Exhibit 16.1

August 25, 2017

Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, DC 20549

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have read Item 4.01 of Form 8-K dated August 21, 2017, of Cherokee Inc. and are in agreement with the statements contained in the first sentence of the first paragraph and in the second, third, fifth, and sixth paragraphs on page 1 therein. We have no basis to agree or disagree with other statements of the registrant contained therein.

Regarding the registrant’s statement concerning the material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting included in the third paragraph on page 1 therein, we had considered such matters in determining the nature, timing and extent of procedures performed in our audit of the registrant’s 2017 financial statements.

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP