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                                                                   Exhibit 10.72

                             FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE
                   SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN OF
                               GALEY & LORD, INC.

           On the 13th day of February, 2001, Galey & Lord, Inc. amended and
restated the Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan for Galey & Lord, Inc.;

           WHEREAS, it is now desirable to amend said Plan in order to
appropriately coordinate benefits with benefits provided under the Retirement
Plan for Employees of Galey & Lord, Inc.

           NOW, THEREFORE, said Plan is amended as follows:

1.  The first paragraph of Attachment A is hereby deleted and the following is
    substituted in lieu thereof:

    In addition to the benefit payable under the Qualified Plan, a Participant
    who is an employee of Galey & Lord Industries, Inc. shall be entitled to an
    annual benefit at Normal Retirement Age payable in monthly amounts as a Five
    Years Certain and Life Annuity (as defined in Section 5.1(b), which shall be
    the Normal Form of Payment) equal to:

      (a)  one and seventy-five hundredths percent (1.75%) of his Average
           Compensation (defined below) multiplied by his Years of Service, not
           to exceed thirty (30) years; LESS

      (b)  his federal Social Security benefit projected to be paid on his
           Normal Retirement Date; LESS

      (c)  his accrued benefit under the Qualified Plan, payable at his Normal
           Retirement Date in the form of a life annuity, if benefits had
           continued to accrue under the Qualified Plan as in effect on
           September 1, 2001, disregarding any amendment to the Qualified Plan
           after September 1, 2001, that reduced future benefit accruals.

    This calculation shall be made without regard to any dollar limitation of
    the Code applicable to the Qualified Plan. For Eligible Employees of Galey &
    Lord Industries, Inc., service prior to February 1, 1988 shall not be
    considered.

2.  The first paragraph of Attachment B is hereby deleted and the following is
    substituted in lieu thereof.

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In addition to the benefit payable under the Qualified Plan, a Participant who
is an employee of Swift Textiles, Inc. shall be entitled to an annual benefit at
Normal Retirement Age payable in monthly amounts as a Five Years Certain and
Life Annuity (as defined in Section 5.1(b), which shall be the Normal Form of
Payment) equal to:
          (a)  one and seventy-five hundredths percent (1.75%) of his Average
               Compensation (defined below) multiplied by his Years of Service,
               not to exceed thirty (30) years; LESS
          (b)  his federal Social Security benefit projected to be paid on his
               Normal Retirement Date; LESS
          (c)  his accrued benefit under the Qualified Plan payable at his
               Normal Retirement Date in the form of a life annuity, if benefits
               had continued to accrue under the Qualified Plan as in effect on
               September 1, 2001, disregarding any amendment to the Qualified
               Plan after September 1, 2001, that reduced future benefit
               accruals. For Participants of Swift Textiles, Inc. who were
               employed on October 1, 1998, the accrued benefit provided by the
               Qualified Plan to be offset from (a) above shall not include
               benefits accrued prior to October 1, 1998.
     This calculation shall be made without regard to any dollar limitation of
     the Code applicable to the Qualified Plan. For Eligible Employees of Swift
     Textiles, Inc., service prior to October 1, 1998 shall not be considered.

               IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this amendment to the Supplemental Executive
Retirement Plan of Galey & Lord, Inc. is, by the authority of the Board of
Directors of the Employer, executed on behalf of the Employer, the 20th day of
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September, 2001.

                                              GALEY & LORD, INC.

                                              /s/ Arthur C. Wiener
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                                              Arthur C. Wiener, Chairman
                                              and Chief Executive Officer


ATTEST:

/s/ Leonard F. Ferro
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Leonard F. Ferro, Secretary

09/18/01