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     AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON FEBRUARY 12, 1999

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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, DC 20549

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                    UNDER THE
                             SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                                V.F. CORPORATION
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


         PENNSYLVANIA                                  23-1180120
(State or Other Jurisdiction            (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
of Incorporation or Organization)

                              628 GREEN VALLEY ROAD
                        GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA 27408
              (Address of Registrant's Principal Executive Offices)

                            BLUE BELL SAVINGS, PROFIT
                           SHARING AND RETIREMENT PLAN
                            (FULL TITLE OF THE PLAN)

                            CANDACE S. CUMMINGS, ESQ.
         VICE PRESIDENT - ADMINISTRATION, GENERAL COUNSEL AND SECRETARY
                                V.F. CORPORATION
                                 P.O. BOX 21488
                        GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA 27420
                     (NAME AND ADDRESS OF AGENT FOR SERVICE)

                                 (336) 547-6000
          (TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE, OF AGENT FOR SERVICE)

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                           PROPOSED              PROPOSED
                                                           MAXIMUM               MAXIMUM
TITLE OF SHARES TO BE               AMOUNT TO BE           OFFERING PRICE        AGGREGATE OFFERING           AMOUNT OF
REGISTERED                          REGISTERED (1)         PER SHARE (2)         PRICE (2)                    REGISTRATION FEE
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                 <C>                    <C>                   <C>                          <C>
COMMON STOCK                        250,000                $41.41                $10,352,500.00               $2,878.00
(NO PAR VALUE; STATED
CAPITAL $1.00 PER SHARE)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>


(1) In addition, pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement also covers an indeterminate amount of: (a) interests to
be offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plan described herein, and
(b) additional shares which may be necessary to adjust the number of shares
reserved for issuance pursuant to the Blue
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Bell Savings, Profit Sharing and Retirement Plan for any future stock split,
stock dividend or similar adjustment of the outstanding Common Stock of the
registrant.

(2) Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(c) solely for the purpose of calculating the
registration fee.


                                Explanatory Note

         Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, this Registration
   Statement is being filed in order to register additional shares of Common
   Stock, no par value, stated capital $1.00 per share, of V.F. Corporation (the
   "Company"), with respect to a currently effective Registration Statement on
   Form S-8 of the Company relating to the Company's Blue Bell Savings, Profit
   Sharing and Retirement Plan.


      The contents of Registration Statement on Form S-8 as filed on June 24,
   1991, Registration No. 33-41241, as amended, are incorporated by reference
   into this Registration Statement.


Item 8.  Exhibits.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
      Exhibit No.    Description
      -----------    -----------
<S>                  <C>
         *5.1        Opinion of Counsel re: ERISA.

         *5.2        Internal Revenue Service determination letter confirming
                     that the Plan is qualified under Section 401 of the
                     Internal Revenue Code.

          23         Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

          24         Power of Attorney.
</TABLE>


------------------------

      *  Previously Filed.


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                                   SIGNATURES

      The Registrant. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it
meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized in Greensboro, North Carolina on the 11th day of February, 1999.

                                          V.F. CORPORATION

                                          By:  /s/Mackey J. McDonald
                                               --------------------------------
                                               Mackey J. McDonald
                                               President and
                                               Chief Executive Officer

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
SIGNATURE                        TITLE                                   DATE
---------                        -----                                   ----
<S>                              <C>                                     <C>
/s/ Mackey J. McDonald           President and                           February 11, 1999
----------------------           Chief Executive Officer
Mackey J. McDonald

/s/ Robert K. Shearer            Vice President - Finance                February 11, 1999
--------------------------       and Chief Financial Officer
Robert K. Shearer

/s/ Timothy R. Wheeler           Controller                              February 11, 1999
------------------------
Timothy R. Wheeler
</TABLE>


                                    DIRECTORS

Robert D. Buzzell*              George Fellows*              William E. Pike*
Edward E. Crutchfield*          Robert J. Hurst*             M. Rust Sharp*
Ursula F. Fairbairn*            Mackey J. McDonald*
Barbara S. Feigin*



Date:  February 11, 1999                 * By: /s/ Mackey J. McDonald
                                               --------------------------------
                                                Mackey J. McDonald,
                                                Attorney-In-Fact


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      The Plan. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
trustees (or other persons who administer the employee benefit plan) have duly
caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Greensboro, North Carolina, on the
9th day of February, 1999.

