EXHIBIT 23
 
 
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.