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 Eric C. Wiseman, 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 January 3, 2009, to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has duly executed this Power of Attorney this 10th day of February, 2009.
         
    V.F. CORPORATION
ATTEST:
        
 
  By:   /s/ Eric C. Wiseman
 
       
/s/ Candace S. Cummings
 
Candace S. Cummings
Secretary
      Eric C. Wiseman
Chairman of the Board
 
        
Principal Executive Officer:
      Principal Financial Officer:
 
        
/s/ Eric C. Wiseman
      /s/ Robert K. Shearer
 
       
Eric C. Wiseman
President and Chief Executive Officer
      Robert K. Shearer
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
 
        
/s/ Charles V. Bergh
      /s/ W. Alan McCollough
 
       
Charles V. Bergh, Director
      W. Alan McCollough, Director
 
        
/s/ Juan Ernesto de Bedout
      /s/ Clarence Otis, Jr.
 
       
Juan Ernesto de Bedout, Director
      Clarence Otis, Jr., Director
 
        
/s/ Ursula O. Fairbairn
      /s/ M. Rust Sharp
 
       
Ursula O. Fairbairn, Director
      M. Rust Sharp, Director
 
        
/s/ Barbara S. Feigin
      /s/ Raymond G. Viault
 
       
Barbara S. Feigin, Director
      Raymond G. Viault, Director
 
        
/s/ George Fellows
      /s/ Eric C. Wiseman
 
       
George Fellows, Director
      Eric C. Wiseman, Director
 
        
/s/ Robert J. Hurst
 
Robert J. Hurst, Director