EXHIBIT 24 POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that V.F. Corporation and the undersigned directors and officers of V.F. Corporation do hereby constitute and appoint Candace S. Cummings, Robert K. Shearer, and Mackey J. McDonald, and each of them, true and lawful attorneys-in-fact of the undersigned to execute on their behalf the Annual Report of V.F. Corporation on Form 10-K (including any amendments thereof) for the fiscal year of V.F. Corporation ended December 30, 2000, to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has duly executed this Power of Attorney this 6th day of February, 2001.
V.F. CORPORATION ATTEST: By: /s/ Mackey J. McDonald ------------------------------------ /s/ Candace S. Cummings Mackey J. McDonald - ------------------------------------- Candace S. Cummings Chairman of the Board, President Secretary and Chief Executive Officer Principal Executive Officer: Principal Financial Officer: /s/ Mackey J. McDonald /s/ Robert K. Shearer - ------------------------------------- ----------------------------------- Mackey J. McDonald Robert K. Shearer Chairman of the Board, President Vice President-Finance and and Chief Executive Officer Chief Financial Officer /s/ Robert D. Buzzell - ------------------------------------- ----------------------------------- Erskine B. Bowles, Director Robert D. Buzzell, Director /s/ Juan Ernesto de Bedout - ------------------------------------- ----------------------------------- Edward E. Crutchfield, Director Juan Ernesto de Bedout, Director /s/ Ursula F. Fairbairn /s/ Barbara S. Feigin - ------------------------------------- ----------------------------------- Ursula F. Fairbairn, Director Barbara S. Feigin, Director /s/ George Fellows /s/ Daniel R. Hesse - ------------------------------------- ----------------------------------- George Fellows, Director Daniel R. Hesse, Director /s/ Robert J. Hurst /s/ W. Alan McCollough - ------------------------------------- ----------------------------------- Robert J. Hurst, Director W. Alan McCollough, Director /s/ Mackey J. McDonald /s/ M. Rust Sharp - ------------------------------------- ----------------------------------- Mackey J. McDonald, Director M. Rust Sharp, Director