EXHIBIT 99.1

             STATEMENT UNDER OATH OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF
             PIER 1 IMPORTS, INC. REGARDING FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES
                        RELATING TO EXCHANGE ACT FILINGS

         I, Marvin J. Girouard, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
         Officer of Pier 1 Imports, Inc. ("Pier 1" or the "Company"), state and
         attest that:

         (1)  To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered
              reports of Pier 1, and, except as corrected or supplemented in a
              subsequent covered report:

              o    no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material
                   fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or
                   in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy
                   materials, as of the date on which it was filed); and

              o    no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary
                   to make the statements in the covered report, in light of the
                   circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as
                   of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the
                   case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials,
                   as of the date on which it was filed).

         (2)  I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company's
              audit committee.

         (3)  In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on
              or before the date of this statement, is a "covered report":

              o    The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
                   March 2, 2002 filed with the Commission on May 30, 2002;

              o    all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all
                   definitive proxy materials of Pier 1 filed with the
                   Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K
                   identified above; and

              o    any amendments to any of the foregoing.


/s/ Marvin J. Girouard
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Marvin J. Girouard

October 10, 2002

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 10th day of October, 2002

/s/Deanna L. Neal
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Notary Public

My Commission Expires: 05/23/06
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