Exhibit 99.5



                    INSTRUCTION TO REGISTERED HOLDER AND/OR
              BOOK-ENTRY TRANSFER FACILITY PARTICIPANT FROM OWNER
                                       OF
                                V.F. CORPORATION



                         6% Notes Due October 15, 2033
                               (the "Old Notes")



To Registered Holder and/or Participant of the Book-Entry Transfer Facility:

     The undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt of the Prospectus dated
             , 2003 (the "Prospectus") of V.F. Corporation, a Pennsylvania
corporation (the "Company"), and the accompanying Letter of Transmittal (the
"Letter of Transmittal"), that together constitute the Company's offer (the
"Exchange Offer"). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the
meanings as ascribed to them in the Prospectus or the Letter of Transmittal.

     This will instruct you, the registered holder and/or book-entry transfer
facility participant, as to the action to be taken by you relating to the
Exchange Offer with respect to the Old Notes held by you for the account of the
undersigned.

     The aggregate face amount of the Old Notes held by you for the account of
the undersigned is (fill in amount):

     $___________ of the 6% Old Notes Due October 15, 2033

     With respect to the Exchange Offer, the undersigned hereby instructs you
(check appropriate box):

[_] To TENDER the following Old Notes held by you for the account of the
undersigned (insert principal amount of Old Notes to be tendered, if any):

     $___________ of the 6% Old Notes Due October 15, 2033



[_] NOT to TENDER any Old Notes held by you for the account of the undersigned.

     If the undersigned instructs you to tender the Old Notes held by you for
the account of the undersigned, it is understood that you are authorized to
make, on behalf of the undersigned (and the undersigned, by its signature
below, hereby makes to you), the representations and warranties contained in
the Letter of Transmittal that are to be made with respect to the undersigned
as a beneficial owner, including but not limited to the representations, that
(i) the holder is not an "affiliate" of the Company, (ii) any New Notes to be
received by the holder are being acquired in the ordinary course of its
business, and (iii) the holder has no arrangement or understanding with any
person to participate in a distribution (within the meaning of the Securities
Act) of such New Notes. If the undersigned is a broker-dealer that will receive
New Notes for its own account in exchange for Old Notes, it represents that
such Old Notes were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other
trading activities, and it acknowledges that it will deliver a prospectus
meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of
such New Notes. By acknowledging that it will deliver and by delivering a
prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with
any resale of such New Notes, such broker-dealer is not deemed to admit that it
is an "underwriter" within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.


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                                   SIGN HERE



Name of beneficial owner(s): ______________________________________________

Signature(s): _____________________________________________________________

Name(s) (please print):____________________________________________________

Address: __________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

Telephone Number: _________________________________________________________

Taxpayer Identification or Social Security Number: ________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

Date: _____________________________________________________________________



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