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                                                                      EXHIBIT 21


                                  Subsidiaries


 1.      Dyersburg Fabrics Inc., a Tennessee corporation and direct subsidiary

 2.      United Knitting, Inc., a Tennessee corporation and an indirect
         subsidiary

 3.      Dyersburg Fabrics Investment Corporation, a Delaware corporation and
         intermediate investment corporation

 4.      Dyersburg Fabrics Limited Partnership, I, a Tennessee limited
         partnership

 5.      United Knitting Investment Corporation, a Delaware corporation and
         intermediate investment corporation

 6.      United Knitting Limited Partnership, I, a Tennessee limited partnership

 7.      IQUE, Inc., a Tennessee corporation and an indirect subsidiary

 8.      IQUE Investment Corporation, a Delaware corporation and intermediate
         investment corporation

 9.      IQUE Limited Partnership, a Tennessee limited partnership

10.      Alamac Knit Fabrics, Inc., a Delaware corporation and an indirect
         subsidiary

11.      AIH, Inc., a Tennessee corporation and a direct subsidiary

12.      Alamac Enterprises, Inc., a Delaware corporation and an indirect
         subsidiary


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