EX-99

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:
M.L. "Chip" Fontenot
President and CEO
(212) 686-2080

Jay Baker
Chief Financial Officer
(864) 446-2123


DECORATIVE HOME ACCENTS, INC. FILES
PRE-NEGOTIATED  CHAPTER 11 PLAN TO IMPLEMENT
COMPREHENSIVE CAPITAL RESTRUCTURING

New York, New York, September 29, 1997 - Decorative Home Accents, Inc. ("DHA")
announced today that DHA and all of its direct and indirect subsidiaries have
filed petitions for relief under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code in the 
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York in order to 
implement its previously announced capital restructuring plan.

DHA designs, manufactures and markets an extensive line of decorative home 
accessories, including soft window, bedding and bath products and woven 
"throws."  DHA also is the exclusive master licensee of Calvin Klein home 
accessories marketed under the Calvin Klein Home Collection trademark, 
including bedding, sheets, towels, curtains, flatware, glassware and
home fragrances.  DHA has its headquarters in New York, New York and has 
operations in South Carolina, North Carolina and Illinois.