CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT
                          CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

We have issued our reports dated April 25, 1996,  accompanying  the consolidated
financial statements of Nantucket Industries, Inc., appearing in the 1996 Annual
Report of the Company to its  shareholders  (incorporated  by  reference  in the
Annual  Report on Form 10-K for the year ended  March 2, 1996) and  accompanying
the  schedules  included  in the Annual  Report for the year ended March 2, 1996
which are incorporated by reference in this Registration  Statement.  We consent
to  the  incorporation  by  reference  in  the  Registration  Statement  of  the
aforementioned  reports  and to the use of our  name  as it  appears  under  the
caption "Experts."


/s/ Grant Thornton LLP
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GRANT THORNTON LLP

   
New York, New York
February 4, 1997