Exhibit 5.1


                    [Letterhead of Willkie Farr & Gallagher]







June 12, 1998

Bolle Inc.
555 Theodore Fremd Avenue
Suite B-302
Rye, New York 10580

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as counsel to Bolle Inc. (the "Company"), a corporation
incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware, in connection with the
filing by the Company of a Registration Statement on Form S-1 dated the date
hereof (the "Registration Statement") relating to the registration under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") of an aggregate of up
to 1,850,000 shares of common stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company
(the "Shares"), for resale by the persons who, upon issuance and delivery of
the same to such persons by the Company, will become the holders thereof (the
"Selling Stockholders"), pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act in
accordance with the Company's Registration Statement.

We have examined and are familiar with originals or copies, certified or
otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such documents, corporate records
and other instruments relating to the incorporation of the Company and the
authorization and issuance of the Shares by the Company to the Selling
Stockholders. In particular, we have reviewed the certificate of incorporation
and by-laws of the Company, resolutions of the Board of Directors of the
Company, certifications by officers of the Company, and have made such
investigations of law, as we have deemed necessary and advisable. In such
examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the
authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals and the conformity
to authentic originals of all documents submitted to us as copies.

Based upon the foregoing, we are of the opinion that:

1.       The Company is duly incorporated and validly existing under the laws
         of the State of Delaware; and

2.       The Shares have been duly authorized and, when any Shares have been
         issued and delivered by the Company against receipt by the Company of
         the consideration for which such Shares are to be issued as described
         in the Registration 



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         Statement, such Shares will constitute legally issued, fully paid and 
         non-assessable shares of Common Stock under the laws of the State of
         Delaware. 

We are qualified to practice law in the State of New York and do not purport to
be experts on, or to express any opinion herein, concerning any law, other than
the laws of the State of New York, the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware and the federal laws of the United States of America.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement referred to above and to the reference to our firm under
the heading "Legal Matters" in the Prospectus included in the Registration
Statement.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Willkie Farr & Gallagher