EXHIBIT 5.1


                      MORSE, ZELNICK, ROSE & LANDER, LLP
                                450 PARK AVENUE
                            NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10022
                                        
                                                                 August 7, 1998


Periscope Sportswear, Inc.
1407 Broadway
Suite 620
New York,  New York

Dear Sirs:

     We have acted as counsel to Periscope Sportswear, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), in connection with the preparation of a
registration statement on Form S-1 (the "Registration Statement") filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "Act"), to register the offering by (1) the Company of (a) 2,600,000 shares
of Common Stock, $.001 par value per share, (the "Common Stock") (2,799,280
shares of Common Stock if the over-allotment option is exercised in full), (b)
Common Stock Purchase Warrants to be issued to the underwriters (the
"Underwriters' Warrants"), (c) 260,000 shares of Common Stock underlying the
Underwriters' Warrants and (d) such additional shares of Common Stock as may be
offered by the Company and as may underlie the Underwriters' Warrants covered by
any additional registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462 promulgated
under the Act and (2) certain Selling Stockholders of 595,200 shares of Common
Stock (875,200 shares of Common Stock if the over-allotment option is exercised
in full).

     In this regard, we have reviewed the Certificate of Incorporation of the
Company, resolutions adopted by the Company's Board of Directors, the
Registration Statement, the proposed form of the Underwriters' Warrants, the
other exhibits to the Registration Statement and such other records, documents,
statutes and decisions as we have deemed relevant in rendering this opinion.
Based upon the foregoing, we are of the opinion that:

     Each share of Common Stock being offered, the Underwriters' Warrants, and
the Common Stock underlying the Underwriters' Warrants have been duly and
validly authorized for issuance and when issued or transferred as contemplated
by the Registration Statement or upon exercise of the Underwriters' Warrants
will be legally issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

     We hereby consent to the use of this opinion as Exhibit 5.1 to the
Registration Statement.  In giving such opinion, we do not hereby admit that we
are acting within the category of persons whose consent is required under
Section 7 of the Act or the rules or regulations of the Securities and Exchange
Commission thereunder.


                                 Very truly yours,

 
                                 /s/ MORSE, ZELNICK, ROSE & LANDER, LLP