EXHIBIT 99.1

                    CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
           PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

         In connection with the Annual Report of V.F. Corporation (the
"Company") on Form 10-K for the period ending January 4, 2003 as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Mackey
J. McDonald, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18
U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002, that, to the best of my knowledge:

(1)  The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d)
     of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2)  The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material
     respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the Company.

March 20, 2003
                                                         /s/ Mackey J. McDonald
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                                                         Mackey J. McDonald
                                                         Chairman, President and
                                                         Chief Executive Officer