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                                                       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. 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.