SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 _________________ FORM 8-K CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

~~Washington,~~Date ~~D.C.~~of ~~20549~~ report (Date of earliest event reported): August 9, 2005

~~FORM~~Hanover ~~8-K~~ Direct, Inc. (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

~~CURRENT~~Delaware ~~REPORT PURSUANT~~(State TOor ~~SECTION~~Other 13Jurisdiction ORof ~~15(d~~Incorporation) OF1-12082 ~~THE SECURITIES~~(Commission ~~EXCHANGE~~File ~~ACT~~Number) OF13-0852360 ~~1934~~ (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

~~Date~~1500 ofHarbor ~~report~~Blvd., Weehawken, New Jersey (~~Date~~Address of ~~earliest~~ ~~event~~Principal ~~reported~~Executive Offices): ~~June 15,~~07086 ~~2005~~ (Zip Code)

~~Hanover~~Registrant’s ~~Direct~~telephone number, ~~Inc.~~ including area code (201) 863-7300

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

1-12082

(Commission File Number)

Delaware		13-0853260
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
1500 Harbor Boulevard Weehawken, New Jersey		07086
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (201) 863-7300

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2 (b))

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4 (c))

This Current Report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are merely predictions of future events, many of which are beyond management’s control.

Section 8. - Other Events

Item 8.01. Other Events.

(a) Previously, Hanover Direct, Inc. (the “Company”) reported that it believed that the audit of the Company’s 2004 fiscal year end financial statements would be complete by the middle of June 2005. ~~The~~and that the Company ~~has not~~expected ~~finalized~~to become current in its ~~financial~~periodic ~~statements~~filings ~~and~~beginning with the ~~2004 year end~~filing ~~audit~~of ~~has~~its ~~not~~Form ~~been~~10-Q ~~completed~~for ~~and~~the asperiod aended ~~consequence~~June 25, ~~the~~ 2005. The Company is not yet in a position to file its ~~Annual~~annual ~~Report~~report ~~on Form 10-K~~ or ~~its~~other ~~Quarterly~~periodic ~~Reports~~filings. onAs a consequence of the further delay, the Company will not be able to file its Form 10-Q for the second fiscal ~~quarters~~quarter ~~ended~~on ~~September 25,~~a ~~2004~~timely ~~and March 26,~~basis ~~2005~~as previously reported.

The Company iscontinues ~~continuing~~ to ~~work~~assist ~~closely with KPMG LLP (“KPMG”),~~ its independent registered public accounting firm, to complete its ~~September 25, 2004 quarterly and December 25, 2004 annual financial statements and KPMG’s respective review and~~ audit. Management believes that its financial statements, and KPMG’s review and audit will be completed in short order and that it will be able to file the Form 10-Q for the fiscal period ended September 25, 2004 and the 2004 Form 10-K shortly after these procedures are completed. The first quarter 2005 Form 10-Q will be filed a few weeks after the filing of the Form 10-Q for the fiscal period ended September 25, 2004 and the 2004 Form 10-K, and the Form 10-Q for the fiscal period ended June 25, 2005 will be filed on a timely basis.

Section 9 – Financial Statements and Exhibits

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

Exhibit 99.1 Press Release, dated ~~June 15~~August 9, 2005

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	HANOVER DIRECT, INC. (Registrant)
	HANOVER DIRECT, INC.
June 15, 2005	By:		/s/ John Swatek
	(Registrant)
			Name: John Swatek Title: Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer
August 9, 2005	By:	/s/ John W. Swatek
		Name:	John W. Swatek
		Title:	Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

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