UNITED STATES

                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C. 20549


                                    FORM 15


CERTIFICATION AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 12(g) OF
THE  SECURITIES  EXCHANGE  ACT OF 1934 OR  SUSPENSION  OF DUTY TO FILE REPORTS
UNDER SECTIONS 13 AND 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.

                                                Commission File Number 33-3586

                          R. G. Barry Corporation --
        R. G. Barry Corporation Leveraged Employee Stock Ownership Plan
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            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

     13405 Yarmouth Road, N.W., Pickerington, Ohio 43147; (614) 864-6400
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              (Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
                including area code, of registrant's principal
                              executive offices)

     Participation interests in R. G. Barry Corporation Leveraged Employee
  Stock Ownership Plan registered under Securities Act of 1933 (and related
         common shares, $1.00 par value, of R. G. Barry Corporation)
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           (Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)

     Common shares, $1.00 par value, of R. G. Barry Corporation registered
            under Section 12(b) of Securities Exchange Act of 1934
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      (Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty to file
                reports under Section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)

      Please  place an X in the  box(es) to  designate  the  appropriate  rule
provision(s) relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:


                  Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(i)           Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i)
                  Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(ii)          Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii)
                  Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(i)           Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(i)
                  Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(ii)          Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(ii)
                                                Rule 15d-6

     Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or notice
date:  None. The R. G. Barry  Corporation  Leveraged  Employee Stock Ownership
Plan was terminated in accordance with the determination  letter issued by the
Internal Revenue Service on February 16, 1996.

     Pursuant to the  requirements of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, R.
G. Barry Corporation and the R. G. Barry Corporation  Leveraged Employee Stock
Ownership  Plan have  caused this  certification/notice  to be signed on their
behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.

Date: June 25, 1996         By: /s/ Richard L. Burrell
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                                Richard L. Burrell, Senior Vice President--
                                Finance, Secretary and Treasurer
                                of R. G. Barry Corporation