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<P ALIGN="CENTER">Registration No. 333-      </P>
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<B><P ALIGN="CENTER">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER">WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</P>
</B><P ALIGN="CENTER">__________________</P>
<B><P ALIGN="CENTER">FORM S-8</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER">REGISTRATION STATEMENT</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER">UNDER</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER">THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</P>
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<B><P ALIGN="CENTER">PHILLIPS-VAN HEUSEN CORPORATION</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</P></B>
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<B><P ALIGN="CENTER">Delaware</B></TD>
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<B><P ALIGN="CENTER">13-1155910</B></TD>
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<B><P ALIGN="CENTER">(State or Other Jurisdiction of</B></TD>
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<B><P ALIGN="CENTER">(I.R.S Employer</B></TD>
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<B><P ALIGN="CENTER">Incorporation or Organization)</B></TD>
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<B><P ALIGN="CENTER">Identification Number)</B></TD>
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<B><P ALIGN="CENTER">200 Madison Avenue</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER">New York, New York 10016</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</P>
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<B><P ALIGN="CENTER">Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER">2003 Stock Option Plan</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER">(Full Title of the Plan)</P>
</B><P ALIGN="CENTER">___________________</P>
<B><P ALIGN="CENTER">Mark D. Fischer, Esq.</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER">Vice President, Secretary</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER">  and General Counsel</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER">200 Madison Avenue</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER">New York, New York  10016</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER">(212) 381-3500</P>
</B><P ALIGN="CENTER">(Name, Address and Telephone</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER">Number of Agent for Service)</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER">___________________</P>
<B><P ALIGN="CENTER">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</P></B>
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<FONT SIZE=2><P>Title of securities to</P>
<P>be registered</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=2><P>Amount to be</P>
<P>registered</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=2><P>Proposed maximum offering price per share*</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=2><P>Proposed maximum aggregate offering price*</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=2><P>Amount of registration fee</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=2><P>Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share.................</FONT></TD>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER">5,400,000</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER"></P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER">$14.41</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER"></P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER">$77,814,000</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER"></P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER">$6,296</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=2><P>* Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.  Computed pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h), upon the
basis of the average of the high and low prices of the registrant's Common Stock as reported in the consolidated reporting system for the New
York Stock Exchange on September 18 , 2003.  Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement
covers, in addition to the number of shares stated above, an indeterminate number of shares which may be issued pursuant to the Phillips-Van
Heusen Corporation 2003 Stock Option Plan listed above as the result of any future stock split, stock dividend or similar adjustment of the
Common Stock.</FONT></TD>
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<B><P ALIGN="CENTER">PART II</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</P>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</P>
</B><P>We are subject to the informational requirements of the Securities Exchange Act.  In accordance therewith, we file reports and other
information with the SEC.  The following documents, or portions thereof, filed by us with the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act are incorporated
by reference in this Registration Statement:</P>
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<LI>our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended&nbsp;February 2, 2003, filed on April 21, 2003;</LI>
<LI>our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 26, 2003;<A NAME="_DV_M236"></A></LI>
<LI>our Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed on April 22, 2003;<A NAME="_DV_M237"></A></LI>
<LI>our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 1, 2003;<A NAME="_DV_M238"></A></LI>
<LI>our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 5, 2003;<A NAME="_DV_M239"></A></LI>
<LI>our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended May 4, 2003, filed on June 18, 2003;</LI>
<LI>our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended August 3, 2003, filed on September 17, 2003; and</LI>
<LI>the information in respect of our Common Stock under the caption "Description of Capital Stock" contained in our Registration Statement on
Form S-3 (Registration No. 33-46770) filed on March 27, 1992.</LI></OL>
