EXHIBIT 24.1

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

                  KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned Senior
Chairman of the Board and director of R. G. Barry Corporation, an Ohio
corporation, which is about to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
Washington, D.C., under the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 3,
2004, hereby constitutes and appoints Thomas M. Von Lehman, Daniel D. Viren and
Michael S. Krasnoff as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with
full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K and
any and all amendments and documents related thereto, and to file the same, and
any and all exhibits, financial statements and financial statement schedules
relating thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission and the New York Stock Exchange, and grants
unto each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and substitute or substitutes,
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and
confirms all things that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of
them or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.

                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand
this 31 day of March, 2004.

                                                  /s/ Gordon Zacks
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                                                  Gordon Zacks



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

                  KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer
of R. G. Barry Corporation, an Ohio corporation, which is about to file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the provisions of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2004, hereby constitutes and appoints
Daniel D. Viren and Michael S. Krasnoff as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in
his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Annual Report
on Form 10-K and any and all amendments and documents related thereto, and to
file the same, and any and all exhibits, financial statements and financial
statement schedules relating thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the New York Stock
Exchange, and grants unto each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and
substitute or substitutes, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in
person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all things that each of said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or either of them or his or their substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand
this 31 day of March, 2004.

                                                  /s/ Thomas M. Von Lehman
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                                                  Thomas M. Von Lehman



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

                  KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer
and director of R. G. Barry Corporation, an Ohio corporation, which is about to
file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the
provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2004, hereby constitutes and
appoints Thomas M. Von Lehman, Daniel D. Viren and Michael S. Krasnoff as his
true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution
and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K and any and all amendments
and documents related thereto, and to file the same, and any and all exhibits,
financial statements and financial statement schedules relating thereto, and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission and the New York Stock Exchange, and grants unto each of said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and substitute or substitutes, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary
to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all things that
each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them or his or their
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand
this 30 day of March, 2004.

                                                  /s/ Christian Galvis
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                                                  Christian Galvis



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

                  KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer
and director of R. G. Barry Corporation, an Ohio corporation, which is about to
file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the
provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2004, hereby constitutes and
appoints Thomas M. Von Lehman and Michael S. Krasnoff as his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K and any and all amendments
and documents related thereto, and to file the same, and any and all exhibits,
financial statements and financial statement schedules relating thereto, and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission and the New York Stock Exchange, and grants unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and substitute or substitutes, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary
to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all things that
said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or either of them or his or their substitute
or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand
this 30 day of March, 2004.

                                                  /s/ Daniel D. Viren
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                                                  Daniel D. Viren



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

                  KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director
of R. G. Barry Corporation, an Ohio corporation, which is about to file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the provisions of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2004, hereby constitutes and appoints
Thomas M. Von Lehman, Daniel D. Viren and Michael S. Krasnoff as his true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K and any and all amendments
and documents related thereto, and to file the same, and any and all exhibits,
financial statements and financial statement schedules relating thereto, and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission and the New York Stock Exchange, and grants unto each of said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and substitute or substitutes, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary
to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all things that
each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them or his or their
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand
this 1 day of April, 2004.


                                                  /s/ Philip G. Barach
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                                                  Philip G. Barach



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

                  KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director
of R. G. Barry Corporation, an Ohio corporation, which is about to file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the provisions of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2004, hereby constitutes and appoints
Thomas M. Von Lehman, Daniel D. Viren and Michael S. Krasnoff as his true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K and any and all amendments
and documents related thereto, and to file the same, and any and all exhibits,
financial statements and financial statement schedules relating thereto, and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission and the New York Stock Exchange, and grants unto each of said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and substitute or substitutes, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary
to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all things that
each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them or his or their
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand
this 31 day of March, 2004.

                                                  /s/ David P. Lauer
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                                                  David P. Lauer



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

                  KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director
of R. G. Barry Corporation, an Ohio corporation, which is about to file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the provisions of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2004, hereby constitutes and appoints
Thomas M. Von Lehman, Daniel D. Viren and Michael S. Krasnoff as his true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K and any and all amendments
and documents related thereto, and to file the same, and any and all exhibits,
financial statements and financial statement schedules relating thereto, and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission and the New York Stock Exchange, and grants unto each of said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and substitute or substitutes, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary
to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all things that
each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them or his or their
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand
this 30 day of March, 2004.

                                                  /s/ Roger E. Lautzenhiser
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                                                  Roger E. Lautzenhiser



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

                  KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director
of R. G. Barry Corporation, an Ohio corporation, which is about to file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the provisions of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2004, hereby constitutes and appoints
Thomas M. Von Lehman, Daniel D. Viren and Michael S. Krasnoff as her true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for her and in her name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K and any and all amendments
and documents related thereto, and to file the same, and any and all exhibits,
financial statements and financial statement schedules relating thereto, and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission and the New York Stock Exchange, and grants unto each of said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and substitute or substitutes, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary
to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as
she might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all things
that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them or his or their
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set her hand
this 18 day of March, 2004.

                                                  /s/ Janice Page
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                                                  Janice Page



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

                  KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director
of R. G. Barry Corporation, an Ohio corporation, which is about to file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the provisions of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2004, hereby constitutes and appoints
Thomas M. Von Lehman, Daniel D. Viren and Michael S. Krasnoff as his true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K and any and all amendments
and documents related thereto, and to file the same, and any and all exhibits,
financial statements and financial statement schedules relating thereto, and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission and the New York Stock Exchange, and grants unto each of said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and substitute or substitutes, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary
to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all things that
each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them or his or their
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand
this 29 day of March, 2004.

                                                  /s/ Edward M. Stan
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                                                  Edward M. Stan



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

                  KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director
of R. G. Barry Corporation, an Ohio corporation, which is about to file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the provisions of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2004, hereby constitutes and appoints
Thomas M. Von Lehman, Daniel D. Viren and Michael S. Krasnoff as his true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K and any and all amendments
and documents related thereto, and to file the same, and any and all exhibits,
financial statements and financial statement schedules relating thereto, and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission and the New York Stock Exchange, and grants unto each of said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and substitute or substitutes, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary
to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all things that
each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them or his or their
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand
this 1 day of April, 2004.


                                                  /s/ Harvey A. Weinberg
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                                                  Harvey A. Weinberg