Hampshire 10-K 2011 FY Annual report

EXHIBIT 32.1

STATEMENT OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

OF HAMPSHIRE GROUP LIMITED

PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

§ 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Annual Report of Hampshire Group, Limited (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2011 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), the undersigned, Heath L. Golden, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certifies, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to his knowledge:

1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

/s/ Heath L. Golden

Heath L. Golden

President and Chief Executive Officer

Hampshire Group, Limited

March 19, 2012