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                                                                EXHIBIT 23.1
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. 2 to Form S-3 Registration Statement (Registration No. 33-88600) 
and Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 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 20, 1995.