EXHIBIT 23
                                                                      EXHIBIT 23

                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


         We consent to the reference to our firm under the captions "Experts"
and "Item 3 (Form S-8) Incorporation of Documents by Reference" in this
Registration Statement on Form S-8/S-3 relating to the registration of shares
of Common Stock reserved for issuance upon exercise of stock options granted to
employees of VF Corporation pursuant to its 1982 and 1991 Stock Option Plans
and the related Prospectus of VF Corporation relating to the resale of such
shares by certain Selling Shareholders listed therein, and to the incorporation
by reference therein of our report dated February 4, 1994 with respect to the
consolidated financial statements and schedules of VF Corporation incorporated
by reference in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
January 1, 1994 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.


                                ERNST & YOUNG





Reading, Pennsylvania
April 29, 1994
                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


         We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form S-8/S-3 relating to the registration of shares of Common
Stock reserved for issuance upon exercise of stock options granted to employees
of VF Corporation pursuant to its 1982 and 1991 Stock Option Plans and the
related Prospectus of VF Corporation relating to the resale of such shares by
certain Selling Shareholders listed therein of our report dated March 3, 1993,
on the consolidated financial statements of Nutmeg Industries, Inc. for the
fiscal year ended January 30, 1993, included in the Current Report on Form 8-K
as amended on the Form 8-K/A of VF Corporation dated January 19, 1994.


                              ERNST & YOUNG





Tampa, Florida
April 29, 1994