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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION



FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):

WESTPOINT STEVENS INC.



|Delaware                                        |  | 1-15381                   |  | 36-3498354                        
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|507 West 10th Street, West Point, Georgia |  | 31833     
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|(Address of principal executive offices)  |  | (Zip Code)

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|Item 2.05 |                                    | Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
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|          |                                    | On January 10, 2005, WestPoint Stevens Inc. (the "Company") issued a press release announcing that, in 2005, it will realign and consolidate its manufacturing capacity with the closing of five plants and two distribution centers and the reduction of more than 50% of its workforce at a sixth plant.  A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.                                                                                                                                                                                       
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|          |                                    | The decision to undertake the realignment and consolidation was made by the Board of Directors of the Company on or about August 18, 2004, for the reasons indicated in the press release.  As noted therein, it is currently anticipated that the closings and workforce reduction will be completed by late March or early April of 2005.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
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|          |                                    | The Company estimates that the total costs associated with its implementation of the realignment and consolidation from these closings and reduction in workforce will aggregate approximately $130 million, of which approximately $40 million will involve cash outlays, approximately $81 million will result from write-downs of fixed assets and inventory and approximately $8 million will result from production disruption.  In addition, the Company estimates that it will incur approximately $1 million of capital expenses in connection with the realignment and consolidation.
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|Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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|          | 99.1                               | Press release dated January 10, 2005.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
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SIGNATURE





|Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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|                        |  | WESTPOINT STEVENS INC.
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|Date:  January 13, 2005 |  | By:                   
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EXHIBIT INDEX





|Exhibit No. |  | Description                           | 
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|99.1        |  | Press release dated January 10, 2005.