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<P>All documents subsequently filed by us pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act, prior to the filing
of a post-effective amendment hereto indicating that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining
unsold, are deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part of this Registration Statement from the
respective dates of filings of such documents.</P>
<B><P>Item 4.  Description of Securities.</P>
</B><P>&#9;Not applicable.</P>
<B><P>Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</P>
</B><P>&#9;Not applicable.</P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER">II-1</P>
<B><P>Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</P>
</B><P>Our by-laws provide that we may indemnify any person to the full extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, the law of
the state in which we are incorporated.  Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law empowers a corporation, within certain
limitations, to indemnify any person against expenses, including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and
reasonably incurred by him in connection with any suit or proceeding to which he is a party by reason of the fact that he 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, as long as he acted in good faith and in a manner which he
reasonable believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation.  With respect to any criminal proceeding, he must have
had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.  In addition, our Certificate of Incorporation provides for a director or officer
to be indemnified unless his acts (1) constituted a breach of his fiduciary duties to us or our stockholders, (2) were committed in bad faith
or were the result of active or deliberate dishonesty, (3) violated Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law or (4) resulted in a
personal gain or financial profit or other advantage to which he is not legally entitled.  We also have in effect directors' and officers'
liability insurance.<FONT SIZE=3> </P>
</FONT><B><P>Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed.</P>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&#9;</B>Not applicable.</P>
<B><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Item 8.  Exhibits.</P>
</B><U><FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Exhibit Number</U>&#9;<U>Description</P><DIR>
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</U><P>4.1&#9;Specimen of Common Stock certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended January 31, 1981).</P>
<P>4.2&#9;Preferred Stock Purchase Rights Agreement (the "Rights Agreement"), dated June 10, 1986 between Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation and
The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3 to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended May 4,
1986).</P>
<P>4.3&#9;Amendment to the Rights Agreement, dated March 31, 1987 between Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation and The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A.
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(c) to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended February 2, 1987).</P>
<P>4.4&#9;Supplemental Rights Agreement and Second Amendment to the Rights Agreement, dated as of July 30, 1987, between Phillips-Van Heusen
Corporation and The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit (c)(4) to our Schedule 13E-4, Issuer Tender Offer
Statement, dated July 31, 1987).</P>
<P>4.5&#9;Third Amendment to Rights Agreement, dated June 30, 1992, from Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation to The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A. and
The Bank of New York (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended April 30, 2000).</P>
</FONT><P>&nbsp;</P>
<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER">II-2</P>
<P>4.6&#9;Notice of extension of the Rights Agreement, dated June 5, 1996, from Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation to The Bank of New York
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.13 to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended April 28, 1996).</P>
<P>4.7&#9;Fourth Amendment to Rights Agreement, dated April 25, 2000, from Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation to The Bank of New York
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.7 to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended April 30, 2000).</P>
<P>4.8&#9;Supplemental Rights Agreement and Fifth Amendment to the Rights Agreement dated February 12, 2003, between Phillips-Van Heusen
Corporation and The Bank of New York (successor to The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A.), as rights agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1
to our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on February 26, 2003).</P>
<P>4.9&#9;Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of February 12, 2003, by and among Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation, the Calvin Klein 2001
Revocable Trust, Barry Schwartz, Trust for the Benefit of the Issue of Calvin Klein, Trust for the Benefit of the Issue of Barry Schwartz,
Stephanie Schwartz-Ferdman and Jonathan Schwartz, and the Investors listed therein (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to our Current
Report on Form 8-K, filed on February 26, 2003).</P>
<P>+4.15&#9;Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation 2003 Stock Option Plan, as amended through June 10, 2003.</P>
<P>+5.1&#9;Opinion of Mark D. Fischer, General Counsel.</P>
<P>+15.1&#9;Letter re Unaudited Interim Financial Information.</P>
<P>+23.1 &#9;Consent of Mark D. Fischer, General Counsel (included in Exhibit 5.1).</P>
<P>+23.2&#9;Consent of Ernst &amp; Young LLP.</P>
<P>+23.3&#9;Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.</P>
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<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">+&#9;Filed herewith.</P>
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<P>ITEM 9.  UNDERTAKINGS</P>
