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 <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September&nbsp;6, 2006</font></p> <div style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 6.0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;"> <p style="border:none;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;padding:0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;text-transform:uppercase;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:5.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p> </div>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;text-transform:uppercase;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;text-transform:none;">UNITED STATES<br>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<br>
</font>WASHINGTON</b><b style="text-transform:none;">, D.C. 20549</b></p>

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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;text-transform:uppercase;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;text-transform:none;">FORM S-8</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;text-transform:uppercase;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;text-transform:none;">REGISTRATION
STATEMENT<br>
UNDER<br>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">MOTHERS
WORK, INC.<br>
</font></b>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</p>

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  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><!-- SET mrlNoTableShading --><b>Delaware</b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="47%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt .7pt;width:47.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">13-3045573</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(State or Other
  Jurisdiction of</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Incorporation or
  Organization)</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="47%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt .7pt;width:47.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Identification
  Number)</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">456 North
Fifth Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19123</font></b><br>
(Address, including zip code,<br>
of principal executive offices)</p>

<p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">2005
EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN</font></b><br>
(Full title of the plan)</p>

<p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Rebecca
C. Matthias, President<br>
Mothers Work, Inc.<br>
456 North 5th Street<br>
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19123</font></b><br>
(Name and address of agent for service)</p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(215) 873-2200</font></b><br>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)<br>
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  to&nbsp;Be&nbsp;Registered</p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid #000A0D 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.22%;">
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid #000A0D 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.8%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Amount&nbsp;to&nbsp;Be<br>
  Registered&nbsp;(1)</font></b></p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid #000A0D 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.4%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid #000A0D 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.5%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="14%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid #000A0D 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.66%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Proposed<br>
  Maximum&nbsp;Offering&nbsp;<br>
  Price&nbsp;Per&nbsp;Share</font></b></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid #000A0D 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid #000A0D 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.4%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid #000A0D 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.58%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="13%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid #000A0D 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:13.42%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Proposed<br>
  Maximum&nbsp;<br>
  Aggregate<br>
  Offering&nbsp;Price</font></b></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid #000A0D 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.22%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid #000A0D 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.4%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid #000A0D 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.82%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="13%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid #000A0D 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:13.42%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Amount&nbsp;of<br>
  Registration<br>
  Fee</font></b></p>
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  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid #000A0D 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.34%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Common Stock,
  par value $.01 per share</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid #000A0D 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid #000A0D 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid #000A0D 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.82%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid #000A0D 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.8%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">475,000 shares</font></p>
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  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid #000A0D 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.9%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid #000A0D 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid #000A0D 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid #000A0D 1.0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid #000A0D 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:13.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">35.74 </font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid #000A0D 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid #000A0D 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid #000A0D 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid #000A0D 1.0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid #000A0D 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.42%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">16,976,500</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid #000A0D 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid #000A0D 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid #000A0D 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.82%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid #000A0D 1.0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid #000A0D 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.42%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1,816.49</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid #000A0D 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:34.36%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Common Stock, par value
  $.01 per share</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.82%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.8%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">25,000 shares</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.9%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:13.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">12.95 </font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.42%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">323,750</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.82%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.42%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">34.64</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Pursuant
to Rule 416(b), there shall also be deemed covered hereby such additional
securities as may result from anti-dilution adjustments under the 2005 Equity
Incentive Plan, as the same may be amended from time to time hereafter (the &#147;Plan&#148;).&#160; In addition, this registration statement
registers an indeterminate number of rights (the &#147;Rights&#148;) to purchase Series B
Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share, pursuant to the terms of a certain
Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, dated as of October 9, 2005, between
Mothers Work, Inc. and StockTrans, Inc., as the same may be amended from time
to time hereafter.&#160; No separate
consideration will be received for the Rights, which initially will trade
together with the Common Stock.</p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Estimated
solely for the purposes of calculation of the registration fee in accordance
with Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933.&#160; The price and fee are computed based on the
average of the high and low prices for the common stock reported on the Nasdaq
National Market on August 29, 2006.</p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Estimated
solely for the purposes of calculation of the registration fee in accordance
with Rule 457(h)(1), based upon the weighted average exercise price of
outstanding but unexercised options.</p>


