Exhibit 2.3.10


                  TENTH AMENDMENT TO SECURITIZATION AGREEMENTS

         THIS TENTH AMENDMENT TO SECURITIZATION  AGREEMENTS (this  "Amendment"),
made and entered  into as of September 5, 2003 (THE  "effective  Date"),  by and
among  CONE  RECEIVABLES  II LLC, a North  Carolina  limited  liability  company
("CRLLC"), CONE MILLS CORPORATION,  a North Carolina corporation ("Cone Mills");
CONE FOREIGN  TRADING LLC, a North Carolina  limited  liability  company ("CFT";
each of CRLLC,  Cone Mills and CFT being herein  referred to as a "Company"  and
collectively as the "Companies"),  and GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL  CORPORATION,  a
Delaware corporation ("GECC"),  acting in its capacities as the Purchaser and as
the  Operating  Agent  (as such  terms are  defined  in the  Purchase  Agreement
referenced below).

                               W I T N E S E T H:

         WHEREAS,  Cone Mills and CRLLC  entered into that  certain  Receivables
Transfer  Agreement,  dated as of  September  1,  1999 (as  amended  to the date
hereof,  the  "Transfer  Agreement";  capitalized  terms  used  herein  and  not
otherwise  defined herein shall have the meanings given such terms in Annex X to
the Transfer  Agreement as amended through this  Amendment),  whereby Cone Mills
agreed (and each Subsidiary of Cone Mills which thereafter becomes an Originator
will agree) to sell, contribute or otherwise transfer to CRLLC, and CRLLC agreed
to purchase or otherwise acquire from such Originators,  all of the right, title
and interest of such Originators in the Receivables; and

         WHEREAS, CRLLC, as Seller, Redwood Receivables Corporation ("Redwood"),
as  Purchaser,  Cone Mills,  as Servicer,  and GECC,  as Operating  Agent and as
Collateral Agent, entered into that certain Receivables Purchasing and Servicing
Agreement,  dated as of September  1, 1999 (as amended to the date  hereof,  the
"Purchase  Agreement";  the Transfer  Agreement  and the Purchase  Agreement are
herein  collectively  referred to as the "Securitization  Agreements"),  whereby
Purchaser  agreed,  among other things, to purchase from CRLLC from time to time
the Receivables sold or contributed to CRLLC pursuant to the Transfer Agreement;
and

         WHEREAS,   Redwood  and  GECC  entered  into  that  certain  Assignment
Agreement,  dated as of April 23, 2001 (the "Redwood  Assignment"),  under which
Redwood  assigned  and  delegated  to  GECC,  pursuant  to  Section  2.05 of the
Liquidity Loan Agreement,  all of Redwood's rights,  titles and interests in and
to, and all of Redwood's obligations under, the Purchase Agreement and the other
Related Documents; and

         WHEREAS,  the  Securitization  Agreements were amended pursuant to that
certain First  Amendment and Waiver to  Securitization  Agreements,  dated as of
November 16, 1999,  among the parties hereto,  that certain Second  Amendment to
Securitization  Agreements,  dated as of January  28,  2000,  among the  parties
thereto, that certain Third Amendment to Securitization Agreements,  dated as of
March 31, 2000,  among the parties  thereto,  that certain  Fourth  Amendment to
Securitization Agreements and Additional Originator Joinder Agreement,  dated as
of April 24, 2000, among such


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parties, that certain Fifth Amendment to Securitization Agreements,  dated as of
June  30,  2000,   among  such  parties,   that  certain   Sixth   Amendment  to
Securitization  Agreements,  dated as of December 11, 2000,  among such parties,
that certain Seventh Amendment to Securitization  Agreements,  dated as of April
23, 2001, among such parties,  that certain Eighth  Amendment to  Securitization
Agreements,  dated as of July 10, 2001;  among such parties,  that certain Ninth
Amendment to Securitization Agreements, dated as of November 9, 2001, and

         WHEREAS,   the  Companies  have   requested  that  the   Securitization
Agreements  be  further  amended  in  certain  respects  as set  forth  in  this
Amendment,  and the  parties  hereto  are  willing  to agree to such  amendments
subject to the terms and conditions of this Amendment.

