Crown Crafts Responds to Wynnefield Letter

GONZALES, La., July 31, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Crown Crafts, Inc. (Nasdaq:CRWS) today responded to a letter sent to the Board by Wynnefield Partners Small Cap Value, L.P. on July 30, 2007. The body of the letter is as follows:


 July 31, 2007

 Via Facsimile/Federal Express/E-mail
 Wynnefield Partners Small
  Cap Value, L.P.
 450 Seventh Avenue, Suite 509
 New York, New York 10123
 Attn: Nelson Obus

 Re:     Crown Crafts, Inc. (the "Company") 2007 Annual Meeting

Gentlemen:

We write in response to your letter of July 30.

We welcome the opportunity to resolve our differences and end the proxy contest that you have launched. In that regard, our Board has met and has given due consideration to your proposal. After much deliberation, the Board has unanimously decided that accepting your proposal would not be in the best interests of the Company. In an effort to show good faith, however, the Company will agree to the following if you immediately drop your opposition to the re-election of William T. Deyo, Jr. and Steven E. Fox as directors of the Company:


     (i) the Company will agree to add an eighth member to the Board
         as soon as reasonably practicable (but in no event later than
         December 31, 2007) who is mutually agreeable to you and the
         Company and who is not affiliated with either you or the
         Company (the "New Director");

    (ii) the Board will immediately form a nominating and governance
         committee and will elect the New Director to that committee
         as soon as he or she joins the Board; and

   (iii) the Compensation Committee will promptly undertake a
         comprehensive review of the Company's non-employee director
         fee structure, in conjunction with the Company's independent
         compensation consultant, and will make recommendations to the
         Board with respect thereto.

We trust that you will give this offer careful consideration, and we look forward to your reply.


                                          Very truly yours,

                                          E. Randall Chestnut

About Crown Crafts

Crown Crafts, Inc. designs, markets and distributes infant and juvenile consumer products, including bedding, blankets, bibs, bath items and accessories. Its subsidiaries include Hamco, Inc. in Louisiana and Crown Crafts Infant Products, Inc. in California. Crown Crafts is America's largest producer of infant bedding, bibs and bath items. The Company's products include licensed and branded collections as well as exclusive private label programs for certain of its customers.

This document contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements are based upon management's current expectations, projections, estimates and assumptions. Words such as "expects," "believes," "anticipates" and variations of such words and similar expressions identify such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause future results to differ materially from those suggested by the forward-looking statements. Reference is made to the Company's periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for factors that may impact the Company's results of operations and financial condition. The Company does not undertake to update the forward-looking statements contained herein to conform to actual results or changes in our expectations, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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          Chris Hayden
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          Crown Crafts, Inc.
          Olivia Elliott, Secretary - Treasurer
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