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                                                                   Exhibit 23.01
 
                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED
                               PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
 
To the Board of Directors
I.C. Isaacs & Company, Inc.
 
    We hereby consent to the use in the Prospectus constituting a part of this
Registration Statement on Form S-1 of our reports dated March 31, 1997, except
for Note 9, the dates of which are May 15, 1997 and September 24, 1997, and Note
5 the date of which is September 30, 1997, relating to the consolidated
financial statements and schedule of I.C. Isaacs & Company, Inc.
 
    We also consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in
the Prospectus.
 
                                          /s/ BDO Seidman, LLP
 
Washington, D.C.
October 3, 1997
