UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

                                    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)  OCTOBER 1, 2004
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                                 FOOTSTAR, INC.
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             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

                                    DELAWARE
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                 (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

          1-11681                                     22-3439443
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   (Commission File Number)                  (IRS Employer Identification No.)

      1 CROSFIELD AVENUE
      WEST NYACK, NEW YORK                                   10994
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  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                 (Zip Code)

                                 (845) 727-6500
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              (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

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

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ITEM 8.01.     OTHER EVENTS.

               As previously disclosed, on March 2, 2004, Footstar, Inc. (the
"Company") and substantially all of its subsidiaries (collectively, the
"Debtors") filed voluntary petitions under chapter 11 of title 11, United States
Code (the "Bankruptcy Code") in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the
Southern District of New York (the "Court") (Case No. 04-22350 (ASH)) (the
"Chapter 11 Case"). The Debtors remain in possession of their assets and
properties, and continue to operate their businesses and manage their properties
as debtors-in-possession pursuant to sections 1107(a) and 1108 of the Bankruptcy
Code.

               On October 1, 2004 the Company issued a press release, a copy of
which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein.

ITEM 9.01.    FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

(c) Exhibits.

   99.1       Press release of the Company dated October 1, 2004.





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                                   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.

Date:  October 1, 2004
                                          FOOTSTAR, INC.


                                          By:  /s/ Maureen Richards
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                                              Maureen Richards
                                              Senior Vice President, General
                                              Counsel and Corporate Secretary







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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.                Description
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99.1                       Press release of the Company dated October 1, 2004.












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