</B><FONT SIZE=3><P>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 to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution of the
securities being registered hereby not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the
registration statement; (2)  that, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, 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; and (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.</P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER">II-3</P>
<P>The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing
of our annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by 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.</P>
<P>Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 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
Securities and Exchange Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 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 of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication
of such issue.</P>
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</B><FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER">II-4</P>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER">SIGNATURES</P>
</B><FONT SIZE=3><P>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 the City of New York, State of New York, on this 18th day of September 2003.</P></FONT>
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<FONT SIZE=3><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">PHILLIPS-VAN HEUSEN CORPORATION</P>
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<FONT SIZE=3><P>By<U>&#9;/s/Bruce J. Klatsky</P>
</U><P ALIGN="CENTER">Bruce J. Klatsky</P>
<I><P ALIGN="CENTER">Chairman and Chief Executive Officer</P>
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<FONT SIZE=3><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;</P>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following
persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.</P></FONT>
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<U><FONT SIZE=3><P ALIGN="CENTER">Signature</U></FONT></TD>
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<U><FONT SIZE=3><P ALIGN="CENTER">Title</U></FONT></TD>
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<U><FONT SIZE=3><P>/s/Bruce J. Klatsky&#9;&#9;</P>
</U><P>Bruce J. Klatsky</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=3><P>Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; Director</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=3><P>September 18, 2003</FONT></TD>
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<U><FONT SIZE=3><P>/s/Mark Weber&#9;&#9;<BR>
</U>Mark Weber</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="34%" VALIGN="TOP">
<FONT SIZE=3><P>President and Chief Operating Officer; Director</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</TD>
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<P>September 18, 2003</FONT></TD>
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<U><FONT SIZE=3><P>/s/Emanuel Chirico&#9;&#9;<BR>
</U>Emanuel Chirico</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</TD>
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<FONT SIZE=3><P>Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)</FONT></TD>
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<P>September 18, 2003</FONT></TD>
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<U><FONT SIZE=3><P>/s/Vincent A. Russo&#9;&#9;</P>
</U><P>Vincent A. Russo</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="34%" VALIGN="TOP">
<FONT SIZE=3><P>Vice President and Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)</FONT></TD>
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<P>September 18, 2003</FONT></TD>
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<U><FONT SIZE=3><P>/s/Edward H. Cohen&#9;&#9;</P>
</U><P>Edward H. Cohen</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="34%" VALIGN="TOP">
<FONT SIZE=3><P>Director</FONT></TD>
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<P>September 18, 2003</FONT></TD>
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<U><FONT SIZE=3><P>/s/Joseph B. Fuller&#9;&#9;</P>
</U><P>Joseph B. Fuller</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="34%" VALIGN="TOP">
<FONT SIZE=3><P>Director</FONT></TD>
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<P>September 18, 2003</FONT></TD>
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<U><FONT SIZE=3><P>/s/Joel H. Goldberg&#9;&#9;</P>
</U><P>Joel H. Goldberg</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="34%" VALIGN="TOP">
<FONT SIZE=3><P>Director</FONT></TD>
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<P>September 18, 2003</FONT></TD>
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<U><FONT SIZE=3><P>/s/Marc Grosman&#9;&#9;</P>
</U><P>Marc Grosman</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=3><P>Director</FONT></TD>
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<P>September 18, 2003</FONT></TD>
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<U><FONT SIZE=3><P>/s/Dennis F. Hightower&#9;&#9;</P>
</U><P>Dennis F. Hightower</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="34%" VALIGN="TOP">
<FONT SIZE=3><P>Director</FONT></TD>
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<P>September 18, 2003</FONT></TD>
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<U><FONT SIZE=3><P>/s/David A. Landau&#9;&#9;</P>
</U><P>David A. Landau</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</TD>
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<P>September 18, 2003</P>

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<U><FONT SIZE=3><P>/s/Harry N.S. Lee&#9;&#9;</P>
</U><P>Harry N.S. Lee</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</TD>
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<FONT SIZE=3><P>Director</FONT></TD>
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<P>September 18, 2003</FONT></TD>
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<U><FONT SIZE=3><P>/s/Bruce Maggin&#9;&#9;</P>
</U><P>Bruce Maggin</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</TD>
