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Chico's FAS, Inc. Updates Conference Schedule

12/22/2005

FORT MYERS, Fla., Dec. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Chico's FAS, Inc. (NYSE: CHS) today announced that management will deliver presentations on behalf of the Company at the SG Cowen & Co., LLC Fourth Annual Consumer Conference, at the Eighth Annual ICR XChange and at the NYSE and Prudential Equity Group Growth Conference in January 2006.

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The presentation for the SG Cowen & Co., LLC Fourth Annual Consumer Conference is scheduled for January 10, 2006, at 8:00 am at the Westin New York at Times Square in NY. The presentation for the Eighth Annual ICR XChange is scheduled for January 12, 2006, at 4:05 pm at the Ritz-Carlton in Naples, FL and the presentation for the NYSE and Prudential Equity Group Growth Conference is scheduled for January 18, 2006, at 11:20 am at the New York Helmsley Hotel in NY. A webcast of each presentation will be available. To access any of the webcasts, go to the Investor Relations section on the Chico's FAS, Inc. website at http://www.chicos.com and click on the appropriate presentation button. These presentations will address the Company's growth strategies and provide a review of historical data.

The Company is a specialty retailer of private label, sophisticated, casual-to-dressy clothing, intimates, complementary accessories, and other non-clothing gift items. The Company operates 763 women's specialty stores, including stores in 47 states, the District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico operating under the Chico's, White House | Black Market and Soma by Chico's names. The Company owns 499 Chico's front-line stores, 31 Chico's outlet stores, 196 White House | Black Market front-line stores, 8 White House | Black Market outlet stores and 15 Soma by Chico's stores; franchisees own and operate 14 Chico's stores.

For more detailed information, please call (877) 424-4267 to listen to the

Company's monthly sales information and investor relations line

A copy of a slide show addressing the Company's recent financial results and

current plans for expansion is available on the Company's website at

           http://www.chicos.com in the investor relations section

Additional investor information on Chico's FAS, Inc. is available free of

charge on the Company's website at http://www.chicos.com in the investor

                              relations section

     Executive Contacts:

     Charles J. Kleman
     Chief Financial Officer
     Chico's FAS, Inc.
     (239) 274-4105

     F. Michael Smith
     Vice President
     Investor and Community Relations
     Chico's FAS, Inc.
     (239) 274-4797
SOURCE  Chico's FAS, Inc.
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    /CONTACT:  Charles J. Kleman, Chief Financial Officer, +1-239-274-4105, or
F. Michael Smith, Vice President, Investor and Community Relations,
+1-239-274-4797, both of Chico's FAS, Inc./
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    (CHS)

CO:  Chico's FAS, Inc.; SG Cowen & Co., LLC; NYSE; Prudential Equity Group
ST:  Florida, New York
IN:  REA FAS TEX
SU:  TDS CCA

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