Exhibit 21 VF CORPORATION SUBSIDIARIES OF THE CORPORATION Following is a listing of the significant subsidiaries of the Corporation, all of which are wholly owned:
Name Jurisdiction of Organization - --------------------------------------- --------------------------------------- Bassett-Walker Apparel Corp. Delaware H.H. Cutler Company Michigan Healthtex, Inc. Delaware Healthtex Apparel Corp. Delaware JanSport, Inc. Delaware JanSport Apparel Corp. Delaware Jantzen Inc. Nevada Jantzen Apparel Corp. Delaware The H. D. Lee Company, Inc. Delaware Les Dessous Boutique Diffusion S.A. France Red Kap Industries, Inc. Delaware Red Kap Apparel Corp. Delaware VF Europe N.V. Belgium VF Factory Outlet, Inc. Delaware VF Diffusion, S.A.R.L. France VF Germany Textil-Handels GmbH Germany VF Jeanswear, Inc. Alabama VF Knitwear, Inc. Virginia VF Knitwear Industries, Inc. Delaware VF Lingerie S.A. France VF Northern Europe Ltd. United Kingdom VF Polska Sp. zo.o. Poland Vanity Fair, Inc. Delaware Vanity Fair Intimates, Inc. Alabama Vives Vidal, Vivesa, S.A. Spain Wrangler Apparel Corp. Delaware Wrangler Clothing Corp. Delaware Wrangler Italia, S.r.l. Italy Wrangler Scandinavia (Apparel) A/S Denmark
Excludes subsidiaries which, if considered as a single subsidiary or after taking into account the elimination of intercompany accounts, would not constitute a significant subsidiary at January 3, 1998.