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                                                                    Exhibit 10.1

                                AMENDMENT TO THE
                             WESTPOINT STEVENS INC.
                       1995 KEY EMPLOYEE STOCK BONUS PLAN
                                  (As Amended)



     THIS AMENDMENT to the WestPoint Stevens Inc. 1995 Key Employee Stock Bonus
Plan (As Amended) is made the 11th day of February, 1999, by WestPoint Stevens
Inc. (the "Company").

                              W I T N E S S E T H:

     WHEREAS, the Company maintains the Plan for the benefit of its eligible
employees;

     WHEREAS, the Company's Board of Directors has the authority to amend or
modify the Plan at any time and in any respect with certain limitations as
stated in the Plan; and

     WHEREAS, the Company desires to amend the Plan as provided herein; and

     WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company, acting within its
authority, has approved the amendment of the Plan as provided herein;

     NOW, THEREFORE, the Plan is hereby amended as follows:

     1.   Section 7 of the Plan is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

          7.      Within the first 90 days of each Performance Year (or, in the
              case of the initial Performance Year, within 90 days of the date
              the Plan is approved by the Board), the Committee shall establish
              a vesting schedule that shall apply to the Bonus Awards granted
              for that Performance Year provided, however, that not less than
              10% of the shares subject to each Bonus Award shall become vested
              as of January 1 of the year immediately following the Performance
              Year and on January 1 of each succeeding year. If a Participant
              terminates employment with the Company (i) as a result of death,
              Disability, Retirement, termination without "cause" or with "good
              reason" (as such terms may be defined in a written employment
              agreement between the Participant and the Company), or (ii) due to
              other circumstances approved by the Committee, the unvested
              portion of any Bonus Award granted to the Participant shall become
              fully vested and nonforfeitable. If a Participant terminates
              employment due to any other circumstances, the



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          unvested portion of any Bonus Award granted to the
          Participant shall be forfeited. In the event of a Change in
          Control of the Company, all outstanding Bonus Awards
          shall become fully vested and nonforfeitable.
          Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the
          Committee in its sole discretion may at any time
          accelerate the vesting of any and all outstanding Bonus
          Awards.

2.   Section 9 of the Plan is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

     9.   Delivery of Shares

               The shares of Common Stock subject to a Bonus
          Award shall be delivered to the Participant as soon as
          practicable after (i) the Committee has determined that
          the performance Target for the Performance Year has
          been achieved, and (ii) such shares have become vested
          in accordance with Section 7. All fractional shares shall
          be reduced to cash of equal Fair Market Value.


3.   Section 10 of the Plan is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

     10.  [Reserved]

 
4.   Except as specified herein, the Plan shall remain in full force and
effect.