As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 12, 1998
                                                           Registration No. 33-
 _____________________________________________________________________________

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
                              --------------------

                                    FORM S-8
             REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                              --------------------

                         THE SIRENA APPAREL GROUP, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

           Delaware                                            95-4486377
  (State or other jurisdiction                              (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization)                         Identification No.)

   10333 Vacco Street                                             91733
   South El Monte, California                                  (Zip code)
(Address of principal executive offices)

                               -------------------

                       1994 EMPLOYEE STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
                            (Full title of the plan)
                               -------------------

                                DOUGLAS ARBETMAN
                             Chief Executive Officer
                         The Sirena Apparel Group, Inc.
                               10333 Vacco Street
                        South El Monte, California 91733
                     (Name and address of agent for service)

                                 (626) 442-6680
          (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                                    Copy to:

                              PAUL H. IRVING, ESQ.
                            Manatt, Phelps & Phillips
                          11355 West Olympic Boulevard
                          Los Angeles, California 90064
                                 (310) 312-4209

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

===============================================================================
                                    Proposed     Proposed
                                    Maximum      Maximum
                      Amount        Offering     Aggregate      Amount of
Title of Securities   to be         Price Per    Offering       Registration
to be Registered      Registered    Share (2)    Price          Fee
-------------------   -----------   ----------   ----------     ---------------

Common Stock,
$0.01 par value        600,000       $7.4375     $4,462,500      $1,316.44
===============================================================================

(1)      This Registration Statement covers, in addition to the number of shares
         of Common Stock stated above,  such  indeterminate  number of shares of
         Common Stock as may be issued upon  exercise of options  granted  under
         the 1994 Employee  Stock  Incentive  Plan as a result of the adjustment
         provisions thereof.

(2)      Estimated  solely  for  purposes  of  calculating  the  amount  of  the
         registration  fee  pursuant  to Rule 457 based upon the  average of the
         high and low prices of the Common Stock on May 8, 1998.
===============================================================================


<PAGE>



                       EXPLANATORY NOTE AND INCORPORATION
                       OF CERTAIN INFORMATION BY REFERENCE


         The Sirena Apparel  Group,  Inc. (the  "Registrant")  hereby files this
Registration  Statement on Form S-8 with the Securities and Exchange  Commission
(the  "Commission")  to register 600,000  additional  shares of the Registrant's
Common  Stock,  $0.01  par  value  per  share,  for  issuance  pursuant  to  the
Registrant's  1994  Employee  Stock  Incentive  Plan  (the  "Plan"),   and  such
indeterminate  number  of  shares as may  become  available  under the Plan as a
result of the adjustment  provisions  thereof.  The contents of the Registration
Statement  on Form S-8 (File No.  33-91650),  filed by the  Registrant  with the
Commission  on April 28, 1995,  including  exhibits  thereto,  are  incorporated
herein by reference.  On March 27, 1996, stockholders of the Registrant approved
an  amendment  to the Plan to  increase  from  572,465 to 822,465  the number of
shares  available  for  issuance  pursuant  to  the  Plan.   November  4,  1997,
stockholders  of the  Registrant  approved an  amendment to the Plan to increase
from 822,465 to 1,172,465 the number of shares  available for issuance  pursuant
to the Plan.


                                     PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 8.  EXHIBITS.

   EXHIBIT
   NUMBER            DESCRIPTION

    5.1              Opinion of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
   23.1              Consent of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP (see Exhibit 5.1)
   23.2              Consent of Independent Public Auditors





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<PAGE>



                                   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 South El Monte,  State of California,  on this 12th
day of May 1998.

                            THE SIRENA APPAREL GROUP, INC.


                            By /s/ Douglas Arbetman
                              -----------------------------
                              Douglas Arbetman,
                              Chief Executive Officer


         KNOW  ALL MEN BY THESE  PRESENTS,  that  each  person  whose  signature
appears below  constitutes and appoints each of Douglas  Arbetman and William B.
Shaw his true and lawful  attorney-in-fact  and  agent,  each with full power of
substitution,  for  him  and in his  name,  place  and  stead,  in any  and  all
capacities, to sign any or all amendments to this Registration Statement, and to
file the same with all exhibits  thereto,  and all other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,  granting unto each said
attorney-in-fact  and agent with full power and authority to do and perform each
and every  act and thing  requisite  and  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 each said attorney-in-fact and
agent, or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this  Registration  Statement  has been signed by the  following  persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.


      SIGNATURE                   TITLE                          DATE


/s/ Maurice B. Newman     Chairman, Chief Operating       May 12, 1998
----------------------    Officer
Maurice B. Newman


/s/ Douglas Arbetman     President, Chief Executive       May 12, 1998  
----------------------   Officer and Director
Douglas Arbetman         (Principal Executive Officer)
  

/s/ William B. Shaw      Chief Financial Officer and      May 12, 1998  
----------------------   Secretary (Principal Financial
William B. Shaw          and Accounting Officer)


/s/ Howard H. Hedinger   Director                         May 12, 1998  
----------------------
Howard H. Hedinger


/s/ Ellison C. Morgan    Director                         May 12, 1998 
----------------------
Ellison C. Morgan






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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 12, 1998
                                                           Registration No. 33-
 _____________________________________________________________________________

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
                              --------------------

                                    FORM S-8
             REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                              --------------------

                         THE SIRENA APPAREL GROUP, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

           Delaware                                            95-4486377
  (State or other jurisdiction                              (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization)                         Identification No.)