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<FONT SIZE=3><P>Director</FONT></TD>
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<P>September 18, 2003</FONT></TD>
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<U><FONT SIZE=3><P>/s/Henry Nasella&#9;&#9;</P>
</U><P>Henry Nasella</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=3><P>Director</FONT></TD>
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<P>September 18, 2003</FONT></TD>
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<U><FONT SIZE=3><P>/s/Christian N&auml;ther&#9;&#9;</P>
</U><P>Christian N&auml;ther</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</TD>
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<FONT SIZE=3><P>Director</FONT></TD>
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<P>September 18, 2003</FONT></TD>
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<U><FONT SIZE=3><P>/s/Peter J. Solomon&#9;&#9;</P>
</U><P>Peter J. Solomon</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="34%" VALIGN="TOP">
<FONT SIZE=3><P>Director</FONT></TD>
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<P>September 18, 2003</FONT></TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 22, 2003
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
__________________
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
__________________
PHILLIPS-VAN HEUSEN CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
13-1155910
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
(I.R.S Employer
Incorporation or Organization)
Identification Number)
200 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10016
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
___________________
Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation
2003 Stock Option Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
___________________
Mark D. Fischer, Esq.
Vice President, Secretary
and General Counsel
200 Madison Avenue
New York, New York  10016
(212) 381-3500
(Name, Address and Telephone
Number of Agent for Service)
___________________
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of securities to
be registered
Amount to be
registered
Proposed maximum offering price per share*
Proposed maximum aggregate offering price*
Amount of registration fee
Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share.................
5,400,000
$14.41
$77,814,000
$6,296
* Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.  Computed pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h), upon the
basis of the average of the high and low prices of the registrant's Common Stock as reported in the consolidated reporting system for the New
York Stock Exchange on September 18 , 2003.  Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement
covers, in addition to the number of shares stated above, an indeterminate number of shares which may be issued pursuant to the Phillips-Van
Heusen Corporation 2003 Stock Option Plan listed above as the result of any future stock split, stock dividend or similar adjustment of the
Common Stock.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
We are subject to the informational requirements of the Securities Exchange Act.  In accordance therewith, we file reports and other
information with the SEC.  The following documents, or portions thereof, filed by us with the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act are incorporated
by reference in this Registration Statement:
our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 2, 2003, filed on April 21, 2003;
our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 26, 2003;
our Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed on April 22, 2003;
our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 1, 2003;
our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 5, 2003;
our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended May 4, 2003, filed on June 18, 2003;
our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended August 3, 2003, filed on September 17, 2003; and
the information in respect of our Common Stock under the caption "Description of Capital Stock" contained in our Registration Statement on
Form S-3 (Registration No. 33-46770) filed on March 27, 1992.
All documents subsequently filed by us pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act, prior to the filing
of a post-effective amendment hereto indicating that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining
unsold, are deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part of this Registration Statement from the
respective dates of filings of such documents.
Item 4.  Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
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Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Our by-laws provide that we may indemnify any person to the full extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, the law of
the state in which we are incorporated.  Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law empowers a corporation, within certain
limitations, to indemnify any person against expenses, including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and
reasonably incurred by him in connection with any suit or proceeding to which he is a party by reason of the fact that he 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, as long as he acted in good faith and in a manner which he
reasonable believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation.  With respect to any criminal proceeding, he must have
had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.  In addition, our Certificate of Incorporation provides for a director or officer
to be indemnified unless his acts (1) constituted a breach of his fiduciary duties to us or our stockholders, (2) were committed in bad faith
or were the result of active or deliberate dishonesty, (3) violated Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law or (4) resulted in a
personal gain or financial profit or other advantage to which he is not legally entitled.  We also have in effect directors' and officers'
liability insurance.
Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8.  Exhibits.
Exhibit Number
Description
4.1	Specimen of Common Stock certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended January 31, 1981).
4.2	Preferred Stock Purchase Rights Agreement (the "Rights Agreement"), dated June 10, 1986 between Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation and
The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3 to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended May 4,
1986).
4.3	Amendment to the Rights Agreement, dated March 31, 1987 between Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation and The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A.
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(c) to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended February 2, 1987).
4.4	Supplemental Rights Agreement and Second Amendment to the Rights Agreement, dated as of July 30, 1987, between Phillips-Van Heusen
Corporation and The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit (c)(4) to our Schedule 13E-4, Issuer Tender Offer
Statement, dated July 31, 1987).
4.5	Third Amendment to Rights Agreement, dated June 30, 1992, from Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation to The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A. and
The Bank of New York (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended April 30, 2000).
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4.6	Notice of extension of the Rights Agreement, dated June 5, 1996, from Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation to The Bank of New York
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.13 to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended April 28, 1996).
4.7	Fourth Amendment to Rights Agreement, dated April 25, 2000, from Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation to The Bank of New York
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.7 to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended April 30, 2000).
4.8	Supplemental Rights Agreement and Fifth Amendment to the Rights Agreement dated February 12, 2003, between Phillips-Van Heusen
Corporation and The Bank of New York (successor to The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A.), as rights agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1
to our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on February 26, 2003).
4.9	Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of February 12, 2003, by and among Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation, the Calvin Klein 2001
Revocable Trust, Barry Schwartz, Trust for the Benefit of the Issue of Calvin Klein, Trust for the Benefit of the Issue of Barry Schwartz,
Stephanie Schwartz-Ferdman and Jonathan Schwartz, and the Investors listed therein (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to our Current
Report on Form 8-K, filed on February 26, 2003).
+4.15	Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation 2003 Stock Option Plan, as amended through June 10, 2003.
+5.1	Opinion of Mark D. Fischer, General Counsel.
+15.1	Letter re Unaudited Interim Financial Information.
+23.1 	Consent of Mark D. Fischer, General Counsel (included in Exhibit 5.1).
+23.2	Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
+23.3	Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
_______________
+	Filed herewith.
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 to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution of the
securities being registered hereby not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the
registration statement; (2)  that, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, 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; and (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.
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The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing
of our annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by 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 of 1933 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
Securities and Exchange Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 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 of 1933 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 the City of New York, State of New York, on this 18th day of September 2003.
PHILLIPS-VAN HEUSEN CORPORATION
By
/s/Bruce J. Klatsky
Bruce J. Klatsky
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following
persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/Bruce J. Klatsky
Bruce J. Klatsky
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; Director
September 18, 2003
/s/Mark Weber
Mark Weber
President and Chief Operating Officer; Director
September 18, 2003
/s/Emanuel Chirico
Emanuel Chirico
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
September 18, 2003
/s/Vincent A. Russo
Vincent A. Russo
Vice President and Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)
September 18, 2003
/s/Edward H. Cohen
Edward H. Cohen
Director
September 18, 2003
/s/Joseph B. Fuller
Joseph B. Fuller
Director
September 18, 2003
/s/Joel H. Goldberg
Joel H. Goldberg
Director
September 18, 2003
/s/Marc Grosman
Marc Grosman
Director
September 18, 2003
/s/Dennis F. Hightower
Dennis F. Hightower
Director
September 18, 2003
/s/David A. Landau
David A. Landau
Director
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September 18, 2003
/s/Harry N.S. Lee
Harry N.S. Lee
Director
September 18, 2003
/s/Bruce Maggin
Bruce Maggin
Director
September 18, 2003
/s/Henry Nasella
Henry Nasella
Director
September 18, 2003
/s/Christian Näther
Christian Näther
Director
September 18, 2003
/s/Peter J. Solomon
Peter J. Solomon
Director
September 18, 2003
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