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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

       Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 26, 2002
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                              Pillowtex Corporation
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               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)




            Texas                         1-11756                75-2147728
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(State or Other Jurisdiction     (Commission File Number)     (I.R.S. Employer
     of Incorporation )                                      Identification No.)

One Lake Circle Drive, Kannapolis, North Carolina                    28081
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     (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                      (Zip Code)


        Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 704-939-2000
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          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 5.  Other Events.

         On February 26, 2002, Pillowtex Corporation (the "Company"), together
with certain of its subsidiaries (collectively with the Company, the "Debtors"),
filed with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (the
"Bankruptcy Court"): (a) a First Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization of
Pillowtex Corporation and Its Debtor Subsidiaries (the "Plan") and (b) a related
Disclosure Statement (the "Disclosure Statement").

         Copies of the Plan and Disclosure Statement as filed with the
Bankruptcy Court are attached hereto as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2, respectively.
The Disclosure Statement contains certain projections (the "Projections") of the
Debtors' operating profit, free cash flow and certain other items for the fiscal
years 2002 through 2005. The Debtors do not, as a matter of course, publish
their business plans, budgets or strategies or make external projections or
forecasts of their anticipated financial position or results of operations. The
Company has filed the Disclosure Statement as an exhibit hereto because such
Disclosure Statement has been filed with the Bankruptcy Court in connection with
the Debtors' reorganization proceedings. The Company refers to the limitations
and qualifications included in the Disclosure Statement, including without
limitation those set forth under the captions "Reorganized Pillowtex--Projected
Financial Information--Introduction," "Reorganized Pillowtex--Projected
Financial Information--Projections" and "Risk Factors--Projections Are
Inherently Uncertain" with respect to the Projections. In addition, the Company
notes that all information contained in the Disclosure Statement is subject to
change, whether as a result of further amendments to the Plan, as a result of
the actions of third parties or otherwise.

Item 7.  Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.

         (a)      Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired:

                  Not Applicable.

         (b)      Pro Forma Financial Information:

                  Not Applicable.

         (c)      Exhibits:

                  Exhibit
                  Number      Exhibit
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                  99.1        First Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization of
                              Pillowtex Corporation and Its Debtor Subsidiaries.

                  99.2        Disclosure Statement Pursuant to Section 1125 of
                              the Bankruptcy Code for the First Amended Joint
                              Plan of Reorganization of Pillowtex Corporation
                              and Its Debtor Subsidiaries.


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                                    SIGNATURE

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                    PILLOWTEX CORPORATION



                                    By: /s/ John F. Sterling
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                                       Name:  John F. Sterling
                                       Title: Vice President and General Counsel


Date:  February 26, 2002


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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit No.         Exhibit Description
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99.1                First Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization of Pillowtex
                    Corporation and Its Debtor Subsidiaries.

99.2                Disclosure Statement Pursuant to Section 1125 of the
                    Bankruptcy Code for the First Amended Joint Plan of
                    Reorganization of Pillowtex Corporation and Its Debtor
                    Subsidiaries.





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