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    <periodOfReport>2005-03-15</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000095779</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>SWANK, INC.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>SNKI</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001193688</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>LUFT ERIC P</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O SWANK INC</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>90 PARK AVENUE</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10016</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Senior Vice President</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock $.10 par value share</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2005-03-15</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>P</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>3000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>2.25</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>3000</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock $.10 par value share</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>19370</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>See Footnote</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Option (Right to Buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>0.17</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2001-11-06</value>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2006-11-05</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock $.10 par value share</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>75000</value>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>75000</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeHolding>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Includes 19,370 shares held in Mr. Luft's accounts under The New Swank, Inc. Retirement Plan.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Jerold R. Kassner, Power of Attorney</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2005-03-18</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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X0202
4
2005-03-15
0
0000095779
SWANK, INC.
SNKI
0001193688
LUFT ERIC P
C/O SWANK INC
90 PARK AVENUE
NEW YORK
NY
10016
1
1
0
0
Senior Vice President
Common Stock $.10 par value share
2005-03-15
4
P
0
3000
2.25
A
3000
D
Common Stock $.10 par value share
19370
I
See Footnote
Option (Right to Buy)
0.17
2001-11-06
2006-11-05
Common Stock $.10 par value share
75000
75000
D
Includes 19,370 shares held in Mr. Luft's accounts under The New Swank, Inc. Retirement Plan.
/s/ Jerold R. Kassner, Power of Attorney
2005-03-18