Innovo Group to Participate at the Roth Capital Partners New York Conference

Innovo Group Inc. (NASDAQ: INNO) today announced that management will be participating in the Roth Capital Partners New York Conference to be held on September 7-8, 2005 at the Westin New York at Times Square in Manhattan. The conference will feature presentations from small- and micro-cap companies from industries such as consumer goods, technology, health care and financial services, among others. Management of Innovo Group will be attending the conference and will be making a presentation at 2:00 p.m. (Eastern) on September 8th.

Interested parties can access a live audio webcast and obtain a copy of the presentation on Innovo Group's website at www.innovogroup.com. From the main page select the Investor Relations link to locate the webcast. An audio archive of the webcast will be available via the website following the live presentation.

About Innovo Group Inc.

Innovo Group Inc., through its wholly owned subsidiaries Joe's Jeans, Inc. and Innovo Azteca Apparel, Inc., is a sales and marketing organization designing and selling branded and private label apparel consumer products through retailers and distributors in the domestic and international marketplaces. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles, California. 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, particularly acceptance and near-term sales of the Company's brands such as indie(TM); 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, including the possibility of major customers sourcing product overseas in competition with our products; dependence upon third-party vendors; a possible oversupply of denim in the marketplace; and other risks detailed in the Company's periodic report filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K, and amendments, for the year ended November 27, 2004. 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.

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