February 6, 2002

Financial

Gildan Activewear INC. Will Hold a Conference Call to Discuss its First Quarter's Results

Please dial in fifteen minutes before the conference begins.

If you are unable to call in at this time, you may access a tape recording of the meeting by calling 1-800-558-5253 and entering the passcode 20262544 on your phone. This tape recording will be available on Wednesday, February 6th as of 7:00 P.M. until 11:00 P.M. on Wednesday, February 13th.

MEDIA WISHING TO QUOTE AN ANALYST SHOULD CONTACT THE ANALYST PERSONALLY FOR PERMISSION.

Interested parties may also listen live at www.newswire.ca or at www.q1234.com.

For further information contact Jon Reider at Maison Brison at 514-731-0000.