EXHIBIT 99.1



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                  CASUAL MALE TO RESTRUCTURE UNDER CHAPTER 11

     Canton, MA, May 18, 2001 - Casual Male Corp. (NASDAQ: CMAL), announced
today that it and certain of its subsidiaries have filed voluntary petitions to
reorganize their businesses under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy
Code.  The filings were made in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the
Southern District of New York.  In its filings, the Company reported total
assets of approximately $299 million and total liabilities of approximately $244
million as of February 3, 2001.

     The Chapter 11 Cases are designed to enable the Company to restructure its
debt and operations and help the Company emerge from Chapter 11 with renewed
financial health.

     Alan Weinstein, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Casual Male, said,
"The voluntary filing, together with our plans to de-lever our balance sheet,
will give us the opportunity to return Casual Male to financial health."  Mr.
Weinstein explained that the reason for the Company's filing stems from a need
to restructure its long-term indebtedness.  He noted that the Company had
pursued a number of potential capital market transactions to provide the
necessary financing and avoid the bankruptcy filing; however, in the end, the
Company was unable to secure financing and ultimately concluded that the
reorganization process was the only viable alternative.  Mr. Weinstein added
that it is his expectation that during the Chapter 11 Case and upon emergence,
the Company will remain the leading multi-channel specialty retailer of apparel
for big and tall men.


     The Company expects to have the necessary financing to continue operations
while it restructures.  It has signed a $135 million post-petition credit
facility with a lending group, led by Fleet Retail Finance, Inc. and Back Bay
Capital Funding LLC.  The credit facility, upon court approval, will provide
loans to the Company to fund the Company's ongoing operations.  Employees will
continue to be paid and vendors will be paid for post-petition purchases of
goods and services in the ordinary course.  The Company intends to seek Court
approval to honor policies regarding gift certificates and other customer
programs, as well as continue its employee benefit programs.  Mr. Weinstein
added that he is "grateful to the customers, vendors, lenders and, of course,
the employees during this challenging period."

     The Company has also filed a motion to enable the Company to take full
advantage of the automatic injunction (that commences immediately upon the
Chapter 11 filings) to protect its substantial net operating loss carryforward.
This motion seeks to limit the buying and selling of the Company's equity and
Convertible Subordinated Notes and the trading of claims that could effect an
"ownership change" for tax purposes, thereby adversely affecting the Company's
valuable NOL tax asset.  In order to make sure that no violations of the
automatic stay occur by claims or securities trading, the Company has requested
approval of certain procedures to govern and restrict trading.

     Casual Male Corp. and its subsidiaries operate businesses engaged in the
retail sale of apparel through its Casual Male Big & Tall, Repp Big & Tall and
B&T Factory Store businesses, which offer fashion, casual, dress clothing and
footwear to the big and tall man and through its Work n' Gear subsidiary which
sells a wide selection of workwear, health-care apparel and uniforms for
industry and service businesses.  The Company's businesses offer their
merchandise to customers through diverse selling and marketing channels
including retail stores, catalog, direct selling work forces and e-commerce
websites.

Forward-Looking Statements

     Forward-looking statements in this press release are made pursuant to the
safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
The words "expect," "anticipate," "intend," "plan," "believe," " seek," "
estimate," and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking
statement; however, this press release also contains other forward-looking
statements.  Casual Male cautions that there are various important factors that
could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated in the
forward-looking statement; accordingly, there can be no assurance that such
indicated results will be realized.  Among the important factors that could
cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-
looking statement are:  the overall viability of the Company's long-term
operational reorganization and financial restructuring plan; the involvement of
our secured and unsecured creditors in the Chapter 11 proceedings; the
bankruptcy court approval of debtor in possession financing and numerous other
approvals incident to our operations in Chapter 11 and our ultimate
reorganization; competitive pressure in Casual Male's market; seasonality;
favorable or unfavorable weather conditions; business conditions in the retail


industry; general economic conditions and the risk factors detailed from time to
time in Casual Male's periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.  By making these forward-looking statements, Casual Male does not
undertake to update them in any manner except as may be required by Casual
Male's disclosure obligations in filings it makes with the Securities and
Exchange Commission under Federal securities laws.