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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:center;text-transform:uppercase;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;text-transform:none;">PART I<br>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</font></b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 48.0pt;text-indent:-48.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 1.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Plan
Information.</b></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:48.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will
be sent or given to participants in the Plan as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) of
the Securities Act.&#160; Such documents are
not being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;),
but constitute, along with the documents incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement, a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section
10(a) of the Securities Act.</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 48.0pt;text-indent:-48.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 2.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Registrant
Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.</b></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:48.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Mothers
Work, Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) will furnish without charge to each person to
whom the prospectus is delivered, upon the written or oral request of such
person, a copy of any and all of the documents incorporated by reference, other
than exhibits to such documents (unless such exhibits are specifically
incorporated by reference to the information that is incorporated).&#160; Requests should be directed to Mothers Work,
Inc., 456 North Fifth Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19123 Attention: Dan
W. Matthias, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer; telephone
number (215) 873-2200.</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;text-transform:uppercase;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;text-transform:none;">PART
II<br>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 48.0pt;text-indent:-48.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 3.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Incorporation
of Documents by Reference.</b></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:48.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
following documents which have been filed by the Registrant with the Commission
are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 72.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Our
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended September 30, 2005;</p>

<p align="left" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 72.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Our
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended December 31, 2005;</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:48.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
period ended March 31, 2006;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:48.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
period ended June&nbsp;30, 2006;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:48.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(e)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Our Current Report on Form 8-K dated September&nbsp;27,
2005;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:48.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(f)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Our Current Report on Form 8-K dated October&nbsp;9,
2005;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:48.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(g)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Our Current Report on Form 8-K dated
December 29, 2005;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 72.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(h)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Our
Current Report on Form 8-K dated August&nbsp;3, 2006;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 72.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Our
Current Report on Form 8-K dated August&nbsp;24, 2006;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 72.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-24.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(j)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The
description of our common stock contained in our Registration Statement on Form
8-A filed on February 4, 1993, as amended, under Section 12(g) of the Exchange
Act; and</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:48.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">All
documents filed by the Registrant or the Plan pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date hereof and prior to the
filing of a post-effective </font></p>


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<p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">amendment
which indicates that all securities offered pursuant to this Registration
Statement 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.</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 48.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-48.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 4.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Description
of Securities.</b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 51.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Not applicable.</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 48.0pt;text-indent:-48.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Item 5.</font></b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Interests of Named Experts
and Counsel.</p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 51.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Not applicable.</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin-left:48.25pt;margin-right:0pt;text-indent:-48.25pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 6. </font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Indemnification
of Directors and Officers.</b></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:48.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section
145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law permits a Delaware corporation to
indemnify any 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 (other than an action by or in
the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that such person is or was
a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving
at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of
another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise,
against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid
in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such
action, suit or proceeding if such person acted in good faith and in a manner
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 that his conduct was unlawful.&#160; In the case of an action other than an action
by or in the right of the corporation, the termination of such action by
judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon plea of nolo contendere or its
equivalent, does not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not
act in good faith and in a manner which he 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 reasonable cause to believe that his conduct
was unlawful.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:48.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In
the case of an action by or in the right of the corporation, Section 145 empowers
a corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to
be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action in any of the
capacities set forth above against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees)
actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or
settlement of such action or suit if he acted in good faith and in a manner he
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to our best interests, except that
indemnification is not permitted in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to
which such person is adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only
to the extent that the Delaware Court of Chancery, or the court in which such
action or suit was brought determines 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
which the Court of Chancery or such other court deems proper.</font></p>


