As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 27, 2003

                                                      Registration No. 333-33349
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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                         POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
                                       TO
                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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                              FAB INDUSTRIES, INC.
             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)


         DELAWARE                                       13-2581181
(State or other jurisdiction of                         (IRS Employer
incorporation or organization)                          Identification No.)

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                               200 MADISON AVENUE
                            NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10016
                                 (212) 592-2700
          (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
             area code, of Registrant's principal executive offices)
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                 FAB INDUSTRIES, INC. 1997 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
                            (Full title of the plan)
                              ____________________

                                 DAVID A. MILLER
          VICE PRESIDENT-FINANCE, TREASURER AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
                              FAB INDUSTRIES, INC.
                               200 MADISON AVENUE
                            NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10016
                                 (212) 592-2700
       (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
                        area code, of agent for service)
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                                    COPY TO:
                               MARILYN SOBEL, ESQ.
                  PAUL, WEISS, RIFKIND, WHARTON & GARRISON LLP
                           1285 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS
                          NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10019-6064
                                 (212) 373-3000


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                                EXPLANATORY NOTE

                  On August 11, 1997, the registrant filed a Registration
Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-33349), relating to 175,000 shares of its
common stock, par value $.20 per share (the "Common Stock"), to be issued under
the Fab Industries, Inc. 1997 Stock Incentive Plan (the "Plan"). The Plan has
been terminated. As of the date of this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1, 164,800
shares of Common Stock have been issued under the Registration Statement,
leaving an aggregate of 10,200 shares available for issuance. This
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 is being filed to deregister the 10,200 shares of
Common Stock under the Registration Statement that remain unsold as of the date
of this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1.







                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 February 27, 2003.


                                   FAB INDUSTRIES, INC.


                                   By:  /s/ Samson Bitensky
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                                        Samson Bitensky
                                        Chairman of the Board of Directors and
                                        Chief Executive Officer

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration
Statement has been signed below on February 27, 2003 by the following persons in
the capacities indicated.


         SIGNATURE                              TITLES
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/s/ Samson Bitensky                 Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief
-----------------------------       Executive Officer and Director (Principal
    Samson Bitensky                 Executive Officer)


/s/ David A. Miller                 Vice President-Finance, Treasurer and Chief
-----------------------------       Financial Officer (Principal Financial and
    David A. Miller                 Accounting Officer)


                                    Director
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    Steven Myers


                                    Director
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    Martin B. Bernstein


             *                      Director
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    Lawrence H. Bober


                                    Director
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    Frank S. Greenberg


             *                      Director
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    Susan B. Lerner


             *                      Director
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    Richard Marlin


*By: /s/ David A. Miller
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         David A. Miller
         Attorney-in-fact