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/A,  as amended on June 28, 1996 and
January  20,  1997 and  April 2,  1997 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
April 8, 1997