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CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Annual Report
(Form 10-K) of Cutter & Buck Inc. of our report dated June 9, 2000, included in
the Annual Report to Shareholders of Cutter & Buck Inc. for the year ended
April 30, 2000.
Our audits also included the financial statement schedule of Cutter & Buck
Inc. listed in the Index at Item 14(a). This schedule is the responsibility
of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on
this schedule based on our audits. In our opinion, the financial statement
schedule referred to above, when considered in relation to the basic financial
statements taken as a whole, presents fairly in all material respects the
information set forth therein.
We also consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statements (Forms S-8) pertaining to the 1995 Employee Stock Option Plan,
1995 Nonemployee Director Stock Incentive Plan, 1995 Employee Stock Purchase
Plan, 1997 Stock Incentive Plan, and the 1999 Nonemployee Director Stock
Incentive Plan of Cutter & Buck Inc. of our report dated June 9, 2000, with
respect to the consolidated financial statements and schedule of Cutter &
Buck Inc. included in the Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended April
30, 2000.
/s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP
Seattle, Washington
July 28, 2000