UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 5
              ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

|_| Check box if no longer subject to Section 16.  Form 4 or Form 5
    obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
|_| Form 3 Holdings Reported
|_| Form 4 Transactions Reported

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
   Myers, Steven
   c/o Fab Industries, Inc.
   200 Madison Avenue
   New York, New York  10016

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
   Fab Industries, Inc. ("FIT")

3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)

4. Statement for Month/Year
   01/01

5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)

6. Relationship  of Reporting  Person(s) to Issuer  (Check all  applicable)
   ( ) Director  ( ) 10% Owner  (X) Officer (give title  below)
   ( ) Other  (specify below)

   Co-President, Chief Operating Officer

7. Individual or Joint/Group Reporting (Check Applicable Line)
   (X) Form filed by One Reporting Person
   ( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person


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 Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned                                                 |
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1. Title of Security         |2.    |3.  |4.Securities Acquired (A)         |5.Amount of        |6.Dir |7.Nature of Indirect       |
                             |Transaction|  or Disposed of (D)              |  Securities       |ect   |  Beneficial Ownership     |
                             |Date  |Code|  (Instr.3,4 and 5)               |  Beneficially     |(D)or |  (Instr. 4)               |
                             |      |(Ins|                  | A/|           |  Owned at         |Indir |                           |
                             |      |tr.8)    Amount        | D |    Price  |  End of Year      |ect(I)|                           |
                             |           |                  |   |           |  (Instr. 3 and 4) |(Ins  |                           |
                             |           |                  |   |           |                   | tr.4)|                           |
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                             |      |    |                  |   |           |                   |      |                           |
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Common Stock, $.20 par value |12/31/|    |                  |   |           |                   |      |                           |
                             |00    | A  |     318          | A |   (1)     |   1,473(1)        |  I   |  By ESOP                  |
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Common Stock, $.20 par value |      |    |                  |   |           |                   |      |                           |
                             |      |    |                  |   |           |   48,370(2)       |  I   |  By Spouse                |
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Common Stock, $.20 par value |      |    |                  |   |           |                   |      |                           |
                             |      |    |                  |   |           |   2,000(3)        |  I   |  By Child                 |
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Common Stock, $.20 par value |      |    |                  |   |           |                   |      |                           |
                             |      |    |                  |   |           |   3,332(3)        |  I   |  By Schild                |
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Common Stock, $.20 par value |      |    |                  |   |           |    21,532         |  D   |                           |
                             |      |    |                  |   |           |                   |      |                           |
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Reminder:  Report on a separate line for each class of  securities  beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.

*If form is filed by more than one reporting person, see instruction 4(b)(v).

                                                                          (Over)
                                                                  SEC 2270(7-96)



FORM 5 (continued)

  Table  II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
         (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)



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 Table II -- Derivative Securitites Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned                                                   |
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1.Title of Derivative   |2.Con   |3.   |4.  |5.Number of De |6.Date Exer|7.Title and Amount  |8.Price|9.Number    |10.|11.Nature of|
  Security              |version |Transaction rivative Secu |cisable and|  of Underlying     |of Deri|of Deriva   |Dir|Indirect    |
                        |or Exer |Date |Code| rities Acqui  |Expiration |  Securities        |vative |tive        |ect|Beneficial  |
                        |cise Pr |     |(In | red(A) or Dis |Date(Month/|  (Instr. 3 and 4   |Secu   |Securities  |(D)|Ownership   |
                        |ice  of |     |str.| posed of(D)   |Day/Year)  |                    |rity   |Benefi      |or |            |
                        |Deriva  |     | 8) | (Instr.3,4 and|Date |Expir|                    |(Instr.|ficially    |Ind|            |
                        |tive    |     |    |  5)       |   |Exer-|ation|   Title and Number | 5)    |Owned at    |ire|            |
                        |Secu    |     |    |           |   |cisa-|Date |   of Shares        |       |End of      |ct |            |
                        |rity    |     |    |   A       | D |ble  |     |                    |       |Year        |(I)|            |
                        |        |     |    |           |   |     |     |                    |       |(Instr. 4)  |(Instr. 4)      |
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Employee Stock Option   |$11.0625|11/3/|A(4)|  20,000   |   | (5) |11/3/|Common Stock|20,000 |       |  20,000    | D |            |
(right to buy)          |        |00   |    |           |   |     |10   |            |       |       |            |   |            |
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Explanation of Responses:

(1)  Represents shares allocated under the Fab Industries,  Inc. Employees Stock
     Ownership Plan.
(2)  Shares owned by Mr. Myers' spouse. Mr. Myers disclaims beneficial ownership
     of these shares.
(3)  Shares owned by Mr. Myers' child. Mr. Myers disclaims  beneficial ownership
     of these shares.
(4)  Issued to replace shares of Employee Stock Options that expired on 11-2-00.
(5)  4,000  shares  will  become  exercisable  on  each of  11-03-01,  11-03-02,
     11-03-03, 11-03-04 and 11-03-05.


                                 /s/ Steven Myers                      01/12/01
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                                 **Signature of Reporting Person        Date

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