CERTIFICATION
                                                                    Exhibit 31.1

I, Marcy Syms, certify that:

   1.   I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-Q of Syms Corp;

   2.   Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement
        of a material  fact or omit to state a material  fact  necessary to make
        the  statements  made,  in light of the  circumstances  under which such
        statements  were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered
        by this report;

   3.   Based on my knowledge,  the financial  statements,  and other  financial
        information  included in this  report,  fairly  present in all  material
        respects the financial  condition,  results of operations and cash flows
        of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

   4.   The  registrant's  other  certifying  officer and I are  responsible for
        establishing  and  maintaining  disclosure  controls and  procedures (as
        defined in Exchange  Act Rules  13a-15(e)  and  15d-15(e)  and  internal
        control  over  financial  reporting  (as defined in  Exchange  Act Rules
        13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) for the registrant and have:

          a. designed such disclosure  controls and  procedures,  or caused such
             disclosure  controls  and  procedures  to  be  designed  under  our
             supervision,  to ensure that material  information  relating to the
             registrant,  including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known
             to us by others  within  those  entities,  particularly  during the
             period in which this report is being prepared;

          b. designed such internal control over financial reporting,  or caused
             such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under
             our  supervision,  to provide  reasonable  assurance  regarding the
             reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial
             statements  for  external  purposes in  accordance  with  generally
             accepted accounting principles;

          c. evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls
             and procedures and presented in this report our  conclusions  about
             the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures,  as of
             the  end of the  period  covered  by  this  report  based  on  such
             evaluation; and

          d. disclosed  in this report any change in the  registrant's  internal
             control  over  financial   reporting   that  occurred   during  the
             registrant's  most recent fiscal quarter (the  registrant's  fourth
             fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially
             affected,  or  is  reasonably  likely  to  materially  affect,  the
             registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

   5.   The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on
        our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting,
        to the  registrant's  auditors and the audit  committee of  registrant's
        board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent function):

          a. all significant  deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design
             or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are
             reasonably  likely to adversely affect the registrant's  ability to
             record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

          b. any fraud,  whether or not material,  that  involves  management or
             other  employees  who have a significant  role in the  registrant's
             internal control over financial reporting.

Date: June 29, 2006
   By:          /s/ Marcy Syms
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                Marcy Syms
                Chief Executive Officer
                Syms Corp