EXHIBIT 5.1


                                 June __, 1998



K&G Men's Center, Inc.
1225 Chattahoochee Avenue, N.W.
Atlanta, Georgia  30318

          Re:  Registration Statement on Form S-3

Ladies and Gentlemen:

          We have served as counsel for K&G Men's Center, Inc., a Georgia
corporation (the "Company"), and certain shareholders of the Company (the
"Selling Shareholders") in connection with the registration under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to the Company's Registration Statement on
Form S-3 (the "Registration Statement"), of a proposed public offering of
1,650,000 shares (the "Shares") of the Company's authorized common stock, $.01
par value, of which 88,263 Shares are to be sold by the Company and 1,561,737
Shares are to be sold by Selling Shareholders.  In addition, certain of the
Selling Shareholders have granted to the underwriters (the "Underwriters") named
in the Registration Statement an option to purchase up to an additional 247,500
shares of Common Stock to cover over-allotments, if any (the "Over-Allotment
Shares").

          We have examined and are familiar with originals or copies (certified
or otherwise identified to our satisfaction) of such documents, corporate
records and other instruments relating to the organization of the Company and to
the authorization and issuance of the Shares and the Over-Allotment Shares to be
offered and sold by the Company and the Selling Shareholders, as appropriate, as
we have deemed necessary and advisable.

          Based upon the foregoing and having regard for such legal
considerations as we deem relevant, it is our opinion that:

          1.  The 1,561,737 Shares to be sold by the Selling Shareholders are
legally and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and the 88,263 Shares
to be issued and sold by the Company will be, upon issuance, sale and delivery
as contemplated in the Registration Statement, legally and validly issued, fully
paid and non-assessable; and

          2.  The 247,500 Over-Allotment Shares to be sold by the Selling
Shareholders upon the exercise of the over-allotment option by the Underwriters
are legally and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

 
          We do hereby consent to the reference to our firm under the heading
"Legal Matters" in the Prospectus contained in the Registration Statement and to
the filing of this Opinion as Exhibit 5.1 thereto.

                                       Very truly yours,

                                       /s/ Hunton & Williams
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                                       Hunton & Williams