SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                       WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                              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):  July 22, 2002.

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                           INNOVO GROUP INC.

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         (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)




    Delaware                          5199                     11-2928178
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(State or other Jurisdiction  (Primary Standard Industrial   (IRS Employer
   of incorporation)          Classification Code Number) Identification No.)


                            5900 S. Eastern Avenue
                           Los Angeles, CA  90040

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            (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

     Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (323) 725-5516


                        2633 Kingston Pike, Suite 100
                            Knoxville, TN  37919

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       (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)





Item 5.  Other Events

  Attached as Exhibit 99.1, Press Release dated July 22, 2002.


Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits

  C. Exhibits

Exhibit No.               Description
99.1                      Press Release dated July 22, 2002


                             Signatures

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.



                             Innovo Group Inc.
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                               (Registrant)

Date:  July 26, 2002                      By:/s/ Samuel Joseph Furrow, Jr.
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                                             Samuel Joseph Furrow, Jr.
                                             CEO



Exhibit 99.1

Innovo Group Elects Jay Furrow Chief Executive Officer and Relocates Its
               Corporate Headquarters to Los Angeles


LOS ANGELES, July 22, 2002 - Innovo Group Inc. (NASDAQ: INNO), a sales
and marketing  organization designing  and  selling apparel, accessory
and craft products to the retail, specialty and premium markets, today
announced  that  its Board  of Directors  has elected  Samuel J. (Jay)
Furrow, Jr. as  its  Chief  Executive  Officer, and is  relocating the
Company's  corporate  headquarters  from  Knoxville, Tennessee  to Los
Angeles, both effective immediately.

Furrow earlier served as President, Acting Chief Financial Officer and
a Director.  He succeeds  Patricia Anderson-Lasko, who  reassumes  the
role of President, and continues  as  a  Director.   Ms. Anderson, the
founder of the Company, will continue  to be  based in Knoxville where
the Company's Innovo, Inc. subsidiary will remain.

Furrow became the Company's Vice President  for Corporate  Development
and In-House Counsel  in  July 1998, was elected a Director in January
1999, and assumed the role of President  in December 2000. He has also
served as the Company's Chief Operating Officer  since  April 1999 and
its Acting Chief Financial Officer since August 2000.

Patricia Anderson-Lasko  has served as President and a Director of the
Company since August 1990, and President of the Company's Innovo, Inc.
subsidiary since she founded that operation  in 1987. From August 1990
until August 1997, Ms. Anderson-Lasko was also  the Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer of the Company, and she reassumed the title of Chief
Executive Officer in December, 2000.

About Innovo Group Inc.

Innovo Group Inc. through its subsidiaries  nnovo Inc., Innovo Azteca
Apparel, Inc. and Joe's Jeans, is a sales and marketing  organization
designing and selling craft,  accessory  and  apparel products to the
retail and premium  markets.  The Company's  craft  products  include
canvas and denim totebags and aprons. The Company's accessory product
line is comprised of  such  products  as  licensed  and  non-licensed
backpacks, totebags, waist packs and handbags.  The company's apparel
products consist of knit shirts  and women's high-end denim jeans and
knit shirts featuring the Joe's brand.  More information is available
at the company web site at www.innovogroup.com.

Statements in this news release which are not purely historical facts
are forward-looking statements,  including  statements containing the
words  "believe,"  "estimate,"  "project,"  "expect"  or  similar
expressions.   These statements  are made pursuant to the safe harbor
provisions of Section 21E of the  Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended. All forward-looking  statements  are  based upon information
available to Innovo Group Inc.  on  the  date  of  this release.  Any
forward-looking statement inherently involves risks and uncertainties
that could  cause  actual  results  to  differ  materially  from  the
forward-looking statements. Factors that would cause or contribute to
such  differences  include,  but  are  not  limited  to,  continued
acceptance of the Company's products in  the  marketplace, successful
implementation of its strategic plan, the extension or refinancing of
its existing bank facility and the restrictions any such extension or
refinancing could place on  the company, the ability  to  obtain  new
financing  from  other  financing  sources,  the  ability to generate
positive cash  flow  from  operations  and  asset  sales, competitive
factors,  dependence  upon  third-party  vendors, and  other  risks
detailed in the company's periodic report filings with the Securities
and Exchange Commission.  By making these forward-looking statements,
the company undertakes no obligation to update  these  statements for
revisions or changes  after the date  of  this release.   Readers are
cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements.

Contact:

Innovo Group, Inc.
Donna Drewrey, 865-546-1110

Investor Relations Network
Tom Gavin, 909-279-8884