SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* SMITH CLARENCE H (Last) (First) (Middle) 780 JOHNSON FERRY ROAD, NE SUITE 800 (Street) ATLANTA GA 30342-1434 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 10/06/2003	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol OXFORD INDUSTRIES INC [ oxm ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock	200	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

Remarks:

	BY: Mary Margaret Heaton Attorney In Fact For Clarence H. Smith	10/07/2003
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR
SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS



Know all by these presents, that the undersigned's hereby makes,
constitutes and appoints Tom Chubb and Mary Margaret Heaton as the
undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power and
authority as hereinafter described on behalf of and in the name, place and
stead of the undersigned to:

(1) prepare, execute, acknowledge,
deliver and file Forms 3, 4, and 5 (including any amendments thereto) with
respect to the securities of Oxford Industries, Inc., a Georgia corporation
(the "Company"), with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission,
any national securities exchanges and the Company, as considered necessary
or advisable under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and
the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended from time to
time (the "Exchange Act");

(2) seek or obtain, as the undersigned's
representative and on the undersigned's behalf, information on transactions
in the Company's securities from any third party, including brokers,
employee benefit plan administrators and trustees, and the undersigned
hereby authorizes any such person to release any such information to the
undersigned and approves and ratifies any such release of information; and


(3) perform any and all other acts which in the discretion of such
attorney-in-fact are necessary or desirable for and on behalf of the
undersigned in connection with the foregoing.

The undersigned
acknowledges that:

(1) this Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not
require, such attorney-in-fact to act in their discretion on information
provided to such attorney-in-fact without independent verification of such
information;

(2) any documents prepared and/or executed by such
attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of
Attorney will be in such form and will contain such information and
disclosure as such attorney-in-fact, in his or her discretion, deems
necessary or desirable;

(3) neither the Company nor such
attorney-in-fact assumes (i) any liability for the undersigned's
responsibility to comply with the requirement of the Exchange Act, (ii) any
liability of the undersigned for any failure to comply with such
requirements, or (iii) any obligation or liability of the undersigned for
profit disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; and

(4)
this Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from responsibility
for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under the Exchange Act,
including without limitation the reporting requirements under Section 16 of
the Exchange Act.

The undersigned hereby gives and grants the
foregoing attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform all
and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or appropriate to
be done in and about the foregoing matters as fully to all intents and
purposes as the undersigned might or could do if present, hereby ratifying
all that such attorney-in-fact of, for and on behalf of the undersigned,
shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Limited Power of
Attorney.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect
until revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to such
attorney-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this
Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 6th day of October, 2003.





/s/
_________________________________
Signature




Clarence H. Smith
Print Name



STATE OF GEORGIA

COUNTY OF
FULTON



On this 6th day of October, 2003, Clarence H. Smith
personally appeared before me, and acknowledged that he executed the
foregoing instrument for the purposes therein contained.

IN WITNESS
WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and official seal.


Ellie Jean
Twitty /s/
_________________________________
Notary Public



Ellie Jean Twitty
Notary Public, Carroll County, Georgia
My
Commission Expires September 28, 2004
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My Commission Expires: