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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001144204-16-128378
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	S-8
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
FILED AS OF DATE:		20161017
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20161017
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20161017

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			XCel Brands, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001083220
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PATENT OWNERS & LESSORS [6794]
		IRS NUMBER:				760307819
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		S-8
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-214150
		FILM NUMBER:		161939496

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		475 10TH AVENUE
		STREET 2:		4TH FLOOR
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10018
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(347) 727-2474

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		475 10TH AVENUE
		STREET 2:		4TH FLOOR
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10018

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	NETFABRIC HOLDINGS, INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20050516

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	HOUSTON OPERATING CO
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19990402
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on October 17, 2016 </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333- <U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 24pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>XCEL BRANDS, INC. </B></P>

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in its charter)</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Delaware </B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>76-0307819</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of </B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>(I.R.S. Employer </B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>incorporation or organization) </B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Identification No.) </B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>1333 Broadway, 10th Floor</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>New York, NY 10018</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>XCEL BRANDS, INC. </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>2011 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>(Full title of the plan)</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>Robert D&rsquo;Loren</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>1333 Broadway, 10<SUP>th</SUP> Floor</B></P>

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of agent for service)</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>Robert J. Mittman, Esq.<BR>
Brad L. Shiffman, Esq. </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>Blank Rome LLP</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>The Chrysler Building</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">New York, New York 10174</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated
filed, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &ldquo;large accelerated
filer,&rdquo; accelerated filer&rdquo; and &ldquo;smaller reporting company&rdquo; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</P>

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    accelerated filer <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 40%; padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Accelerated
    filer <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Non
    accelerated filer&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT> (Do not check if a smaller reporting
    company)</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Smaller reporting company <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#120;</FONT></FONT></TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>to be registered &nbsp;</B></P></TD>
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<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>per share (2) </B></FONT></TD>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Proposed&nbsp;maximum</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>aggregate<BR>
        offering&nbsp;price&nbsp;(2) </B></P></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 12pt; text-indent: -12pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">5,000,000</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">$</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.97</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">24,850,000</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">$</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">2,880.12</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 4%; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(1) </FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Plus an indeterminate number of additional shares which may be offered and issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions. </FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee, based on the last reportable trade of our common stock on October 13, 2016, as reported on the Nasdaq Stock Market. </FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>PART I </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a)
PROSPECTUS </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>ITEM 1. PLAN INFORMATION. </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt">Information required by Part I to be conformed
in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 promulgated under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the &ldquo;Securities Act&rdquo;), and the Note to Part I of Form S-8.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>ITEM 2. REGISTRANT INFORMATION AND EMPLOYEE PLAN ANNUAL INFORMATION.
</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt">Upon written or oral request, any of the
documents incorporated by reference in Item 3 of Part II of the Registration Statement (which documents are incorporated by reference
in the Section 10(a) Prospectus), and any other documents required to be delivered to the employees pursuant to Rule 428 promulgated
under the Securities Act are available, without charge by contacting Xcel Brands, Inc., 1333 Broadway, 10<SUP>th</SUP> Floor, New
York, New York 10018, telephone number (347) 727-2474, Attention: Chief Financial Officer.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>PART II</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE. </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt">The following documents filed by us with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;Commission&rdquo;) pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the &ldquo;Exchange Act&rdquo;) are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 48px; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 48px; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(i)</FONT></TD>
    <TD>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June
        30, 2016 filed with the Commission on August 10, 2016</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(ii)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2016 filed with the Commission on May 10, 2016;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(iii)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015 filed with the Commission on&nbsp;&nbsp;March 17, 2016;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(iv)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">our Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on March 3, 2016, April 6, 2016, June 30, 2016, August 15, 2016, September 23, 2016 and September 29, 2016; and</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(v)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">the description of our common stock contained in our Registration Statement on Form 10-SB, filed with the SEC on September 18, 2000 pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(g) of the Exchange Act and all amendments or reports filed by us for the purpose of updating those descriptions.</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt">Any information provided pursuant to Items
2.02 or 7.01 of a Current Report on Form 8-K, including the exhibits thereto, shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into
this Registration Statement.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt">All reports and other documents subsequently
filed by XCel Brands, Inc. (the &ldquo;the Company&rdquo;) pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act
after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement
which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed
to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from their respective dates of filing; provided,
however, that the Company is not incorporating any information furnished under either Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of any Current Report
on Form 8-K.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt">Any statement contained herein or in a
document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes
of this prospectus to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or
is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such earlier statement. Any statement so modified or superseded
shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this prospectus.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES. </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt">Not applicable.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL. </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt">Not applicable</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B></B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt">Section 102 of the Delaware General Corporation
Law (&quot;DGCL&quot;), as amended, allows a corporation to eliminate the personal liability of directors of a corporation to the
corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for a breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except where the director breached
his duty of loyalty, failed to act in good faith, engaged in intentional misconduct or knowingly violated a law, authorized the
payment of a dividend or approved a stock repurchase in violation of Delaware law or obtained an improper personal benefit.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt">Section 145 of the DGCL provides, among
other things, that a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened,
pending or completed action, suit or proceeding (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact
that the person is or was a director, officer, agent or employee of the corporation or is or was serving at the corporation's request
as a director, officer, agent, or employee of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against
expenses, including attorneys' fees, judgment, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person
in connection with such action, suit or proceeding. The power to indemnify applies (a) if such person is successful on the merits
or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding or (b) if such person acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably
believed to be in the best interest, or not opposed to the best interest, of the corporation, and with respect to any criminal
action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The power to indemnify applies to actions brought
by or in the right of the corporation as well, but only to the extent of defense expenses (including attorneys' fees but excluding
amounts paid in settlement) actually and reasonably incurred and not to any satisfaction of judgment or settlement of the claim
itself, and with the further limitation that in such actions no indemnification shall be made in the event of any adjudication
of negligence or misconduct in the performance of duties to the corporation, unless the court believes that in light of all the
circumstances indemnification should apply.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt">Section 174 of the DGCL provides, among
other things, that a director, who willfully or negligently approves of an unlawful payment of dividends or an unlawful stock purchase
or redemption, may be held liable for such actions. A director who was either absent when the unlawful actions were approved or
dissented at the time, may avoid liability by causing his or her dissent to such actions to be entered in the books containing
the minutes of the meetings of the board of directors at the time such action occurred or immediately after such absent director
receives notice of the unlawful acts.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt">The registrant&rsquo;s certificate of incorporation,
as amended, eliminates, to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, a director's personal liability to the registrant or its stockholders
for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt">In addition, the registrant's by-laws provide
that the registrant will indemnify its officers and directors to the full extent permitted by the laws of the State of Delaware
and the employment agreements with the registrant&rsquo;s executive officers provide that the registrant will indemnify them to
the full extent provided by the DGCL.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED. </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt">The securities that are to be reoffered
or resold pursuant to this Registration Statement were issued pursuant to the Third Amended and Restated Equity Incentive Plan
in transactions that were exempt from registration pursuant to Section&nbsp;4(2) under the Securities Act.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>ITEM 8. EXHIBITS. </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 6%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 83%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B><U>Exhibit&nbsp;No.</U></B></P>

