SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                             CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
                          TO SECTION 13 or 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

       DATE OF REPORT (Date of earliest event reported): January 11, 2006

                               Delta Apparel, Inc.
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                                     Georgia
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                          (State or Other Jurisdiction
                                of Incorporation)


         1-15583                                            58-2508794
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(Commission File Number)                       (IRS Employer Identification No.)


2750 Premiere Parkway, Suite 100, Duluth, Georgia              30097
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   (Address of principal executive offices)                 (Zip Code)


                                 (678) 775-6900
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                         (Registrant's Telephone Number
                              Including Area Code)


                                 Not Applicable
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          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)


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Item 7.01         Regulation F-D Disclosure

     On  Thursday,  January  12,  2006 at 3:15 p.m.  EST,  Robert W.  Humphreys,
President and CEO, and Herb M. Mueller,  Vice  President and CFO, will deliver a
presentation on behalf of the company at the Integrated  Corporate Relations 8th
Annual XChange conference held at the Ritz Carlton in Naples, Florida.

     The  presentation  will be webcast live and archived online in the Investor
Relations  section  of the  Company's  website  at  www.deltaapparel.com  and at
http://www.icr-online.com/conference/webcast.html.

     The information in this Form 8-K and the Exhibit  attached hereto shall not
be deemed  "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Act of 1934, nor
shall it be deemed  incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities
Act of 1933,  except as shall be  expressly  set forth by specific  reference in
such filing.


                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.



                                  DELTA APPAREL, INC.


Date:  January 11, 2006            /s/ Herbert M. Mueller
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                                  Herbert M. Mueller
                                  Vice President and Chief Financial Officer