POWER OF ATTORNEY

      Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints Ericka N. Alford as the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact,
with full power and authority as hereinafter described on behalf of and in the
name, place and stead of the undersigned to:

(1)   prepare, execute, acknowledge, deliver and file Forms 3, 4 and 5
(including any amendments thereto) in accordance with Section 16(a) of the
Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder with respect to the
securities of The Warnaco Group, Inc. (the "Company") with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission, any national securities exchanges and the
Company, in accordance with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
and the rules thereunder and all other applicable laws;

(2)   do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which
may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5 or
any amendments thereto and timely file such form with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority;
and

(3)   take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to the Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

     The undersigned hereby grants to such Attorney-in-Fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power and substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorney-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not assuming, nor
is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply
with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

     This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 or 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorney-in-fact.


      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed on this 4th day of September 2008.


     /s/_Jay_Dubiner_____
     Name:   Jay Dubiner
     Title:  Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary