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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):
November
                  10, 2005
Maidenform
        Brands, Inc.
(Exact
        name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
1-32568
06-1724014
(State
                  or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
(Commission
                  File Number)
(IRS
                  Employer Identification No.)
154
        Avenue E
Bayonne,
        NJ 07002
(Address
        of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's
                  telephone number, including area code
(201)
                  436-9200
(Former
        name or former address, if changed since last report.)
Check
        the
        appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
        satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
        provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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))
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Item
        2.02
Results
        of Operations and Financial Condition
On
        November 10, 2005, Maidenform Brands, Inc. (the "Company") issued a press
        release announcing the Company's financial results for its fiscal third quarter
        ended October 1, 2005. A copy of this press release is attached hereto as
        Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
The
        information included in this Current Report on Form 8-K (including Exhibit
        99.1
        hereto) that is furnished pursuant to this Item 2.02 shall not be deemed
        to be
"filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
        as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section or Sections
        11 and 12(a) (2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The information
        contained herein and in the exhibit attached hereto shall not be incorporated
        by
        reference into any filing of the Registrant, whether made before or after
        the
        date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing,
        unless expressly incorporated by specific reference into such
        filing.
Item
        9.01
Financial
        Statements and Exhibits
(c)
Exhibits:
99.1
Press
                    Release entitled "Maidenform Brands, Inc. Reports Third Quarter
                    Results"
issued
                    by Maidenform Brands, Inc. on November 10,
                    2005.
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SIGNATURES
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 hereunto
        duly authorized.
MAIDENFORM
                  BRANDS, INC.
Date: November
                10, 2005
By:
/s/ Dorvin
                D. Lively
Name:
Dorvin
                  D. Lively
Title:
Chief
                  Financial Officer
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EXHIBIT
        INDEX
Exhibit
99.1
Press
                    Release entitled "Maidenform Brands, Inc. Reports Third Quarter
                    Results"
issued
                    by Maidenform Brands, Inc. on November 10,
                    2005.
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