EXHIBIT 23.1

               CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS


Board of Directors and Stockholders
  G-III APPAREL GROUP, LTD.

We have issued our report dated March 31, 2000, accompanying the consolidated
financial statements included in the Annual Report of G-III Apparel Group, Ltd.
on Form 10-K for the year ended January 31, 2002. We hereby consent to the
incorporation by reference of said report in the Registration Statements of
G-III Apparel Group, Ltd. on Form S-8 (Registration Nos. 33-45460; 33-45461;
33-81066; 333-51765; 333-80937 and 333-39298).


/s/ Grant Thornton LLP

New York, New York
April 26, 2002