Exhibit 10.19(b)



                 AMENDMENT TO THE BURLINGTON INDUSTRIES, INC.

                           1995 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN


         The second  sentence of Paragraph  5(a) of the  Burlington  Industries,
Inc. 1995 Equity  Incentive Plan is hereby amended,  effective as of November 1,
1996, to read in its entirety as follows:

                           "Each of the  members of the  Committee  shall at all
                           times  during  service  as a member of the  Committee
                           qualify with  respect to the Plan as a  "Non-Employee
                           Director"  within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 under the
                           Exchange Act and as an "outside  director" within the
                           meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code."