SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K


                                 CURRENT REPORT
           PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
                                  ACT OF 1934



        Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 29, 2004
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                              LIZ CLAIBORNE, INC.
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



             DELAWARE                   001-10689               13-2842791
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(State or other jurisdiction of       (Commission            (I.R.S. Employer
        incorporation)                File Number)        Identification Number)


1441 Broadway, New York, New York                                   10018
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(Address of principal executive offices)                          (Zip Code)


       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (212) 626-3500


                                 NOT APPLICABLE
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          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)







ITEM 7(C). EXHIBITS

99.1  Press Release dated April 29, 2004.


ITEM  12.  DISCLOSURE  OF  RESULTS  OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION

On April 29, 2004, Liz Claiborne,  Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),
issued a press  release  (the "Press  Release")  announcing  its results for the
three months  ended April 3, 2004.  Further  details are  contained in the Press
Release,  which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by
reference.

The  information  contained  herein shall not be deemed  "filed" for purposes of
Section 18 of the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,  as amended (the  "Exchange
Act"),  or  incorporated  by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by
specific reference in such a filing.














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                                    SIGNATURE

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                        LIZ CLAIBORNE, INC.


Dated:   April 29, 2004         By:     /s/ Michael Scarpa
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                                Name:   Michael Scarpa
                                Title:  Senior Vice President,
                                        Chief Financial Officer













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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX




Exhibit No.     Description
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99.1            Press Release dated April 29, 2004.

















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