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<p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:48.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section
145 further provides that: (i) a Delaware corporation is required to indemnify
a director, officer, employee or agent against expenses (including attorneys&#146;
fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with any action,
suit or proceeding or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein as to
which such person has been successful on the merits or otherwise, (ii)
indemnification provided for by Section 145 shall not be deemed exclusive of
any other rights to which the indemnified party may be entitled, (iii) indemnification
provided for by Section 145 shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or
ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer,
employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of such person&#146;s heirs,
executors and administrators and (iv) empowers the corporation to purchase and
maintain insurance on behalf of a director or officer against any such
liability asserted against him in any such capacity or arising out of his
status as such whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify
him against liability under Section 145.&#160;
A Delaware corporation may provide indemnification only as authorized in
the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the director,
officer, employee or agent is proper in the circumstances because he has met
the applicable standard of conduct.&#160; This
determination is to be made (i) by the Board of Directors by a majority vote of
a quorum consisting of directors who were not party to such action, suit or
proceeding, (ii) if such a quorum is not obtainable, or, even if obtainable a
quorum of disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a
written opinion or (iii) by stockholders.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:48.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Article
Twelve of our certificate of incorporation provides that we shall, to the full
extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended from time
to time, indemnify all persons which we have the power to indemnify pursuant
thereto. In addition, Article V, Section 1 of our By-Laws provides that 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 (other than an action by or in the
right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that he or she is or was one of
our directors, officers, employees or agents or is or was serving at our
request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another company or of a
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with
respect to employee benefit plans, shall be indemnified and held harmless by us
to the fullest extent authorized by the Delaware General Corporation Law, as
the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of such
amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits us to provide broader
indemnification rights that said law permitted us to provide prior to such
amendment), against all expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees, judgments, fines
and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered
by such person in connection therewith. Article V, Section 5 of our By-Laws
provides that expenses incurred by an officer or director in defending a civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding may be
paid by us in advance of final disposition upon receipt of an undertaking by or
on behalf of such person to repay such amount if it ultimately is determined
that he is not entitled to be indemnified by us. We may, by action of our Board
of Directors, provide indemnification to our employees and agents with the same
scope and effect as the foregoing indemnification of directors and officers.
The foregoing right to indemnification and advancement of expenses is not
exclusive.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:48.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Our
directors and officers are covered by policies of insurance under which they
are insured, within limits and subject to certain limitations, against certain
expenses incurred in connection with the defense of actions, suits or
proceedings, and certain liabilities which might </font></p>


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<p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">be
incurred as a result of such actions, suits or proceedings, in which they are
parties by reason of being or having been directors or officers. We are also
insured with respect to certain payments that we might be required to make to
our directors or officers under applicable statutes and our certificate of
incorporation.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:48.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Additionally,
Article Thirteen of our certificate of incorporation limits the liability of
our directors under certain circumstances. Article Thirteen provides that a
director shall have no personal liability to us or our stockholders for
monetary damages for breach of his or her fiduciary duty as a director,
provided, however, that Article Thirteen does not eliminate or limit the
liability of a director (i) for any breach of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty to
us or our stockholders; (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which
involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of a law; (iii) for the
unlawful payment of dividends or unlawful stock repurchases under Section 174
of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware or (iv) for any
transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 48.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-48.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 7.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Exemption
from Registration Claimed.</b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 51.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Not applicable.</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 48.0pt;text-indent:-48.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 8.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Exhibits.</b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 51.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The following exhibits are filed herewith or
incorporated by reference as part of this Registration Statement:</font></p>

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  5.1)</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 48.0pt;text-indent:-48.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 9.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Undertakings.</b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 51.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:48.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; To file, during any period in which offers
or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration
Statement:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:84.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; To
include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;</font></p>


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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:84.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; 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 aggregate, represent a fundamental change in
the information set forth in this Registration Statement.&#160; 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 is registered) and any deviation
from the low or high end of the estimated maximum 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 &#147;Calculation of
Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective Registration Statement.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:84.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iii)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; 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;</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">provided</font></u>, <u>however</u>, that:</p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:108.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(A) Paragraphs (i) and (ii) above do not apply if the
Registration Statement is on Form S-8, and the information required to be
included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in
this Registration Statement; and</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:108.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(B) Paragraphs (a)(1)(i), (a)(1)(ii) and (a)(1)(iii) of
this section do not apply if the Registration Statement is on Form S-3 or Form
F-3 and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment
by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule
424(b) that is part of the Registration Statement.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:108.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(C) Provided further, however, that paragraphs
(a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the Registration Statement is for an
offering of asset-backed securities on Form S-1 or Form S-3, and the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment is provided
pursuant to Item 1100(c) of Regulation AB.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:48.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)&#160; 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 <i>bona fide</i> offering thereof.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:48.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)&#160; 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.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:48.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual
report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where
applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by </font></p>


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<p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">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 <i>bona fide</i>
offering thereof.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:48.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">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 Commission such indemnification is against
public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable.&#160; 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.</font></p>


