Havanera Co.® Aims to Bowl Fans Over at the Jon Jay Bowling Challenge

Havanera Co., a Miami-based, Latin-inspired fashion brand, aims to bowl brand fans over by sponsoring the Jon Jay Bowling Challenge this Saturday, January 28^th from 6-9pm. The event, featuring Major League Baseball (MLB) World Series Champion and Miami native Jon Jay, will take place at Lucky Strike Lanes, located at 1691 Michigan Avenue, Miami Beach.

A limited number of tickets are available at: www.jonjaychallenge.com and include a red carpet arrival, cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, followed by two hours of bowling with some of today’s biggest MLB stars. All proceeds to benefit the Chapman Partnership – an organization that empowers greater Miami area homeless men, women and children to build a positive future by providing the resources and assistance critical to growth and stability. Their efforts include: housing, food, health care, dental care, psychiatric care, job training, case management and child care.

Event sponsors include: Havanera Co., FMS Bonds, Inc. and Emerson. For more information on Havanera, visit: www.Havanera.com. Havanera Co. is a division of Perry Ellis International, Inc. (NASDAQ: PERY).

About Perry Ellis International

Perry Ellis International, Inc. is a leading designer, distributor and licensor of a broad line of high quality men's and women's apparel, accessories and fragrances, as well as select children's apparel. The Company's collection of dress and casual shirts, golf sportswear, sweaters, dress pants, casual pants and shorts, jeans wear, active wear, dresses and men's and women's swimwear is available through all major levels of retail distribution. The Company, through its wholly owned subsidiaries, owns a portfolio of nationally and internationally recognized brands, including: Perry Ellis^(R), Jantzen^(R), Laundry by Shelli Segal^(R) , C&C California^(R) , Rafaella^(R) , Cubavera^(R) , Centro^(R) , Solero^(R) , Munsingwear^(R) , Savane^(R) , Original Penguin^(R) by Munsingwear^(R) , Grand Slam^(R) , Natural Issue^(R) , Pro Player^(R) , Havanera Co. ^(R) , Axis^(R) , Tricots St. Raphael^(R) , Gotcha^(R) , Girl Star^(R) , MCD^(R) , John Henry^(R) , Mondo di Marco^(R) , Redsand^(R) , Manhattan^(R) , Axist^(R) , Farah^(R) , Anchor Blue^(R) and Miller's Outpost^(R) . The Company enhances its roster of brands by licensing trademarks from third parties, including: Pierre Cardin^(R) for men's sportswear, Nike^(R) and Jag^(R) for swimwear, and Callaway^(R), TOP-FLITE^(R) , PGA TOUR^(R) and Champions Tour^(R) for golf apparel. Additional information on the Company is available at http://www.pery.com.