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              NAUTICA ENTERPRISES COMMENTS ON NEW INFORMATION ABOUT
                               BARINGTON NOMINEES


NEW YORK,  NY, July 3, 2003 -- Nautica  Enterprises,  Inc.  (Nasdaq:  NAUT) said
today it is pleased that Glass,  Lewis & Co. LLC,  which  advises  institutional
investors in the financial markets, pointed out important information concerning
the two  nominees  proposed  by the  Barington  Group for the  Nautica  Board of
Directors.

The Glass,  Lewis report noted that Barington  nominee  William J. Fox was chief
financial  officer at Revlon from 1991 to 1997,  a period  during  which  Revlon
"significantly  missed its financial performance targets". It pointed out, among
other things,  that "Wall Street was taken by surprise,  and Revlon's stock lost
more than 45% of its market value in a single day,  costing  investors more than
$1.5 billion." It said that ensuing litigation  initiated by Revlon shareholders
against the company and Mr. Fox personally  ended only this year with defendants
paying nearly $10 million.

The Glass,  Lewis report also noted that Barington Capital has been censured and
fined by the NASD,  and that  another  member  of the  Barington  Group,  Ramius
Securities  LLC, was fined and  suspended by the NASD in 2001 for  market-making
activities in the immediate aftermath of the initial public offerings.

These facts, added to the previous  information  provided by Nautica Enterprises
about the Barington  nominees'  lack of experience in the apparel  manufacturing
industry or any related industry,  the group's history of short-term  strikes at
unrelated  microcap  companies,  and no  discernable  track  record for building
sustainable  stockholder  value,  reinforce the Board's conclusion that electing
the  Barington  nominees  would  not be in the  best  interests  of all  Nautica
Enterprises shareholders.

The Nautica  Enterprises  Board pointed out that in contrast to Mr.  Mitarotonda
and Mr. Fox, Charles Scherer and John Varvatos bring  invaluable  experience and
strong credentials to the Board. Mr. Scherer, who has been a director of Nautica
Enterprises  since  1994,  previously  served as general  counsel and then chief
financial  officer for  Collins & Aikman,  one of the  world's  largest  textile
manufacturers,  and Mr. Varvatos,  an apparel designer and merchant with over 20
years of experience in the industry,  is one of the most highly  regarded  men's
wear designers in the field today.

Nautica  Enterprises  continues to urge all  stockholders to reject  Barington's
proxy solicitation, the Barington nominees and the other Barington proposal, and
by signing,  dating,  and  returning the WHITE proxy card to elect the company's
entire eight-member  board.  Stockholders who have any questions about the proxy
solicitation  or need  additional  information  about  the  Nautica  Enterprises
stockholders'  meeting  should  contact  MacKenzie  Partners,  Inc., 105 Madison
Avenue,    New    York,    New    York    10016,     PROXY@MACKENZIEPARTNERS.COM
{MAILTO:PROXY@MACKENZIEPARTNERS.COM}.  Call Collect: (212) 929-5500 or TOLL-FREE
(800) 322-2885.

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Nautica Enterprises,  Inc. (Nasdaq:  NAUT),  through its subsidiaries,  designs,
sources,  markets and distributes  apparel under the following brands:  Nautica;
Nautica  Competition;  Nautica  Jeans  Company;  Earl Jean;  John  Varvatos;  E.
Magrath; and Byron Nelson. For more information about our Company,  please visit
our website at www.nautica.com

This  press  release  contains  "forward-looking  statements"  as defined in the
Private Securities  Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on
the Company's current  expectations of future events and are subject to a number
of risks and uncertainties that may cause the Company's actual results to differ
materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. Should one or
more  of  these  risks  or  uncertainties  materialize,   or  should  underlying
assumptions  prove  incorrect,  actual  results may vary  materially  from those
anticipated,  estimated or projected.  These factors and uncertainties  include,
among others: the risk that new businesses of the Company will not be integrated
successfully; the risk that the Company will experience operational difficulties
with its  distribution  facility;  the  overall  level of  consumer  spending on
apparel;  dependence  on sales to a  limited  number of large  department  store
customers;  risks related to extending credit to customers;  actions of existing
or new  competitors and changes in economic,  political or health  conditions in
the markets  where the Company  sells or sources its  products,  including  with
respect to SARS;  downturn or  generally  reduced  shopping  activity  caused by
public safety concerns; risks associated with consolidations, restructurings and
other ownership changes in the retail industry;  changes in trends in the market
segments  in which the  Company  competes;  risks  associated  with  uncertainty
relating to the Company's  ability to launch,  support and implement new product
lines; effects of competition;  changes in the costs of raw materials, labor and
advertising; the ability to secure and protect trademarks and other intellectual
property  rights;  risks  associated with the relocation of Earl Jean, Inc.; the
risk that the cost of transitioning  the Nautica Europe business to licensing or
other key  arrangements  will be more than  anticipated or that the Company will
not be able to  negotiate  acceptable  terms;  and,  the  impact  that any labor
disruption  at the  Company's  ports  of  entry  could  have on  timely  product
deliveries.  These and other risks and  uncertainties are disclosed from time to
time in the  Company's  filings with the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission,
including  the  "Forward-Looking  and  Cautionary  Statements"  section  of  the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 1, 2003, in
the Company's press releases and in oral statements made by or with the approval
of  authorized  personnel.  The  Company  assumes  no  obligation  to update any
forward-  looking  statements as a result of new information or future events or
developments.  Investors  and  security  holders  may  obtain a free copy of the
definitive  proxy statement and other  documents  filed by Nautica  Enterprises,
Inc. with the Securities and Exchange Commission at the Commission's  website at
http://www.sec.gov.


CONTACT:

      Nautica Enterprises, Inc.
      Wayne A. Marino, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
      (212) 541-5757

      Shannon L. Froehlich, Vice President - Corporate Investor Relations
      (212) 541-5757

      Media Relations - Michael Freitag or Fredric J. Spar
      Kekst and Company (for Nautica Enterprises, Inc.)
      (212) 521-4800