EXHIBIT 23

                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

      Board of Directors and Stockholders
      Blair Corporation

      We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Form 10-K of Blair
Corporation and Subsidiaries of our report dated February 11, 2003, included in
the 2002 Annual Report to Stockholders of Blair Corporation.

      Our audits also included the financial statement schedule of Blair
Corporation and Subsidiaries listed in Item 15(a). This schedule is the
responsibility of Blair Corporation's management. Our responsibility is to
express an opinion based on our audits. In our opinion, the financial statement
schedule referred to above, when considered in relation to the basic financial
statements taken as a whole, presents fairly in all material respects the
information set forth therein.

      We also consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 dated July 19, 2000, pertaining to the Blair Corporation
Employee Stock Purchase Plan and in the Registration Statement on Form S-8 dated
July 19, 2000, pertaining to the Blair Corporation 2000 Omnibus Stock Plan, of
our report dated February 11, 2003, with respect to the consolidated financial
statements incorporated herein by reference, and our report included in the
preceding paragraph with respect to the financial statement schedule included in
this Form 10-K of Blair Corporation.


                                        /s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP

      Buffalo, New York
      March 12, 2003