EXHIBIT 99.1


                               [BLAIR CORPORATION]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
CONTACTS:
Blair Corporation                                            Carl Hymans
Thomas McKeever, SVP of Operations & Admin                   G.S. Schwartz & Co.
814-723-3600                                                 212-725-4500
                                                             carlh@schwartz.com


               BLAIR CORPORATION ANNOUNCES DATE OF ANNUAL MEETING

WARREN, Pa., (February 7, 2003) -- Blair Corporation (Amex: BL),
(www.blair.com), a national catalog and multi-channel direct marketer of women's
and men's apparel and home products, today announced that it will hold its
annual meeting at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, April 15, 2003. The meeting will be
held at the Library Theatre, 302 Third Avenue West, Warren, Pennsylvania. The
Board of Directors has set the record date for stockholders entitled to vote at
the meeting for February 21, 2003.

The Company also announced that Murray K. McComas will retire as Chairman of the
Board as of the annual meeting. Mr. McComas, who began his career at Blair
Corporation in 1962, has served on the Board for 26 years and will remain as a
director of the Company. The Board of Directors intends to appoint Craig N.
Johnson, a director of the Company since 1997 and formerly Managing Partner of
Glenthorne Capital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the new Chairman of the
Board. If elected, Mr. Johnson will assume the duties of Chairman immediately
following the annual meeting.

Finally, the Company announced that four members of the Board of Directors will
retire as of the annual meeting and will not stand for reelection. Those members
are: David A. Blair, Robert W. Blair, Kent R. Sivillo, and Blair T. Smoulder.
Robert Blair and Blair Smoulder have served on the Board of Directors for 41 and
17 years, respectively, and have previously retired from active management at
the Company. Mr. Kent Sivillo will also retire as an employee after 30 years
with the Company effective May 30, 2003. Mr. David Blair, who has served as a
director for 15 years, will remain an employee of the Company following the
annual meeting.

ABOUT BLAIR
Headquartered in Warren, Pennsylvania, Blair Corporation sells a broad range of
women's and men's apparel and home products through direct mail marketing and
its website at www.blair.com and www.crossingpointe.com. Blair Corporation
employs over 2,700 people and operates facilities and retail outlets in
Northwestern Pennsylvania as well as a catalog outlet in Wilmington, Delaware.
The Company, which has annual sales of more than $580 million, is publicly
traded on the American Stock Exchange (AMEX-BL).

This release contains statements relating to future results of the Company
(including certain projections and business trends) that are "forward-looking
statements" as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Actual results may differ materially from those projected as a result of certain
risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to, changes in political and
economic conditions, demand for and market acceptance of new and existing
products, as well as other risks and uncertainties detailed in the most recent
periodic filings of the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.