</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B><U>Exhibit</U></B></P>
</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 6pt; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of XCel Brands Inc. (incorporated by reference to the applicable exhibit filed with the Company&rsquo;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with SEC on November 6, 2014)</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.2</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 12pt; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The Second Amended and Restated By-Laws (incorporated by reference to the applicable exhibit filed with the Company&rsquo;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on November 6, 2014).</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.3</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 12pt; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The Third Amended and Restated Equity Incentive Plan and Forms of Award Agreements (incorporated by reference to the applicable exhibit filed with the Company&rsquo;s Definitive Proxy Statement, filed with the Commission on August 15, 2016).</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">5.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Opinion of Blank Rome LLP</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">23.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Consent of CohnReznick LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">23.3</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Consent of Blank Rome LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">24.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Power of Attorney (included on signature pages to this Registration Statement)</FONT></TD></TR>
</TABLE>
<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>


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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS. </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in">(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To
include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in">(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To
reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if
the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high
end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule
424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering
price set forth in the &ldquo;Calculation of Registration Fee&rdquo; table in the effective registration statement.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in">(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To
include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement
or any material change to such information in the registration statement.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii)
do not apply if the Registration Statement is on Form S-8, and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment
by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13
or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;That,
for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall
be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To
remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing
of the registrant&rsquo;s annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by
reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein,
and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers, and controlling persons
of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.
In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred
or paid by a director, officer, or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit, or proceeding)
is asserted by such director, officer, or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant
will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed
by the final adjudication of such issue.</P>