         NOW THEREFORE,  in  consideration  of the premises and mutual covenants
contained  herein,  and other good and valuable  consideration,  the receipt and
sufficiency  of which are  hereby  acknowledged,  the  parties  hereto  agree as
follows:

         1. Amendments of  Securitization  Agreements.  Subject to the terms and
conditions of this Amendment,  including  without  limitation the fulfillment of
the conditions  precedent  specified in Section 6 below, Annex X to the Transfer
Agreement and the Purchase  Agreement shall be amended by deleting therefrom the
definitions  of the  terms  "Cash  Reserve",  "Concentration  Discount  Amount",
"Purchase  Discount Rate Cap" and by  substituting  the following new respective
definitions of such terms in lieu thereof:

                  "Cash Reserve" shall mean zero dollars ($0.00).

                  "Concentration  Discount  Amount"  means,  with respect to (i)
         Levi  Strauss,  Levi  Strauss  Canada,  Levi  Strauss  Europe  and  the
         Affiliates thereof  (collectively,  the "Levi Strauss Obligors"),  5.0%
         and (ii) any Obligor that is not a Levi Strauss Obligor,  and as of any
         date  of  determination   thereof,  the  percentage  of  the  aggregate
         Outstanding Balance at such time of all Eligible  Receivables set forth
         in the table  below  based upon the Senior  Unsecured  Short-Term  Debt
         Rating  (or,  in the  absence of such  rating,  the  equivalent  Senior
         Unsecured  Long-Term Debt Rating) assigned to such Obligor at such time
         by S&P and Moody's  (and, if such Obligor is rated by both agencies and
         has a split  rating,  the  applicable  rating  will be the lower of the
         two):

         ----------------------- ------------------------- ---------------------
         MINIMUM S&P RATING      MINIMUM MOODY'S RATING    APPLICABLE PERCENTAGE
         ----------------------- ------------------------- ---------------------
         A-1+ or AA-             P-1 or Aa3                15.0%
         ----------------------- ------------------------- ---------------------
         A-1 or A+               P-1 or A1                 15.0%
         ----------------------- ------------------------- ---------------------
         A-2 or BBB+             P-2 or Baa1               10.0%
         ----------------------- ------------------------- ---------------------
         Below A-2 or BBB+       Below P-2 or Baa1         5.0%
         or not rated by         or not rated by
         either S&P or Moody's   either S&P or Moody's
         ----------------------- ------------------------- ---------------------

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                  If an Obligor has neither a Senior  Unsecured  Short-Term Debt
         Rating or a Senior  Unsecured  Long-Term  Debt  Rating by either S&P or
         Moody's, then such Obligor's Concentration Discount Amount will be 5.0%
         of the  aggregate  Outstanding  Balance  at such  time of all  Eligible
         Receivables.  The  percentages  referenced  above may be  changed  with
         respect to any or all  Obligors at any time at the sole  discretion  of
         the Operating Agent.

                  "Purchase  Discount  Rate  Cap"  shall  mean a rate  equal  to
         eighty-five   percent  (85%)  with  respect  to  that  portion  of  the
         Investment Base which consists of Eligible Receivables; other than Bill
         and Hold  Receivables  and fifty  percent  (50%)  with  respect to that
         portion of the Investment  Base which consists of Eligible  Receivables
         which  are Bill  and  Hold  Receivables;  provided,  that the  Purchase
         Discount Rate Cap may be changed at any time at the sole  discretion of
         the Operating Agent, exercises in good faith.

         2. No Other  Amendments.  Except for the amendment  expressly set forth
and referred to in Section 1 above, the  Securitization  Agreements shall remain
unchanged and in full force and effect.

         3.  Representations and Warranties.  Each Company hereby represents and
warrants to GECC (in its capacity as Purchaser and the Operating Agent) that (i)
this Amendment has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each Company,
(ii) except as disclosed  in the  reservationof  rights  letter dated August 27,
2003  from  GEEC to CRLLC  and Cone  Mills,  and  after  giving  effect  to this
Amendment,  no Termination Event, Incipient Termination Event, Event of Servicer
Termination  or  Incipient  Servicer  Termination  Event  has  occurred  and  is
continuing   as  of  the  date  of  this   Amendment,   and  (iii)  all  of  the
representations  and  warranties  made by  each  Company  in the  Securitization
Agreements  are true and correct in all material  respects on and as of the date
of,  this  Amendment  (except to the  extent  that any such  representations  or
warranties  expressly  referred  to a specific  prior  date).  Any breach in any
material  respect by any Company of any of its  representations  and  warranties
contained  in this  Section  3 shall  be a  Termination  Event  and an  Event of
Servicer Termination for all purposes of the Securitization Agreements.

