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FILED AS OF DATE:		20080512
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20080512
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20080512

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			PHILLIPS VAN HEUSEN CORP /DE/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000078239
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	MEN'S & BOYS' FURNISHINGS, WORK CLOTHING, AND ALLIED GARMENTS [2320]
		IRS NUMBER:				131166910
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0131

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DEFA14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-07572
		FILM NUMBER:		08823527

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		200 MADISON AVENUE
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10016
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2123813500

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		200 MADISON AVENUE
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10016
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<DIV style="width:468pt"><P style="line-height:16pt; margin:0pt; font-size:14pt" align=center><B>SCHEDULE 14A</B></P>
<P style="line-height:16pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:7pt; font-size:14pt" align=center><B>(Rule 14a-101)</B></P>
<P style="line-height:14pt; margin:0pt; font-size:12pt" align=center><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROXY STATEMENT</B></P>
<P style="line-height:14pt; margin:0pt; font-size:12pt" align=center><B>SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION</B></P>
<P style="line-height:14pt; margin:0pt; font-size:12pt" align=center><B>Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities</B></P>
<P style="line-height:14pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:12pt; font-size:12pt" align=center><B>Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. &nbsp;&nbsp;)</B></P>
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<TR><TD valign=top width=640.8 colspan=7><P style="line-height:normal; margin:0pt; font-size:12pt">Filed by the Registrant <FONT FACE="Wingdings">x</FONT></P>
<P style="line-height:normal; margin:0pt; font-size:12pt">Filed by a Party other than the Registrant <FONT FACE="Wingdings">o</FONT></P>
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<TR><TD valign=top width=640.8 colspan=7><P style="font-size:2pt">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
<TR><TD valign=top width=640.8 colspan=7><P style="line-height:14pt; margin:0pt; font-size:12pt">Check the appropriate box:</P>
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<TR><TD valign=top width=38.067 colspan=4><P style="line-height:13pt; margin:0pt; font-family:Wingdings; font-size:11pt"><FONT FACE="Wingdings">o</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> </FONT></P>
</TD><TD valign=top width=602.733 colspan=3><P style="line-height:14pt; margin:0pt; font-size:12pt"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Preliminary Proxy Statement</FONT></P>
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<TR><TD valign=top width=38.067 colspan=4><P style="line-height:13pt; margin:0pt; font-family:Wingdings; font-size:11pt"><FONT FACE="Wingdings">o</FONT></P>
</TD><TD valign=top width=602.733 colspan=3><P style="line-height:14pt; margin:0pt; font-size:12pt"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"><B>Confidential, For Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2))</B></FONT></P>
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<TR><TD valign=top width=38.067 colspan=4><P style="line-height:13pt; margin:0pt; font-family:Wingdings; font-size:11pt"><FONT FACE="Wingdings">o</FONT></P>
</TD><TD valign=top width=602.733 colspan=3><P style="line-height:14pt; margin:0pt; font-size:12pt"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Definitive Proxy Statement</FONT></P>
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<TR><TD valign=top width=38.067 colspan=4><P style="line-height:13pt; margin:0pt; font-family:Wingdings; font-size:11pt"><FONT FACE="Wingdings">x</FONT></P>
</TD><TD valign=top width=602.733 colspan=3><P style="line-height:14pt; margin:0pt; font-size:12pt"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Definitive Additional Materials</FONT></P>
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<TR><TD valign=top width=38.067 colspan=4><P style="line-height:13pt; margin:0pt; font-family:Wingdings; font-size:11pt"><FONT FACE="Wingdings">o</FONT></P>
</TD><TD valign=top width=602.733 colspan=3><P style="line-height:14pt; margin:0pt; font-size:12pt"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Soliciting Material Under Rule 14a-12</FONT></P>
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<TR><TD valign=top width=1.2><P style="font-size:2pt">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD valign=top width=639.6 colspan=6><P style="margin-top:5pt; margin-bottom:0pt" align=center>PHILLIPS-VAN HEUSEN CORPORATION</P>
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<TR><TD valign=top width=1.2><P style="font-size:2pt">&nbsp;</P></TD><TD style="border-top:0.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000" valign=top width=639.6 colspan=6><P style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:5pt" align=center>(Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</P>
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<TR><TD valign=top width=640.8 colspan=7><P style="margin:0pt; text-indent:87.6pt">(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if Other Than the Registrant)</P>
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<P style="margin:0pt">Payment of Filing Fee (Check the appropriate box):</P>
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<TR><TD valign=top width=36.467 colspan=2><P style="line-height:13pt; margin:0pt; font-family:Wingdings; font-size:11pt"><FONT FACE="Wingdings">x</FONT></P>
</TD><TD valign=top width=604.333 colspan=5><P style="margin:0pt"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">No fee required.</FONT></P>
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<TR><TD valign=top width=36.467 colspan=2><P style="line-height:13pt; margin:0pt; font-family:Wingdings; font-size:11pt"><FONT FACE="Wingdings">o</FONT></P>
</TD><TD valign=top width=604.333 colspan=5><P style="margin:0pt"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Fee computed on table below per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(1) and 0-11.</FONT></P>