                                          BLUE BELL SAVINGS, PROFIT
                                          SHARING AND RETIREMENT PLAN

                                          By:  BLUE BELL PROFIT SHARING
                                                  COMMITTEE, Plan Administrator

                                                 By: /s/ Louis J. Fecile
                                                     --------------------------
                                                     Louis J. Fecile
                                                     Committee Member


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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

23    Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

24    Power of Attorney
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     AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON FEBRUARY 12, 1999

================================================================================

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, DC 20549

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                    UNDER THE
                             SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                                V.F. CORPORATION
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

         PENNSYLVANIA                                  23-1180120
(State or Other Jurisdiction            (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
of Incorporation or Organization)

                              628 GREEN VALLEY ROAD
                        GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA 27408
              (Address of Registrant's Principal Executive Offices)

                            BLUE BELL SAVINGS, PROFIT
                           SHARING AND RETIREMENT PLAN
                            (FULL TITLE OF THE PLAN)

                            CANDACE S. CUMMINGS, ESQ.
         VICE PRESIDENT - ADMINISTRATION, GENERAL COUNSEL AND SECRETARY
                                V.F. CORPORATION
                                 P.O. BOX 21488
                        GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA 27420
                     (NAME AND ADDRESS OF AGENT FOR SERVICE)

                                 (336) 547-6000
          (TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE, OF AGENT FOR SERVICE)

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
PROPOSED              PROPOSED
                                                           MAXIMUM               MAXIMUM
TITLE OF SHARES TO BE               AMOUNT TO BE           OFFERING PRICE        AGGREGATE OFFERING           AMOUNT OF
REGISTERED                          REGISTERED (1)         PER SHARE (2)         PRICE (2)                    REGISTRATION FEE
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
COMMON STOCK                        250,000                $41.41                $10,352,500.00               $2,878.00
(NO PAR VALUE; STATED
CAPITAL $1.00 PER SHARE)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) In addition, pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement also covers an indeterminate amount of: (a) interests to
be offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plan described herein, and
(b) additional shares which may be necessary to adjust the number of shares
reserved for issuance pursuant to the Blue
2
Bell Savings, Profit Sharing and Retirement Plan for any future stock split,
stock dividend or similar adjustment of the outstanding Common Stock of the
registrant.

(2) Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(c) solely for the purpose of calculating the
registration fee.

                                Explanatory Note

         Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, this Registration
   Statement is being filed in order to register additional shares of Common
   Stock, no par value, stated capital $1.00 per share, of V.F. Corporation (the
   "Company"), with respect to a currently effective Registration Statement on
   Form S-8 of the Company relating to the Company's Blue Bell Savings, Profit
   Sharing and Retirement Plan.

      The contents of Registration Statement on Form S-8 as filed on June 24,
   1991, Registration No. 33-41241, as amended, are incorporated by reference
   into this Registration Statement.

Item 8.  Exhibits.
Exhibit No.    Description
      -----------    -----------
*5.1        Opinion of Counsel re: ERISA.

         *5.2        Internal Revenue Service determination letter confirming
                     that the Plan is qualified under Section 401 of the
                     Internal Revenue Code.

          23         Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

          24         Power of Attorney.
------------------------

      *  Previously Filed.

                                    -2-
3
                                   SIGNATURES

      The Registrant. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it
meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized in Greensboro, North Carolina on the 11th day of February, 1999.

                                          V.F. CORPORATION

                                          By:  /s/Mackey J. McDonald
                                               --------------------------------
                                               Mackey J. McDonald
                                               President and
                                               Chief Executive Officer

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURE                        TITLE                                   DATE
---------                        -----                                   ----
/s/ Mackey J. McDonald           President and                           February 11, 1999
----------------------           Chief Executive Officer
Mackey J. McDonald

/s/ Robert K. Shearer            Vice President - Finance                February 11, 1999
--------------------------       and Chief Financial Officer
Robert K. Shearer

/s/ Timothy R. Wheeler           Controller                              February 11, 1999
------------------------
Timothy R. Wheeler
DIRECTORS

Robert D. Buzzell*              George Fellows*              William E. Pike*
Edward E. Crutchfield*          Robert J. Hurst*             M. Rust Sharp*
Ursula F. Fairbairn*            Mackey J. McDonald*
Barbara S. Feigin*

Date:  February 11, 1999                 * By: /s/ Mackey J. McDonald
                                               --------------------------------
                                                Mackey J. McDonald,
                                                Attorney-In-Fact

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4
      The Plan. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
trustees (or other persons who administer the employee benefit plan) have duly
caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Greensboro, North Carolina, on the
9th day of February, 1999.

                                          BLUE BELL SAVINGS, PROFIT
                                          SHARING AND RETIREMENT PLAN

                                          By:  BLUE BELL PROFIT SHARING
                                                  COMMITTEE, Plan Administrator

                                                 By: /s/ Louis J. Fecile
                                                     --------------------------
                                                     Louis J. Fecile
                                                     Committee Member

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5
                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

23    Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

24    Power of Attorney