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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements
for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on this 17th day of October 2016.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 2.5in; text-indent: 0.5in"><B></B></P>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>XCel Brands, Inc.</B></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="width: 50%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 4%; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By: </FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 36%; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><I>/s/<B>&nbsp;</B>Robert D&rsquo;Loren </I></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 10%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Name: Robert D&rsquo;Loren </FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Title: Chief Executive Officer, Chairman </FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(Principal Executive Officer) </FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each
person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Robert D&rsquo;Loren and James Haran, and each or any of them,
his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign this Registration Statement, and any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority
to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might
or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their substitutes,
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 34%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify; font-weight: bold; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Signature</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 43%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify; font-weight: bold"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Title</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 19%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify; font-weight: bold; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Date</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/
    <I>Robert D&rsquo;Loren</I></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Robert
    D&rsquo;Loren</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Chief Executive Officer
    and Chairman <BR>
    (Principal Executive Officer)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><BR>
    October &nbsp;17, 2016</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/<I>s/
    James Haran</I></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">James
    Haran</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Chief Financial Officer
    (Principal Financial Officer<BR>
    and Principal Accounting Officer)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><BR>
    October 17, 2016</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><I>/s/
    Michael Francis</I></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Michael
    Francis</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">October
    &nbsp;17, 2016</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><I>/s/
    Mark DiSanto</I></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Mark
    DiSanto</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">October
    &nbsp;17, 2016</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><I>/s/
    Edward Jones, III</I></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Edward
    Jones</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">October
    17, 2016</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><I>/s/
    Richard Kirschenbaum</I></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">October
    17, 2016</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Richard
    Kirschenbaum</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    17, 2016</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right"><B>Exhibit 5.1</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>[Letterhead of Blank Rome LLP] </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 12.2pt; text-indent: -12.25pt">October 17, 2016</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">XCel Brands, Inc.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">1333 Broadway - 10th Floor</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">New York, NY 10018&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Re: XCel Brands, Inc., Registration Statement on Form S-8</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Ladies and Gentlemen:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt">We have acted as counsel to XCel Brands,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &ldquo;<B><I>Company</I></B>&rdquo;), in connection with the registration, pursuant to a registration
statement on Form S-8, as the same may be amended from time to time (the &ldquo;<B><I>Registration Statement</I></B>&rdquo;), filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;<B><I>SEC</I></B>&rdquo;) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the &ldquo;<B><I>Act</I></B>&rdquo;), of 5,000,000 shares of the Company&rsquo;s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (&ldquo;<B><I>Common
Stock</I></B>&rdquo;) issuable under the XCel Brands, Inc. 2011 Equity Incentive Plan (the &ldquo;<B><I>Plan</I></B>&rdquo;).</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt">We have examined originals or certified
copies of such corporate records of the Company and other certificates and documents of officials of the Company, public officials
and others as we have deemed relevant or appropriate for purposes of this opinion letter. We have assumed the genuineness of all
signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals and the conformity to authentic original documents of
all copies submitted to us as conformed and certified or reproduced copies. We have also assumed that all of the shares eligible
for issuance under the Plan following the date hereof will be issued for not less than par value.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt">Based upon the foregoing and subject to
the assumptions, exceptions, qualifications and limitations set forth hereinafter, we are of the opinion that when the Registration
Statement has become effective under the Act, that the shares, when issued, sold and delivered in compliance with the Plan and
applicable federal and state securities laws, such shares will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt">The opinions in this opinion letter are
qualified in their entirety and subject to the following:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt">1. We express no opinion as to the laws
of any jurisdiction other than the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt">2. This opinion letter is limited to the
matters stated herein, and no opinion is implied or may be inferred beyond the matters expressly stated. We assume herein no obligation,
and hereby disclaim any obligation, to make any inquiry after the date hereof or to advise you of any future changes in the foregoing
or of any facts or circumstances that may hereafter come to our attention.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt">We consent to the reference to this firm
as your counsel in the Registration Statement and to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement. In
giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section&nbsp;7
of the Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 12pt; text-indent: -12pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Very truly yours,</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Blank Rome LLP</FONT>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 12pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">BLANK ROME LLP</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC
ACCOUNTING FIRM</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">We consent to the incorporation by reference in this
Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Xcel Brands, Inc. of our report dated March 17, 2016, on our audits of the consolidated
financial statements of Xcel Brands, Inc. and Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2015 and 2014 and for the years then ended,
which report appears in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Xcel Brands, Inc. for the year ended December 31, 2015.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">/s/ CohnReznick LLP</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">New York, New York</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">October 17, 2016</P>

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