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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:48.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">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 Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, on September&nbsp;6, 2006.</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">MOTHERS WORK, INC. </font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Dan W. Matthias</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Dan W. Matthias <br>
  Chairman of the Board and <br>
  Chief Executive Officer (the principal <br>
  executive officer)</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="51%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:51.48%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Edward M. Krell</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Edward M. Krell <br>
  Executive Vice President &#150; Chief <br>
  Financial Officer (the principal <br>
  financial officer and the principal <br>
  accounting officer)</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;text-transform:uppercase;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;text-transform:none;">POWER
OF ATTORNEY</font></b></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:48.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">KNOW
ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below
hereby constitutes and appoints Dan W. Matthias and Rebecca C. Matthias, and
each or any of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with
full power of substitution and resubstitution for him and in his name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, or any registration
statement for the same offering that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to
Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to file the same,
with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact
and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, or any of them, or their or his or her substitutes, may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.</font></p>


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<p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons on September 6, 2006 in the capacities
indicated.</font></p>

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  <td width="31%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:31.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Dan W. Matthias</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.64%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="46%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:46.02%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Dan W. Matthias <br>
  Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive <br>
  Officer (the principal executive officer)</font></p>
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  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="46%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:46.02%;">
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="46%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:46.02%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="31%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:31.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Rebecca C. Matthias</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.64%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="46%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:46.02%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Rebecca C. Matthias <br>
  President, Chief Operating Officer and <br>
  Director</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="46%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:46.02%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="46%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:46.02%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="31%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:31.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Edward M. Krell</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.64%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="46%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:46.02%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Edward M. Krell<br>
  Executive Vice President &#150; Chief Financial <br>
  Officer (the principal financial officer and the <br>
  principal accounting officer)</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="46%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:46.02%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="31%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:31.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Joseph A. Goldblum</font></p>
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  <td width="14%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.64%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="46%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:46.02%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Joseph A. Goldblum<br>
  Director</font></p>
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  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="46%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:46.02%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="31%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:31.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Elam M. Hitchner, III</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Elam M. Hitchner, III<br>
  Director</font></p>
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  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ David Schlessinger</font></p>
  </td>
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  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="46%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:46.02%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">David Schlessinger<br>
  Director</font></p>
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  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="46%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:46.02%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="31%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:31.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ William A. Schwartz, Jr.</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="46%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:46.02%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">William A. Schwartz, Jr.<br>
  Director</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Mothers Work, Inc. 2005 Equity Incentive Plan</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting
  Firm</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of Pepper Hamilton LLP (included in Exhibit
  5.1)</font></p>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 6, 2006
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON
, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
MOTHERS
WORK, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
13-3045573
(State or Other
  Jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or
  Organization)
Identification
  Number)
456 North
Fifth Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19123
(Address, including zip code,
of principal executive offices)
2005
EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Rebecca
C. Matthias, President
Mothers Work, Inc.
456 North 5th Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19123
(Name and address of agent for service)
(215) 873-2200
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities
to Be Registered
Amount to Be
Registered (1)
Proposed
Maximum Offering
Price Per Share
Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price
Amount of
Registration
Fee
Common Stock,
  par value $.01 per share
475,000 shares
$
35.74
(2)
$
16,976,500
$
1,816.49
Common Stock, par value
  $.01 per share
25,000 shares
$
12.95
(3)
$
323,750
$
34.64
(1)
Pursuant
