SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 12, 2002

PILLOWTEX CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation )

000-49835

(Commission File Number)

75-2147728

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

One Lake Circle Drive

Kannapolis, North Carolina

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

28081

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 704-939-2000

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure

On November 12, 2002, in connection with the filing by Pillowtex Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), of its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ending September 28, 2002 (the “Report”), the Company delivered to the Securities and Exchange Commission as attachments to its transmittal letter relating to the Report, certifications by David A. Perdue, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, and Michael R. Harmon, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. The text of the certifications is as follows:

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. 1350

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

November 12, 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q by Pillowtex Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), for the period ending September 28, 2002 (the “Report”), as filed on the date hereof with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the undersigned, David A. Perdue, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, does hereby certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to such officer’s knowledge:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m or 78o(d)); and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company as of the dates and for the periods expressed in the Report.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this certification as of the date first above written.


/s/ David A. Perdue
David A. Perdue Chief Executive Officer

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. 1350

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

November 12, 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q by Pillowtex Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), for the period ending September 28, 2002 (the “Report”), as filed on the date hereof with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the undersigned, Michael R. Harmon, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, does hereby certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to such officer’s knowledge:

(1)

The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m or 78o(d)); and

(2)

The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company as of the dates and for the periods expressed in the Report.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this certification as of the date first above written.

/s/ MICHAEL R. HARMON

Michael R. Harmon

Chief Financial Officer

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this current report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

PILLOWTEX CORPORATION

By:		/s/ JOHN F. STERLING
		John F. Sterling Vice President and General Counsel

Date: November 12, 2002

PILLOWTEX CORP 8-K