|   | § | Revenue      rose to $27.6 million – representing the highest quarterly revenue in      Company’s history and growth of 27% over last year’s fiscal second      quarter |
|--------|--------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|   | § | Demonstrating      increased sales through internal initiatives and    acquisitions |
|--------|--------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|   | § | Margins      improved primarily due to the inclusion of Brazil, with a 56% gross      margin, and the non-inclusion of  last year’s sales rebate on      Tyvek (which impacted 2Q08 results) |
|--------|--------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|   | § | Operating      Profit increased 140% over 2Q08 |
|--------|--------|------------------------------------------------|

|   | § | International      Sales Growth Continues |
|--------|--------|-------------------------------------------|

|   | o | Brazil      Acquisition closed in May -- operations included in fiscal second quarter      were: |
|--------|---|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|   | § | Sales      of $3.1 million |
|--------|--------|----------------------------|

|   | § | Net      income of $0.6 million net of additional expenses in the  US |
|--------|--------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

|   | § | Accretive      to EPS by $0.10 |
|--------|--------|--------------------------------|

|   | § | Progress      made with new product introductions and marketing    initiatives |
|--------|--------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

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| Contacts:                                   |                                     |
|---------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
| Lakeland      Industries                    | Darrow      Associates                   |
| 631-981-9700                                | 631-367-1866                             |
| Christopher      Ryan, CJRyan@lakeland.com  | Jordan      Darrow, jdarrow@darrowir.com |
| Gary      Pokrassa, GAPokrassa@lakeland.com |                                     |

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| LAKELAND      INDUSTRIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES                              |   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|
| CONDENSED      CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS                                   |   |
| (In      thousands)                                                          |   |
|                                                                         |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|                                                                         |   | July      31, |   |   | January      31, |   |
|                                                                         |   | 2008 |   |   | 2008 |   |
|                                                                         |   | (unaudited) |   |   |   |   |
|                                                                         |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| ASSETS                                                                       |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|                                                                         |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Current      assets:                                                         |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Cash      and cash equivalents                                               |   | $ | 4,266 |   |   | $ | 3,428 |   |
| Accounts      receivable, net                                                |   |   | 17,280 |   |   |   | 14,928 |   |
| Inventories                                                                  |   |   | 48,396 |   |   |   | 48,116 |   |
| Deferred      income taxes                                                   |   |   | 1,998 |   |   |   | 1,970 |   |
| Other      current assets                                                    |   |   | 2,643 |   |   |   | 1,828 |   |
|     Total      current assets                            |   |   | 74,582 |   |   |   | 70,269 |   |
|                                                                         |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Property      and equipment, net                                             |   |   | 14,446 |   |   |   | 13,325 |   |
| Goodwill                                                                     |   |   | 10,969 |   |   |   | 871 |   |
| Other      assets                                                            |   |   | 1,130 |   |   |   | 157 |   |
|                                                                         |   | $ | 101,128 |   |   | $ | 84,623 |   |
|                                                                         |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| LIABILITIES      AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY                                    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|                                                                         |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Current      liabilities:                                                    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Accounts      payable                                                        |   | $ | 4,602 |   |   | $ | 3,313 |   |
| Accrued      expenses and other current liabilities                          |   |   | 2,890 |   |   |   | 1,684 |   |
|     Total      current liabilities                       |   |   | 7,492 |   |   |   | 4,997 |   |
| Borrowing      under revolving credit facility                               |   |   | 20,311 |   |   |   | 8,871 |   |
| Construction      loan payable                                               |   |   | 1,802 |   |   |   | 1,882 |   |
| Other      non current liabilities                                           |   |   | 300 |   |   |   | ----- |   |
| Total      liabilities                                                       |   |   | 29,905 |   |   |   | 15,750 |   |
|                                                                         |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Stockholders'      equity                                                    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Preferred      stock, $0.01 par; authorized                                  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|     1,500,000      shares (none issued)                  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Common      stock, $0.01 par; authorized                                     |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|     10,000,000      shares; issued and outstanding       |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|     5,523,288      and 5,521,824 shares at July 31, 2008 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|     and      at January 31, 2008, respectively           |   |   | 55 |   |   |   | 55 |   |
| Other      comprehensive income (loss)                                       |   |   | 840 |   |   |   | (36 | ) |
| Less      treasury stock, at cost, 102,587 shares at                         |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|     July      31, 2008 and 0 shares at January 31, 2008  |   |   | (1,201 | ) |   |   | ----- |   |
| Additional      paid-in capital                                              |   |   | 49,370 |   |   |   | 49,212 |   |
| Retained      earnings                                                       |   |   | 22,159 |   |   |   | 19,642 |   |
|     Total      stockholders' equity                      |   |   | 71,223 |   |   |   | 68,873 |   |
| Total      liabilities and stockholder's equity                              |   | $ | 101,128 |   |   | $ | 84,623 |   |

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|       LAKELAND      INDUSTRIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| CONDENSED      CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME                                    |
| (In      thousands, except per share data)                                          |
| (unaudited)                                                                         |

|                                                                                                            |   |                    |      |   |                  |   |      |   |   |   |      |   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|-------------------------|-----------|--------|-----------------------|--------|-----------|--------|--------|--------|-----------|--------|
|                                                                                                            |   | Three      Months Ended |      |   | Six      Months Ended |   |
|                                                                                                            |   | July      31,           |      |   | July      31,         |   |
|                                                                                                            |   | 2008                    |      |   | 2007                  |   |      | 2008   |   |   | 2007      |   |
|                                                                                                            |   |                    |      |   |                  |   |      |   |   |   |      |   |
| Net      sales                                                                                                  |   |                    | 27,565    |   |                  | $      | 21,732    |   |   |   | 54,845    |   |   | $ | 47,328 |   |
|                                                                                                            |   |                    |      |   |                  |   |      |   |   |   |      |   |   |   |   |   |
| Cost      of goods sold                                                                                         |   |                    | 19,404    |   |                  |   | 16,538    |   |   |   | 40,006    |   |   |   | 36,845 |   |
|                                                                                                            |   |                    |      |   |                  |   |      |   |   |   |      |   |   |   |   |   |
| Gross      profit                                                                                               |   |                    | 8,161     |   |                  |   | 5,194     |   |   |   | 14,840    |   |   |   | 10,483 |   |
|                                                                                                            |   |                    |      |   |                  |   |      |   |   |   |      |   |   |   |   |   |
| Operating      expenses                                                                                         |   |                    | 5,967     |   |                  |   | 4,278     |   |   |   | 11,198    |   |   |   | 8,574 |   |
|                                                                                                            |   |                    |      |   |                  |   |      |   |   |   |      |   |   |   |   |   |
| Operating      profit                                                                                           |   |                    | 2,194     |   |                  |   | 915       |   |   |   | 3,642     |   |   |   | 1,910 |   |
|                                                                                                            |   |                    |      |   |                  |   |      |   |   |   |      |   |   |   |   |   |
| Interest      and other income, net                                                                             |   |                    | 56        |   |                  |   | 82        |   |   |   | 86        |   |   |   | 125 |   |
|                                                                                                            |   |                    |      |   |                  |   |      |   |   |   |      |   |   |   |   |   |
| Interest      expense                                                                                           |   |                    | (254      | )      |                  |   | (58       | )      |   |   | (353      | )      |   |   | (111 | ) |
|                                                                                                            |   |                    |      |   |                  |   |      |   |   |   |      |   |   |   |   |   |
|                                                                                                            |   |                    |      |   |                  |   |      |   |   |   |      |   |   |   |   |   |
| Income      before income taxes                                                                                 |   |                    | 1,996     |   |                  |   | 940       |   |   |   | 3,374     |   |   |   | 1,924 |   |
|                                                                                                            |   |                    |      |   |                  |   |      |   |   |   |      |   |   |   |   |   |
| Provision      for income taxes                                                                                 |   |                    | 371       |   |                  |   | 173       |   |   |   | 857       |   |   |   | 561 |   |
|                                                                                                            |   |                    |      |   |                  |   |      |   |   |   |      |   |   |   |   |   |
| Net      income                                                                                                 |   |                    | 1,625     |   |                  | $      | 767       |   |   |   | 2,518     |   |   | $ | 1,363 |   |
|                                                                                                            |   |                    |      |   |                  |   |      |   |   |   |      |   |   |   |   |   |
| Net      income per common share*:                                                                              |   |                    |      |   |                  |   |      |   |   |   |      |   |   |   |   |   |
|     Basic                                                                                   |   | $                       | 0.30      |   |                  | $      | 0.14      |   |   | $      | 0.46      |   |   | $ | 0.25 |   |
|     Diluted                                                                                 |   | $                       | 0.30      |   |                  | $      | 0.14      |   |   | $      | 0.46      |   |   | $ | 0.25 |   |
|                                                                                                            |   |                    |      |   |                  |   |      |   |   |   |      |   |   |   |   |   |
| Weighted      average common                                                                                    |   |                    |      |   |                  |   |      |   |   |   |      |   |   |   |   |   |
| shares      outstanding*:                                                                                       |   |                    |      |   |                  |   |      |   |   |   |      |   |   |   |   |   |
|     Basic                                                                                   |   |                    | 5,421,520 |   |                  |   | 5,522,604 |   |   |   | 5,454,209 |   |   |   | 5,522,214 |   |
|     Diluted                                                                                 |   |                    | 5,459,191 |   |                  |   | 5,543,407 |   |   |   | 5,490,690 |   |   |   | 5,540,906 |   |
| *      Adjusted for the 10% stock dividend to shareholders of record on August 1,      2005 and April 30, 2006. |   |