EXHIBIT (99.1)



                            JOINT FILING AGREEMENT



     In  accordance  with Rule  13d-1(k)(1)  promulgated  under  the  Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the  undersigned  agree to the joint filing of a Statement
on Schedule 13G (including  any and all amendments  thereto) with respect to the
Class A Common Stock,  $0.01 par value,  of The Warnaco Group,  Inc. and further
agree to the filing of this agreement as an Exhibit thereto.  In addition,  each
party to this Agreement expressly  authorizes each other party to this Agreement
to file on its behalf any and all amendments to such Statement on Schedule 13G.


Date:  February 14, 2002


                                  THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC.


                                  By: /s/ Roger S. Begelman
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                                  Name:   Roger S. Begelman
                                  Title:  Attorney-in-fact




                                  GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.


                                  By: /s/ Roger S. Begelman
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                                  Name:   Roger S. Begelman
                                  Title:  Attorney-in-fact




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