EXHIBIT 10-F-1


                                          March 10, 2005




Mr. Homi B. Patel
Hartmarx Corporation
101 North Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60606


         Re:  Amended and Restated Employment Agreement Effective as of
              November 27, 2000 (the "Employment Agreement") and Amended
              and Restated Severance Agreement Effective as of November 27,
              2000 (the "Severance Agreement"), each as amended by Letter
              Agreement dated April 11, 2002

Dear Mr. Patel:

Reference is made to the Employment Agreement and the Severance Agreement
between you, as Executive, and Hartmarx Corporation (the "Company"). Hartmarx
Corporation has been authorized by the Compensation and Stock Option Committee
of the Board of Directors to amend the Employment Agreement and the Severance
Agreement in certain respects, effective as of the date hereof, as set forth
below.

A.   Employment Agreement

         1. Sections 1 hereby amended by deleting the phrase "President and
     Chief Executive Officer", in lines 19 and 20 where it appears, and
     inserting in its place the phrase "Chairman, President and Chief
     Executive Officer";

         2. Section 3(a) is amended in its entirety to provide as follows:

         "(a) During the Agreement Period the Company shall pay Executive an
     annual base salary of not less than Executive's base salary in effect as
     of January 1, 2005 ("Base Salary"). Base Salary shall be paid in
     accordance with the Company's customary payroll practices. Base Salary
     may be increased at the discretion of the Compensation and Stock Option
     Committee of the Company Board of Directors (the "Committee") and once so
     increased shall not thereafter be decreased, except for across-the-board
     reductions similarly affecting all executives of the Company."; and

         3. Section 4(d)(iii) and 4(d)(iv) are amended by deleting the phrase
     "President and Chief Executive Officer" and inserting in its place, the
     phrase "Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer".


B.   Severance Agreement

         1. Sections 4(d)(iii) and 4(d)(iv) are hereby amended by deleting the
     phrase "President and Chief Executive Officer" and inserting in its
     place, the phrase "Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer".


         Please sign both copies of this letter where indicated below
evidencing your agreement to these amendments to the Employment Agreement and
Severance Agreement. When fully executed, this letter will serve as an
amendment to the Employment Agreement and Severance Agreement and, except as
expressly amended by this letter, the Employment Agreement and Severance
Agreement shall each remain in full force and effect in accordance with their
respective terms.

                                           Very truly yours,

                                           /s/ RAYMOND F. FARLEY

                                           Raymond F. Farley, Chairman
                                           Compensation and Stock Option
                                           Committee of the Board of Directors


Agreed and Accepted this
10th day of March, 2005


/s/ HOMI B. PATEL
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Homi B. Patel