   10333 Vacco Street                                             91733
   South El Monte, California                                  (Zip code)
(Address of principal executive offices)

                               -------------------

                       1994 EMPLOYEE STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
                            (Full title of the plan)
                               -------------------

                                DOUGLAS ARBETMAN
                             Chief Executive Officer
                         The Sirena Apparel Group, Inc.
                               10333 Vacco Street
                        South El Monte, California 91733
                     (Name and address of agent for service)

                                 (626) 442-6680
          (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                                    Copy to:

                              PAUL H. IRVING, ESQ.
                            Manatt, Phelps & Phillips
                          11355 West Olympic Boulevard
                          Los Angeles, California 90064
                                 (310) 312-4209

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

===============================================================================
                                    Proposed     Proposed
                                    Maximum      Maximum
                      Amount        Offering     Aggregate      Amount of
Title of Securities   to be         Price Per    Offering       Registration
to be Registered      Registered    Share (2)    Price          Fee
-------------------   -----------   ----------   ----------     ---------------

Common Stock,
$0.01 par value        600,000       $7.4375     $4,462,500      $1,316.44
===============================================================================

(1)      This Registration Statement covers, in addition to the number of shares
         of Common Stock stated above,  such  indeterminate  number of shares of
         Common Stock as may be issued upon  exercise of options  granted  under
         the 1994 Employee  Stock  Incentive  Plan as a result of the adjustment
         provisions thereof.

(2)      Estimated  solely  for  purposes  of  calculating  the  amount  of  the
         registration  fee  pursuant  to Rule 457 based upon the  average of the
         high and low prices of the Common Stock on May 8, 1998.
===============================================================================
EXPLANATORY NOTE AND INCORPORATION
                       OF CERTAIN INFORMATION BY REFERENCE

         The Sirena Apparel  Group,  Inc. (the  "Registrant")  hereby files this
Registration  Statement on Form S-8 with the Securities and Exchange  Commission
(the  "Commission")  to register 600,000  additional  shares of the Registrant's
Common  Stock,  $0.01  par  value  per  share,  for  issuance  pursuant  to  the
Registrant's  1994  Employee  Stock  Incentive  Plan  (the  "Plan"),   and  such
indeterminate  number  of  shares as may  become  available  under the Plan as a
result of the adjustment  provisions  thereof.  The contents of the Registration
Statement  on Form S-8 (File No.  33-91650),  filed by the  Registrant  with the
Commission  on April 28, 1995,  including  exhibits  thereto,  are  incorporated
herein by reference.  On March 27, 1996, stockholders of the Registrant approved
an  amendment  to the Plan to  increase  from  572,465 to 822,465  the number of
shares  available  for  issuance  pursuant  to  the  Plan.   November  4,  1997,
stockholders  of the  Registrant  approved an  amendment to the Plan to increase
from 822,465 to 1,172,465 the number of shares  available for issuance  pursuant
to the Plan.

                                     PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 8.  EXHIBITS.

   EXHIBIT
   NUMBER            DESCRIPTION

    5.1              Opinion of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
   23.1              Consent of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP (see Exhibit 5.1)
   23.2              Consent of Independent Public Auditors

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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 South El Monte,  State of California,  on this 12th
day of May 1998.

                            THE SIRENA APPAREL GROUP, INC.

                            By /s/ Douglas Arbetman
                              -----------------------------
                              Douglas Arbetman,
                              Chief Executive Officer

         KNOW  ALL MEN BY THESE  PRESENTS,  that  each  person  whose  signature
appears below  constitutes and appoints each of Douglas  Arbetman and William B.
Shaw his true and lawful  attorney-in-fact  and  agent,  each with full power of
substitution,  for  him  and in his  name,  place  and  stead,  in any  and  all
capacities, to sign any or all amendments to this Registration Statement, and to
file the same with all exhibits  thereto,  and all other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,  granting unto each said
attorney-in-fact  and agent with full power and authority to do and perform each
and every  act and thing  requisite  and  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 each said attorney-in-fact and
agent, or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this  Registration  Statement  has been signed by the  following  persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.

      SIGNATURE                   TITLE                          DATE

/s/ Maurice B. Newman     Chairman, Chief Operating       May 12, 1998
----------------------    Officer
Maurice B. Newman

/s/ Douglas Arbetman     President, Chief Executive       May 12, 1998  
----------------------   Officer and Director
Douglas Arbetman         (Principal Executive Officer)
  

/s/ William B. Shaw      Chief Financial Officer and      May 12, 1998  
----------------------   Secretary (Principal Financial
William B. Shaw          and Accounting Officer)

/s/ Howard H. Hedinger   Director                         May 12, 1998  
----------------------
Howard H. Hedinger

/s/ Ellison C. Morgan    Director                         May 12, 1998 
----------------------
Ellison C. Morgan

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