to Rule 416(b), there shall also be deemed covered hereby such additional
securities as may result from anti-dilution adjustments under the 2005 Equity
Incentive Plan, as the same may be amended from time to time hereafter (the "Plan").  In addition, this registration statement
registers an indeterminate number of rights (the "Rights") to purchase Series B
Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share, pursuant to the terms of a certain
Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, dated as of October 9, 2005, between
Mothers Work, Inc. and StockTrans, Inc., as the same may be amended from time
to time hereafter.  No separate
consideration will be received for the Rights, which initially will trade
together with the Common Stock.
(2)
Estimated
solely for the purposes of calculation of the registration fee in accordance
with Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933.  The price and fee are computed based on the
average of the high and low prices for the common stock reported on the Nasdaq
National Market on August 29, 2006.
(3)
Estimated
solely for the purposes of calculation of the registration fee in accordance
with Rule 457(h)(1), based upon the weighted average exercise price of
outstanding but unexercised options.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1.
Plan
Information.
The
documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will
be sent or given to participants in the Plan as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) of
the Securities Act.  Such documents are
not being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"),
but constitute, along with the documents incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement, a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section
10(a) of the Securities Act.
Item 2.
Registrant
Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.
Mothers
Work, Inc. (the "Registrant") will furnish without charge to each person to
whom the prospectus is delivered, upon the written or oral request of such
person, a copy of any and all of the documents incorporated by reference, other
than exhibits to such documents (unless such exhibits are specifically
incorporated by reference to the information that is incorporated).  Requests should be directed to Mothers Work,
Inc., 456 North Fifth Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19123 Attention: Dan
W. Matthias, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer; telephone
number (215) 873-2200.
PART
II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation
of Documents by Reference.
The
following documents which have been filed by the Registrant with the Commission
are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:
(a)
Our
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended September 30, 2005;
(b)
Our
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended December 31, 2005;
(c)      Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
period ended March 31, 2006;
(d)      Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
period ended June 30, 2006;
(e)      Our Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 27,
2005;
(f)       Our Current Report on Form 8-K dated October 9,
2005;
(g)      Our Current Report on Form 8-K dated
December 29, 2005;
(h)      Our
Current Report on Form 8-K dated August 3, 2006;
(i)       Our
Current Report on Form 8-K dated August 24, 2006;
(j)
The
description of our common stock contained in our Registration Statement on Form
8-A filed on February 4, 1993, as amended, under Section 12(g) of the Exchange
Act; and
All
documents filed by the Registrant or the Plan pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date hereof and prior to the
filing of a post-effective
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amendment
which indicates that all securities offered pursuant to this Registration
Statement 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.
Item 4.
Description
of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts
and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6.
Indemnification
of Directors and Officers.
Section
145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law permits a Delaware corporation to
indemnify any 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 (other than an action by or in
the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that such person is or was
a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving
at the request of the corporation 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 such person acted in good faith and in a manner
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 that his conduct was unlawful.  In the case of an action other than an action
by or in the right of the corporation, the termination of such action by
judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon plea of nolo contendere or its
equivalent, does not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not
act in good faith and in a manner which he 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 reasonable cause to believe that his conduct
was unlawful.
In
the case of an action by or in the right of the corporation, Section 145 empowers
a corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to
be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action in any of the
capacities set forth above against expenses (including attorneys' fees)
actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or
settlement of such action or suit if he acted in good faith and in a manner he
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to our best interests, except that
indemnification is not permitted in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to
which such person is adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only
to the extent that the Delaware Court of Chancery, or the court in which such
action or suit was brought determines 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
which the Court of Chancery or such other court deems proper.
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Section
145 further provides that: (i) a Delaware corporation is required to indemnify
a director, officer, employee or agent against expenses (including attorneys'
fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with any action,
suit or proceeding or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein as to
which such person has been successful on the merits or otherwise, (ii)
indemnification provided for by Section 145 shall not be deemed exclusive of
any other rights to which the indemnified party may be entitled, (iii) indemnification
provided for by Section 145 shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or
ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer,
employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of such person's heirs,
executors and administrators and (iv) empowers the corporation to purchase and
maintain insurance on behalf of a director or officer against any such
liability asserted against him in any such capacity or arising out of his
status as such whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify
him against liability under Section 145. 
A Delaware corporation may provide indemnification only as authorized in
the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the director,
officer, employee or agent is proper in the circumstances because he has met
the applicable standard of conduct.  This
determination is to be made (i) by the Board of Directors by a majority vote of
a quorum consisting of directors who were not party to such action, suit or
proceeding, (ii) if such a quorum is not obtainable, or, even if obtainable a
quorum of disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a
written opinion or (iii) by stockholders.
Article
Twelve of our certificate of incorporation provides that we shall, to the full
extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended from time
