As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 1, 2017

Registration No. 333-180605

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington D.C. 20549

Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to

FORM S-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

GORDMANS STORES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	26-3171987
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
1926 South 67th Street Omaha, Nebraska	68106
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

Andrew T. Hall

Gordmans Stores, Inc.

President, Chief Executive Officer and Secretary

1926 South 67th Street

Omaha, Nebraska 68106

(402) 691-4000

(Name and address of agent for service and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

copies to:

Gerald T. Nowak, P.C.

Bradley C. Reed

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

300 N. LaSalle

Chicago, Illinois 60654

(312) 862-2000

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after this registration statement becomes effective.

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EXPLANATORY NOTE – DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 relates to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-180605) (the “Registration Statement”) initially filed by Gordmans Stores, Inc. (the “Registrant”) on April 5, 2012 with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) registering the offer and sale of the Registrant’s Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Common Stock”) by the Registrant and certain selling stockholders, which became effective on May 8, 2012.

Pursuant to the undertaking contained in the Registration Statement to remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the shares of Common Stock being registered which remain unsold, the Registrant hereby amends the Registration Statement to remove from registration the shares of Common Stock covered by the Registration Statement which remain unsold.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Omaha, Nebraska on May 1, 2017.

GORDMANS STORES, INC.
By:	/s/ Andrew T. Hall
	Name: Andrew T. Hall
	Title: President, Chief Executive Officer

Note: No other person is required to sign this Post-Effective Amendment to Registration Statement in reliance upon Rule 478 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.