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                    Release entitled &#8220;Maidenform Brands, Inc. Reports Second Quarter Results&#8221;
                    issued by Maidenform Brands, Inc. on August 30,
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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):
August
                  30, 2005
Maidenform
                    Brands, Inc.
(Exact
                    name of registrant as specified in its
                    charter)
Delaware
1-32568
06-1724014
(State
                    or other jurisdiction
(Commission
(IRS
                    Employer
of
                    incorporation)
File
                    Number)
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):
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Item
        2.02
Results
        of Operations and Financial Condition
On
        August
        30, 2005, Maidenform Brands, Inc. (the "Company") issued a press release
        announcing the Company's financial results for its fiscal second quarter ended
        July 2, 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 Second Quarter Results"
                  issued by Maidenform Brands, Inc. on August 30,
                  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:
                  August 30, 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 Second Quarter Results"
                    issued by Maidenform Brands, Inc. on August 30,
                    2005.
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