Exhibit 31.1
                      Certification pursuant to Section 302
                       of the Sarbannes-Oxley Act of 2002

I, Daniel H. Levy, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Donnkenny, Inc.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make
the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements
were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
information included in this quarterly report, fairly present in all material
respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the
Company as of, and for, the periods presented in this quarterly report;

4. The Company's other certifying officers/employees and I are responsible for
establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in
Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the Company and we have:

      a. designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
      disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision to
      ensure that material information relating to the Company, including its
      consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those
      entities, particularly during the period in which this quarterly report is
      being prepared;

      b. evaluated the effectiveness of the Company's disclosure controls and
      procedures and presented in this report our conclusion about the
      effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of
      the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

      c. disclosed in this report any change in the Company's internal control
      over financial reporting that occurred during the Company's most recent
      fiscal quarter (the Company's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an
      annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
      materially affect, the Company's internal control over financial
      reporting; and

5. The Company's other certifying officers/employees and I have disclosed, based
on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to
the Company's auditors and the audit committee of the Company's board of
directors (or persons performing the equivalent function):

      a. all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or
      operation of internal control over financial reporting which are
      reasonably likely to adversely affect the Company's ability to record,
      process, summarize and report financial information; and

      b. any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
      employees who have a significant role in the Company's internal control
      over financial reporting.


Date: November 13, 2003                           /s/ Daniel H. Levy
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                                                  Daniel H. Levy
                                                  Chairman of the Board,
                                                  Chief Executive Officer


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