Exhibit 10.5

                                OPTION AGREEMENT

     THIS  OPTION  AGREEMENT,  dated  as of  the  __ day  of  ____,  200__  (the
"Effective Date"), by and between _______________  ("Optionee") and JOS. A. BANK
CLOTHIERS, INC. (the "Company"), a Delaware corporation

                                WITNESSETH THAT:

     WHEREAS, the then-stockholders of the Company did adopt the "2002 Long-Term
Incentive Plan", effective June 25, 2002 (the "Plan"); and

     WHEREAS,  the  purpose  of the Plan is to attract  and  retain and  provide
incentives  to,  among  others,  directors  and  employees of the Company and to
thereby increase overall shareholder value; and

     WHEREAS,  Optionee  is a  [director/employee]  of the  Company and has been
awarded the hereinafter described Option under the Plan.

     NOW,  THEREFORE,  for good and  valuable  consideration,  the  receipt  and
adequacy of which are hereby  acknowledged,  the Company and the Optionee hereby
agree as follows:

     1.  Grant of Option.  Pursuant  to the Plan,  and  subject to the terms and
conditions  set forth herein and therein,  the Company hereby grants to Optionee
the right and option (the  "Option")  to purchase an  aggregate  of _____ shares
(the "Option  Shares") of the Company's  Common Stock,  $.01 par value per share
(the  "Common  Stock"),  which option does [not]  qualify as an incentive  stock
option, as defined in Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

     2. Purchase Price. The purchase price (the "Purchase Price") of each Option
Share shall be the fair market value of a share of Common Stock on the Effective
Date, i.e. $______ per share, subject to adjustment pursuant to the Plan.

     3.  Time  of  Exercise.   [The  Option  shall  be  immediately  vested  and
exercisable.]  [The Option shall vest as follows:  ______.] The Option shall not
be exercisable after_____________________________________________________.

     4.  Method of  Exercise;  Payment  of  Exercise  Price.  The  Option may be
exercised in whole,  or from time to time in part, by delivery to the Company at
its  principal  office  (Attention:  General  Counsel) of written  notice of the
number of  shares of Common  Stock  with  respect  to which the  Option is being
exercised  accompanied  by payment in full of the Purchase Price of such shares.
Payment of the Purchase Price for such shares of Common Stock may be made (i) in
U.S.  dollars by delivery of cash or personal  check,  bank draft or money order
payable to the order of the  Company  or by money  transfers  or direct  account
debits;  (ii) by delivery of  certificates  representing  shares of Common Stock
having a Fair Market  Value (as defined in the Plan) equal to the such  Purchase
Price;  (iii)  pursuant  to a  broker-assisted  "cashless  exercise"  program if
established by the Company; or (iv) by any combination of the methods of payment
described in (i) through (iii) above.  Notwithstanding anything contained herein
to the  contrary,  in the  event of an  exercise  using  any form of  negotiable
instrument,  the Company shall not be liable to issue any Common Stock hereunder
unless and until the Company has  received  good and current  funds for the full
Purchase Price thereof.


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     5. Rights Prior to Exercise of Options.  The Option is  nontransferable  by
Optionee,  except  by  operation  of law in the  event  of  Optionee's  death or
incompetency,  and the Option may be  exercised  during the lifetime of Optionee
only by Optionee. Optionee shall have no rights as a shareholder with respect to
the Option Shares,  except to the extent that the Option has been duly exercised
and payment in full for Common  Stock  issuable  upon  exercise has been made or
duly provided for.

     6. Incorporation of Plan; Binding Effect of Agreement. This Option has been
issued  pursuant to the  provisions  of the Plan,  and the terms of the Plan are
incorporated  herein by  reference  as though set forth  herein in full.  In the
event of any conflict  between the stated  provisions of this  Agreement and the
Plan, the stated provisions of the Plan shall govern. This Agreement shall inure
to the benefit of and be binding  upon the parties  hereto and their  respective
heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns.


     IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the parties have executed this Option Agreement as of
the day and year first above written.


JOS. A. BANK CLOTHIERS, INC.

By:_______________________________            _______________________________


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