EXHIBIT 23.2


                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT


To the Board of Directors
Designs, Inc.:

We  consent to the  incorporation  by  reference  in this  amended  Registration
Statement of Casual Male Retail Group, Inc. (previously,  Designs, Inc.) on Form
S-3 of our report dated April 11, 2000,  appearing in the Annual  Report on Form
10-K of Designs,  Inc. for the year ended February 2, 2002, and to the reference
to us under  the  heading  "Experts"  in the  Prospectus,  which is part of this
amended Registration Statement.


                                                       /s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

Boston, Massachusetts
August 20, 2002