Gymboree (GYMB) 10-Q 2006 Q1 Quarterly report

Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906
OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

     In connection with the Quarterly Report of The Gymboree Corporation (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended October 29, 2005 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Form 10-Q”), I, Lisa M. Harper, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350, as adopted pursuant to §906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to my knowledge:

(1)	The Form 10-Q fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m or 78o(d)); and
(2)	The information contained in the Form 10-Q fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

December 5, 2005	By: /s/ Lisa M. Harper
Date	Lisa M. Harper
	Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the
	Board