EXHIBIT 10.1

                       AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
                                       OF
                                LEO ROSENBERGER


      THE  AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (this "Amendment") is made  as  of
this  First  day  of  June, 1999 by and between GARGOYLES, INC.,  a  Washington
corporation (the "Company"), and LEO ROSENBERGER ("Employee").

                                    RECITALS

      A.    The  Company  and Employee are parties to that  certain  Employment
Agreement  dated  as  of February 1, 1998, which was amended  by  that  certain
Amendment  to  Employment  Agreement dated  March  31,  1999  (the  "Employment
Agreement"); and

      B.    The  Company  and Employee desire to further amend  the  Employment
Agreement in accordance with the terms hereof.

                                   AGREEMENT

      NOW,  THEREFORE,  in consideration of the premises  and  other  good  and
valuable  consideration,  the  receipt and  sufficiency  of  which  are  hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

     1.   TERM.
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           The  term of the Employment Agreement set forth in Section 3 of  the
Employment  Agreement shall continue until the earlier of  (i)  the  date  upon
which Employee ceases to be the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, or (ii)
January 31, 2000; each of the dates described in (i) and (ii) being referred to
herein as the "Expiration Date."

     2.   NO OTHER AMENDMENTS.
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           The  terms  and provisions of this Employment Agreement  are  hereby
ratified and confirmed and remain in full force and effect except as amended by
this Amendment.

IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the  parties  hereto have  executed  this  Amendment  to
Employment Agreement as of the date first above written.


GARGOYLES, INC.

    /s/ Paul S. Shipman
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   Paul S. Shipman, Member of the Board
   of Directors of Gargoyles, Inc.



/s/ Leo Rosenberger
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LEO ROSENBERGER