.
  Item 9.01               Financial
  Statements and Exhibits
  Exhibit No.
  Description
  10.1
  Letter Agreement dated May 20, 2008 among Dan
    Matthias, Rebecca Matthias, Wachovia Bank, National Association and Mothers
    Work, Inc.
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  SIGNATURE
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
  Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed
  on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized.
  Date: May 22, 2008
  MOTHERS WORK, INC.
  By:
  /s/ Edward M. Krell
  Edward M. Krell
  Chief Operating Officer & Chief Financial
    Officer
  3