to time, indemnify all persons which we have the power to indemnify pursuant
thereto. In addition, Article V, Section 1 of our By-Laws provides that 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 (other than an action by or in the
right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that he or she is or was one of
our directors, officers, employees or agents or is or was serving at our
request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another company or of a
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with
respect to employee benefit plans, shall be indemnified and held harmless by us
to the fullest extent authorized by the Delaware General Corporation Law, as
the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of such
amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits us to provide broader
indemnification rights that said law permitted us to provide prior to such
amendment), against all expenses (including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines
and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered
by such person in connection therewith. Article V, Section 5 of our By-Laws
provides that expenses incurred by an officer or director in defending a civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding may be
paid by us in advance of final disposition upon receipt of an undertaking by or
on behalf of such person to repay such amount if it ultimately is determined
that he is not entitled to be indemnified by us. We may, by action of our Board
of Directors, provide indemnification to our employees and agents with the same
scope and effect as the foregoing indemnification of directors and officers.
The foregoing right to indemnification and advancement of expenses is not
exclusive.
Our
directors and officers are covered by policies of insurance under which they
are insured, within limits and subject to certain limitations, against certain
expenses incurred in connection with the defense of actions, suits or
proceedings, and certain liabilities which might
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be
incurred as a result of such actions, suits or proceedings, in which they are
parties by reason of being or having been directors or officers. We are also
insured with respect to certain payments that we might be required to make to
our directors or officers under applicable statutes and our certificate of
incorporation.
Additionally,
Article Thirteen of our certificate of incorporation limits the liability of
our directors under certain circumstances. Article Thirteen provides that a
director shall have no personal liability to us or our stockholders for
monetary damages for breach of his or her fiduciary duty as a director,
provided, however, that Article Thirteen does not eliminate or limit the
liability of a director (i) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to
us or our stockholders; (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which
involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of a law; (iii) for the
unlawful payment of dividends or unlawful stock repurchases under Section 174
of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware or (iv) for any
transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
Item 7.
Exemption
from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits.
The following exhibits are filed herewith or
incorporated by reference as part of this Registration Statement:
Exhibit No.
Description
4.1
Mothers Work, Inc. 2005 Equity Incentive Plan
5.1
Opinion of Pepper Hamilton LLP
23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting
  Firm
23.2
Consent of Pepper Hamilton LLP (included in Exhibit
  5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney (on signature page)
Item 9.
Undertakings.
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;
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(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 aggregate, represent a fundamental change in
the information set forth in this 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 is registered) and any deviation
from the low or high end of the estimated maximum 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 "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 this Registration Statement or any material change to
such information in this Registration Statement;
provided
,
however
, that:
(A) Paragraphs (i) and (ii) above do not apply if the
Registration Statement is on Form S-8, and the information required to be
included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in
this Registration Statement; and
(B) Paragraphs (a)(1)(i), (a)(1)(ii) and (a)(1)(iii) of
this section do not apply if the Registration Statement is on Form S-3 or Form
F-3 and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment
by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule
424(b) that is part of the Registration Statement.
(C) Provided further, however, that paragraphs
(a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the Registration Statement is for an
offering of asset-backed securities on Form S-1 or Form S-3, and the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment is provided
pursuant to Item 1100(c) of Regulation AB.
(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.
The
undersigned 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
applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by
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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.
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 Commission 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 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 Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, on September 6, 2006.
MOTHERS WORK, INC.
By:
/s/ Dan W. Matthias
Dan W. Matthias
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer (the principal
executive officer)
By:
/s/ Edward M. Krell
Edward M. Krell
Executive Vice President – Chief
Financial Officer (the principal
financial officer and the principal
accounting officer)
POWER
OF ATTORNEY
KNOW
ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below
hereby constitutes and appoints Dan W. Matthias and Rebecca C. Matthias, and
each or any of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with
full power of substitution and resubstitution for him and in his name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, or any registration
statement for the same offering that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to
Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to file the same,
with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact
and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, or any of them, or their or his or her substitutes, may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
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Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons on September 6, 2006 in the capacities
indicated.
/s/ Dan W. Matthias
Dan W. Matthias
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
Officer (the principal executive officer)
/s/ Rebecca C. Matthias
Rebecca C. Matthias
President, Chief Operating Officer and
Director
/s/ Edward M. Krell
Edward M. Krell
Executive Vice President – Chief Financial
Officer (the principal financial officer and the
principal accounting officer)
/s/ Joseph A. Goldblum
Joseph A. Goldblum
Director
/s/ Elam M. Hitchner, III
Elam M. Hitchner, III
Director
/s/ David Schlessinger
David Schlessinger
Director
/s/ William A. Schwartz, Jr.
William A. Schwartz, Jr.
Director
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EXHIBIT INDEX
4.1
Mothers Work, Inc. 2005 Equity Incentive Plan
5.1
Opinion of Pepper Hamilton LLP
23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting
  Firm
23.2
Consent of Pepper Hamilton LLP (included in Exhibit
  5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney (on signature page)
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