Exhibit 99.1

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

         In connection with the Quarterly Report of G+G Retail, Inc. (the
"Company") on Form 10-Q for the period ending August 4, 2002, as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Jay
Galin, Chief Executive Officer of the Company certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C.
Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002, that:

                  (1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section
13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

                  (2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents,
in all material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of
the Company.

/s/ Jay Galin
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Jay Galin
Chief Executive Officer
September 13, 2002

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

         In connection with the Quarterly Report of G+G Retail, Inc. (the
"Company") on Form 10-Q for the period ending August 4, 2002, as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Michael
Kaplan, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C.
Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002, that:

                  (1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section
13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

                  (2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents,
in all material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of
the Company.

/s/ Michael Kaplan
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Michael Kaplan
Chief Financial Officer
September 13, 2002