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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 
Number) |  | (IRS Employer
 Identification No.)



|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:

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):



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|Item 8.01                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |                                    | Other Events.                                                                           
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|On December 3, 2004, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York granted the Company an extension of the exclusive right to propose a plan of reorganization under Chapter 11 through January 20, 2005.  On December 3, 2004, the Company issued a press release with respect to the extension granted by the Bankruptcy Court.  A copy of the press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
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|Item 9.01                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | 99.1                               | Press Release dated December 3, 2004, with respect to the matter described in Item 8.01.
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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 3, 2004 |  | By:                   
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EXHIBIT INDEX





|Exhibit No. |  | Description                                                                              | 
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|99.1        |  | Press Release dated December 3, 2004, with respect to the matter described in Item 8.01.