Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

|I, M. L. (Chip) Fontenot, as President and Chief Executive Officer of WestPoint Stevens Inc. (the "Company") certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to my knowledge
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|Dated:  May 10, 2004                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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|A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to the Company and will be retained by the Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.