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                             DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


Securities and Exchange Commission                                    EXHIBIT 24
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C.  20549


                         RE:   Fabri-Centers of America, Inc.
                               Commission File No. 1-6695
                               1934 Act Filings on Form 10-K
                               For Fiscal Year Ended January 28, 1995

Gentlemen:

The above Company is the issuer of securities registered under Section 12 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Act").  Each of the persons signing
his or her name below confirms, as of the date appearing opposite his or her
signature, that Alan Rosskamm, Robert Norton, and each of them, are authorized
on his or her behalf to sign and to submit to the Securities and Exchange
Commission such filings on Form 10-K as are required by the Act.  Each person
so signing also confirms the authority of Alan Rosskamm, Robert Norton, and
each of them, to do and perform on his or her behalf, any and all acts and
things requisite or necessary to assure compliance by the signing person with
the Form 10-K filing requirements.  The authority confirmed herein shall remain
in effect as to each person signing his or her name below until such time as
the Commission shall receive from such person a written communication
terminating or modifying the authority.



                                                                                           
                                             Date                                                          Date     
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 /s/Alan Rosskamm                      4/21/95                 /s/Samuel Krasney                    3/17/95        
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 Alan Rosskamm                                                 Samuel Krasney

 /s/Robert Norton                      4/21/95                 /s/Scott Cowen                       3/8/95         
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 Robert Norton                                                 Scott Cowen

 /s/Betty Rosskamm                     4/21/95                 /s/Frank Newman                      3/8/95         
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 Betty Rosskamm                                                Frank Newman

 /s/Alma Zimmerman                     4/21/95                 /s/Ira Gumberg                       3/9/95         
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 Alma Zimmerman                                                Ira Gumberg
                                            






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