UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


       Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): December 6, 2004


                              TARRANT APPAREL GROUP
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


         CALIFORNIA                   0-26006                   95-4181026
(State or Other Jurisdiction        (Commission              (I.R.S. Employer
      of Incorporation)             File Number)             Identification No.)





                3151 EAST WASHINGTON BOULEVARD
                    LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA                       90023
           (Address of Principal Executive Offices)             (Zip Code)




                                 (323) 780-8250
              (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)




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ITEM 5.02         DEPARTURE  OF DIRECTORS  OR  PRINCIPAL  OFFICERS;  ELECTION OF
                  DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF PRINCIPAL OFFICERS.

         On December 6, 2004,  the Board of Directors of Tarrant  Apparel  Group
(the "Registrant')  appointed Simon Mani to fill the vacancy on the Registrant's
Board of Directors.  The vacancy was the result of the resignation of Larry Russ
from the Board in October  2004.  Mr. Mani is also expected to be appointed as a
member of the Compensation Committee and the Audit Committee of the Registrant's
Board of Directors.

         There are no  arrangements or  understandings  between Mr. Mani and any
person pursuant to which Mr. Mani was elected as a director.  There have been no
transactions,  or series of related transactions, in the last year, nor is there
any currently proposed transaction, or series of similar transactions,  to which
the Registrant or any of its  subsidiaries  was a party, or will be a party, and
in which Mr.  Mani or any member of Mr.  Mani's  immediate  family  had, or will
have, a direct or indirect material interest.

         A press release announcing the appointment of Mr. Mani as a director is
filed  with  this  Report  as  Exhibit  99.1  and  incorporated  herein  by this
reference.


ITEM 9.01         FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

         (a)      Financial Statements of business acquired.

                  None.

         (b)      Pro forma Financial Information.

                  None.

         (c)      Exhibits.

                  99.1     Press  Release dated  December 8, 2004,  published by
                           the Registrant.


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                                    SIGNATURE

         Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,
the  Registrant  has duly  caused  this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                       TARRANT APPAREL GROUP



Date:    December 8, 2004              By:       /S/ CORAZON REYES          
                                          --------------------------------------
                                          Corazon Reyes, Chief Financial Officer


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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

EXHIBIT
NUMBER            DESCRIPTION
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99.1              Press  Release  dated  December  8,  2004,  published  by  the
                  Registrant.