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<TR><TD style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000" valign=top width=640.8 colspan=7><P style="margin:0pt">&nbsp;(1) &nbsp;Title of each class of securities to which transaction applies:</P>
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<TR><TD style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000" valign=top width=640.8 colspan=7><P style="margin:0pt">&nbsp;(2) &nbsp;Aggregate number of securities to which transaction applies:</P>
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<TR><TD style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000" valign=top width=640.8 colspan=7><P style="margin:0pt">&nbsp;(3) &nbsp;Per unit price or other underlying value of transaction computed pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 0-11 (set forth &nbsp;the amount on which the filing fee is calculated and state how it was determined):</P>
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<TR><TD style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000" valign=top width=640.8 colspan=7><P style="margin:0pt">&nbsp;(4) &nbsp;Proposed maximum aggregate value of transaction:</P>
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<TR><TD style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000" valign=top width=640.8 colspan=7><P style="margin:0pt">&nbsp;(5) &nbsp;Total fee paid:</P>
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<TR><TD valign=top width=37.133 colspan=3><P style="line-height:normal; margin:0pt; font-family:Wingdings; font-size:11pt" align=justify><FONT FACE="Wingdings">o</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> </FONT></P>
</TD><TD valign=top width=603.667 colspan=4><P style="margin:0pt" align=justify><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Fee paid previously with preliminary materials:</FONT></P>
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<TR><TD valign=top width=37.133 colspan=3><P style="line-height:13pt; margin:0pt; font-family:Wingdings; font-size:11pt" align=justify><FONT FACE="Wingdings">o</FONT></P>
</TD><TD valign=top width=603.667 colspan=4><P style="margin:0pt" align=justify><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Check box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Exchange Act Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing for which the offsetting fee was paid previously. &nbsp;Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or the form or schedule and the date of its filing.</FONT></P>
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<TR><TD style="border-top:0.5pt solid #000000" valign=top width=640.8 colspan=7><P style="margin:0pt">(1) &nbsp;Amount previously paid:</P>
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<TR><TD style="border-top:0.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000" valign=top width=640.8 colspan=7><P style="margin:0pt">(2) &nbsp;Form, Schedule or Registration Statement No.:</P>
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<TR><TD style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000" valign=top width=640.8 colspan=7><P style="margin:0pt">(3) &nbsp;Filing Party:</P>
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<TR><TD valign=top width=640.8 colspan=7><P style="margin:0pt">(4) &nbsp;Date Filed:</P>
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<P style="line-height:14pt; margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; padding-right:-4pt; font-size:12pt; page-break-before:always">The following press release was issued to clarify that the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation will be held on Thursday, June 19, 2008. &nbsp;The company&#146;s Notice of Annual Meeting and Proxy Statement states that the meeting is to be held on Tuesday, June 19, 2008.</P>
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<P style="line-height:16pt; margin:0pt; padding-left:36pt; font-family:Arial; font-size:14pt" align=center><FONT FACE="Arial"><B>PHILLIPS-VAN HEUSEN CORPORATION</B></FONT></P>
<P style="line-height:16pt; margin:0pt; padding-left:36pt; font-family:Arial; font-size:14pt" align=center><B>200 MADISON AVENUE</B></P>
<P style="line-height:16pt; margin:0pt; padding-left:36pt; font-family:Arial; font-size:14pt" align=center><B>NEW YORK, N.Y. 10016</B></P>
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<P style="line-height:14pt; margin:0pt; padding-left:36pt; font-family:Arial; font-size:12pt" align=right><B>May 12, 2008</B></P>
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<P style="line-height:14pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:-14pt; padding-left:36pt; font-family:Arial; font-size:12pt"><B>Contact: &nbsp;</B></P>
<P style="line-height:14pt; margin:0pt; padding-left:36pt; text-indent:72pt; font-family:Arial; font-size:12pt"><B>Michael Shaffer</B></P>
<P style="line-height:14pt; margin:0pt; padding-left:36pt; text-indent:72pt; font-family:Arial; font-size:12pt"><B>Executive Vice President &amp; Chief Financial Officer</B></P>
<P style="line-height:14pt; margin:0pt; padding-left:36pt; text-indent:72pt; font-family:Arial; font-size:12pt"><B>(212) 381-3523</B></P>
<P style="line-height:14pt; margin:0pt; padding-left:36pt; text-indent:72pt; font-family:Arial; font-size:12pt"><B>www.pvh.com</B></P>
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<P style="line-height:14pt; margin:0pt; font-size:12pt" align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"><B>PHILLIPS-VAN HEUSEN CORPORATION</B></FONT></P>
<P style="line-height:14pt; margin:0pt; font-size:12pt" align=center><B>ANNOUNCES DISTRIBUTION OF MATERIALS FOR ITS ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS TO BE HELD THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 2008</B></P>
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<P style="line-height:14pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:6pt; font-size:12pt">New York, New York -- Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation [NYSE:PVH] announced today that it had commenced distributing on May 7, 2008 the materials for its annual meeting of stockholders, which will be held at The Graduate Center - City University of New York, 365 Fifth Avenue, Proshansky Auditorium, Concourse Level, New&nbsp;York, New York, on Thursday, June 19, 2008, at 10:00 a.m. &nbsp;The materials are also available on www.pvhannualmeetingmaterials.com.</P>
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