8-K

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                    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): SEPTEMBER 29, 2003
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                              HANOVER DIRECT, INC.
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               (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN CHARTER)

                                     1-12082
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                            (COMMISSION FILE NUMBER)

                                                     
             DELAWARE                                         13-0853260
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   (STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION                            (I.R.S. EMPLOYER
         OF INCORPORATION)                              IDENTIFICATION NUMBER)

          115 RIVER ROAD
       EDGEWATER, NEW JERSEY                                     07020
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       (ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL                                  (ZIP CODE)
        EXECUTIVE OFFICES)



       REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE: (201) 863-7300


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          (FORMER NAME OR FORMER ADDRESS, IF CHANGED SINCE LAST REPORT)

ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS.

      By letter dated September 2, 2003, Hanover Direct, Inc. (the "Company")
advised Chelsey Direct, LLC ("Chelsey") that a Voting Trigger (as defined in the
Certificate of Designations, Powers, Preferences and Rights (the "Certificate of
Designations") of the Series B Participating Preferred Stock (the "Series B
Preferred Stock") of the Company had occurred due to the failure by the Company
to redeem any shares of Series B Preferred Stock on or prior to August 31, 2003.
As a result, the holder or holders of the Series B Preferred Stock had the
exclusive right, voting separately as a class and by taking such actions as are
set forth in Section 7(b) of the Certificate of Designations, to elect two
directors of the Company (the "Director Right"). On September 16, 2003, Chelsey
exercised the Director Right and elected Martin L. Edelman and Wayne P. Garten
to the Company's Board of Directors. Messrs. Edelman and Garten returned certain
related paperwork to the Company on September 29, 2003, upon which they
effectively joined the Board.

ITEM 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND EXHIBITS.

(c)  Exhibits:

99.1        Press Release, dated October 1, 2003, Announcing the Addition of
            Martin L. Edelman and Wayne P. Garten to Hanover Direct's Board of
            Directors

                                   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.

                                
                                   HANOVER DIRECT, INC.
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                                                   (Registrant)

October 1, 2003                    By:       /s/ Brian C. Harriss
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                                   Name:  Brian C. Harriss
                                   Title: Executive Vice President
                                          Human Resources & Legal

EX-99.1

                                                                    Exhibit 99.1

                                                           [HANOVER DIRECT LOGO]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE



CONTACT:    Hanover Direct, Inc                      The MWW Group
            Edward M. Lambert                        Rich Tauberman

            E.V.P & Chief Financial Officer          Tel: (201) 507-9500
            Tel: (201) 272-3325

       HANOVER DIRECT ADDS TWO DIRECTORS DESIGNATED BY CHELSEY DIRECT, LLC

EDGEWATER, NJ, October 1, 2003 - Hanover Direct, Inc. today announced that
Martin L. Edelman, of counsel to the law firm Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker
LLP, and Wayne P. Garten, a financial consultant specializing in the direct
marketing industry, have joined the Company's Board of Directors as designees of
the holder of the Company's Series B Preferred Stock, Chelsey Direct, LLC. "On
behalf of the Board of Directors" said Tom Shull, Chairman, President and Chief
Executive Officer of Hanover Direct, "I welcome Mr. Edelman and Mr. Garten to
the Board and the Company."

Mr. Edelman specializes primarily in real estate and corporate transactions. The
focus of Mr. Edelman's practice has been large, complex negotiations involving
acquisitions, dispositions and financing. He is a director of Cendant
Incorporated, Acadia Realty and Capital Trust. Mr. Edelman is a graduate of
Princeton University (1963) and Columbia University School of Law (1966) and
served as an Officer in the United States Army from 1966 through 1969.

Mr. Garten was Chief Executive Officer and President of Popular Club, Inc, a
direct selling, catalog marketer of apparel and general merchandise products,
from 2001 to 2003. From 1997 to 2000, he was Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer of Micro Warehouse, Inc., an international catalog reseller of
computer products. From 1983 to 1996, Mr. Garten held various financial
positions at Hanover Direct and its predecessor, The Horn and Hardart Company,
including Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from 1989 to
1996. Mr. Garten is a Certified Public Accountant.


ABOUT HANOVER DIRECT, INC.

Hanover Direct, Inc. (AMEX: HNV) and its business units provide quality, branded
merchandise through a portfolio of catalogs and e-commerce platforms to
consumers, as well as a comprehensive range of Internet, e-commerce and
fulfillment services to businesses. The Company's catalog and web site portfolio
of home fashions, apparel and gift brands include Domestications, The Company
Store, Company Kids, Silhouettes, International Male, Scandia Down and Gump's By
Mail. The Company owns Gump's, a retail store based in San Francisco. Each brand
can be accessed on the Internet individually by name. Keystone Internet
Services, LLC (www.keystoneinternet.com), the Company's third party fulfillment
operation, also provides the logistical, IT and fulfillment needs of the
Company's catalogs and web sites. Information on Hanover Direct, including each
of its subsidiaries, can be accessed on the Internet at www.hanoverdirect.com.