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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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|(State or other jurisdiction 
of incorporation) |  | (Commission File 
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|507 West 10th Street, West Point, Georgia |  | 31833     
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|(Address of principal executive offices)  |  | (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:

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|Item 8.01                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                              | Other Events.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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|On Friday, December 3, 2004, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York approved the sixth amendment ("Sixth Amendment") to the debtor-in-possession financing agreement ("DIP Agreement") between WestPoint Stevens Inc. (the "Registrant"), certain of its subsidiaries and the financial lenders parties to the DIP Agreement.  A copy of the Sixth Amendment is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report and is incorporated herein by reference.  The Sixth Amendment, which became effective as of November 19, 2004, upon the entry of the Bankruptcy Court order approving it, among other things:
|-                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | amends the EBITDA and Minimum Availability covenants set forth in Sections 7.23 and 7.24, respectively;                     
|-                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | adds new definitions for the Registrants' "2004 Restructuring Plan" and "2004 Plant Shutdown Costs"; and                    
|-                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | substitutes new definitions for "Adjusted Net Earnings from Operations," "Cash Dominion Cure Date" and "Cash Dominion Date."
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|Item 9.01                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | Financial Statements and Exhibits.                                                                                          
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|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | 99.1                                                                                                                         | Sixth Amendment to Post-Petition Credit Agreement dated November 19, 2004, among WestPoint Stevens Inc. and certain of its subsidiaries, the financial institutions named therein and Bank of America, N.A. and Wachovia Bank, National Association.
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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:  December 8, 2004 |  | By:                   
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EXHIBIT INDEX





|Exhibit No. |  | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | 
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|99.1        |  | Sixth Amendment to Post-Petition Credit Agreement dated November 19, 2004, among WestPoint Stevens Inc. and certain of its subsidiaries, the financial institutions named therein and Bank of America, N.A. and Wachovia Bank, National Association.