EXHIBIT 23(a)

   
                  CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the use of our report, 
dated November 11, 1994, included in Oneita Industries, Inc.,'s Form 10K/A for 
the year ended September 30, 1994, and to the incorporation by reference of
our report into the Company's previously filed Registration Statements on Form 
S-8 (Registration No. 33-30576, 33-34778, 33-62970 and 33-75834) and Amendment 
No. 1 to Form S-3 Registration Statement (Registration No. 33-88600) and Post-
Effective Amendment No. 2 to Form S-3 Registration Statement (Registration 
No. 33-70524), and to all references to our Firm included in these 
Registration Statements.



/s/ Arthur Andersen LLP


Columbia, South Carolina
     March 2, 1995.