EXHIBIT 23.2


                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT


To the Board of Directors
Designs, Inc.:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement of
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 Registration Statement.


                                          /s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

Boston, Massachusetts
June 14, 2002