Exhibit 10(n)



Resolution of the Board of Directors of VF Corporation dated December 3, 1996:


                 RESOLVED:  That the Pension Plan Committee be and is hereby
         authorized to approve requests for lump sum payments that may be made
         in the future by VF Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (SERP)
         participants under Section 4.3 of the SERP, provided that in the
         judgment of such Committee such approval would be in the best interest
         of the Corporation.