         4.  Ratification.  Each Company hereby  ratifies and reaffirms each and
every term,  covenant and condition set forth in the  Securitization  Agreements
and all other  documents  delivered  by such  Company  in  connection  therewith
(including  without limitation the other Related Documents to which each Company
is a party), effective as of the date hereof.

         5. Waiver by the  Companies.  Each of the  Companies  hereby waives any
claim, defense,  demand, action or suit of any kind or nature whatsoever against
the Purchaser,  the Operating Agent or the Collateral  Agent arising on or prior
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this Amendment in connection  with any of the  Securitization  Agreements or the
transactions contemplated thereunder.

         6. Conditions to  Effectiveness.  This Amendment shall become effective
as of the Effective Date subject to the satisfaction on or prior to such date of
the following conditions precedent to such effectiveness: (i) the receipt by the
Operating Agent of one or more  counterparts  of this Amendment,  duly executed,
completed  and  delivered  by  each  of the  Companies,  the  Purchaser  and the
Operating  Agent,  (ii) the receipt by the  Operating  Agent of payment (for the
benefit of GECC as  Purchaser)  of an  amendment  fee in the amount of  $150,000
which fee shall be fully earned and non-refundable upon payment.

         7. Reimbursement of Expenses.  Each Company hereby agrees that it shall
reimburse the Purchaser  and the  Operating  Agent on demand for all  reasonable
costs and expenses  (including  without limitation  reasonable  attorney's fees)
incurred by such parties in connection with the negotiation,  documentation  and
consummation  of this Amendment and the other  documents  executed in connection
herewith and therewith and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

         8. Governing Law. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK FOR CONTRACTS TO BE PERFORMED
ENTIRELY WITHIN SAID STATE.

         9.  Severability of Provisions.  Any provision of this Amendment which
is  prohibited  or  unenforceable   in  any  jurisdiction   shall,  as  to  such
jurisdiction,   be   ineffective   to  the   extent  of  such   prohibition   or
unenforceability   without  invalidating  the  remaining  provisions  hereof  or
affecting  the  validity  or  enforceability  of  such  provision  in any  other
jurisdiction.  To the extent  permitted by Applicable  Law, each Company  hereby
waives any  provision of law that renders any  provision  hereof  prohibited  or
unenforceable in any respect.

         10.  Counterparts.  This  Amendment  may be  executed  in any number of
several  counterparts,  all of  which  shall be  deemed  to  constitute  but one
original and shall be binding upon all parties,  their  successors and permitted
assigns.

         11.  Entire  Agreement.  The  Securitization  Agreements as amended and
supplemented by this Amendment embody the entire  agreement  between the parties
hereto relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements,
representations  and  understandings,  if any,  relating to the  subject  matter
hereof.

         12.  Cone Mills' and GECC's  Capacities.  Cone Mills is  executing  and
delivering  this  Amendment  both in its  capacity  as an  Originator  under the
Transfer  Agreement  and as the Servicer  under the Purchase  Agreement  and all
references  herein to "Cone  Mills"  shall be deemed to  include it in both such
capacities  unless  otherwise  expressly   indicated.   GECC  is  executing  and
delivering  this  Amendment  both in its  capacity as the  Purchaser  and as the
Operating Agent, and all references  herein to "GECC" shall be deemed to include
it in all such capacities unless otherwise expressly indicated.


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         IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the parties have caused this Amendment to be duly
executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized,  as of the date
first above written.



                            CONE RECEIVABLES II LLC


                            By /s/ Cheryl G.Hollis
                            Name: Cheryl G. Hollis
                            Title: Secretary


                            CONE MILLS CORPORATION, as an
                            Originator and as Servicer


                            By /s/ W. Scott Wenhold
                            Name: W. Scott Wenhold
                            Title: Treasurer


                            CONE FOREIGN TRADING LLC


                            By: /s/ Neil W. Koonce
                            Name: Neil W. Koonce
                            Title: Vice President


                            GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION,
                            as Purchaser, Operating Agent and Collateral Agent


                            By: /s/ Curtis J. Correa
                            Name: Curtis J. Correa
                            Title: Duly Authorized Signatory