Delta Apparel to Present at the Seventh Annual ICR Xchange Conference

DULUTH, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 11, 2005--Delta Apparel, Inc. (AMEX:DLA) announced that Robert W. Humphreys, President and CEO and Herb Mueller, Vice President and CFO, will deliver a presentation on behalf of the company at the Integrated Corporate Relations 7th Annual Xchange conference at the La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad, California.

The Delta Apparel investor presentation will be webcast live at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, January 13, 2005. Investors may access an Internet webcast of the presentation at:

http://www.corporate-ir.net/ireye/confLobby.zhtml?ticker=DLA&item_id=990733 (Due to its length, this URL may need to be copied/pasted into your Internet browser's address field. Remove the extra space if one exists.)

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About Delta Apparel, Inc.

Delta Apparel, Inc., along with its wholly owned subsidiary M.J. Soffe Co., is a marketer, manufacturer and distributor of high quality branded and private label activewear apparel. We specialize in selling a variety of casual and athletic activewear tops and bottoms, embellished and unembellished T-shirts, and fleece products for the ever-changing apparel market. We focus on our broad distribution of products, currently serving over 13,000 customers. We sell our products to screen printers, private label accounts, sporting goods stores, department stores and distributors. In addition, certain products are sold in college bookstores and to the U.S. Military. Our operations are in the United States, Honduras, Mexico and Costa Rica and we employ approximately 4,400 worldwide. Additional information on our company is available at www.deltaapparel.com.

Statements and other information in this press release that are not reported financial results or other historical information are forward-looking statements. These are based on our expectations and are necessarily dependent upon assumptions, estimates and data that we believe are reasonable and accurate but may be incorrect, incomplete or imprecise. Forward-looking statements are also subject to a number of business risks and uncertainties, any of which could cause actual results to differ materially from those set forth in or implied by the forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties include, among others, changes in the retail demand for apparel products, the cost of raw materials, competitive conditions in the apparel and textile industries, the relative strength of the United States dollar as against other currencies, changes in United States trade regulations, the discovery of unknown conditions (such as with respect to environmental matters and similar items) and other risks described from time to time in our reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Accordingly, any forward-looking statements do not purport to be predictions of future events or circumstances and may not be realized. We do not undertake publicly to update or revise the forward-looking statements even if it becomes clear that any projected results will not be realized.

CONTACT: Delta Apparel, Inc., Duluth
Herb Mueller, 678/775-6900

SOURCE: Delta Apparel, Inc.