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                                                                  EXHIBIT (a)(4)

                           Offer to Purchase for Cash
                 All of the Outstanding Shares of Common Stock
                                       of
                                   BOLLE INC.
                                       at
                              $5.25 Net Per Share
                                       by
                            SHADE ACQUISITION, INC.
                          a wholly owned subsidiary of
                     WORLDWIDE SPORTS AND RECREATION, INC.

  THE OFFER AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT 12:00 MIDNIGHT, NEW YORK CITY
            TIME, ON JANUARY 4, 2000, UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED.


To Our Clients:

   Enclosed for your consideration is an Offer to Purchase, dated December 2,
1999 (the "Offer to Purchase"), and the related Letter of Transmittal (which,
together with any amendments or supplements thereto, collectively constitute
the "Offer") relating to the offer by Shade Acquisition, Inc., a Delaware
corporation ("Acquisition Sub") and a wholly owned subsidiary of Worldwide
Sports and Recreation, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Purchaser"), to purchase
for cash all of the outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per
share (the "Shares"), of Bolle Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), on
the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer. Also enclosed
is the letter to stockholders of the Company from the Chairman of the Board of
the Company accompanied by the Company's Solicitation/Recommendation Statement
on Schedule 14D-9.

   We are (or our nominee is) the holder of record of Shares held by us for
your account. A tender of such Shares can be made only by us as the holder of
record and pursuant to your instructions. The Letter of Transmittal is
furnished to you for your information only and cannot be used to tender Shares
held by us for your account.

   We request instructions as to whether you wish to tender any or all of the
Shares held by us for your account, pursuant to the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in the Offer.

   Your attention is directed to the following:

     1. The Offer price is $5.25 per Share, net to the seller in cash,
  without interest thereon, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of
  the Offer (the "Offer Price").

     2. The Offer is being made for all of the outstanding Shares.

     3. The Board of Directors of the Company has determined that each of the
  Merger Agreement (as defined below), the Offer and the Merger (as defined
  below) are fair to and in the best interests of the Company's stockholders
  and has approved the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated
  thereby (including the Offer and the Merger) and recommends that the
  Company's stockholders accept the Offer, tender their shares to Purchaser
  and approve and adopt the Merger Agreement and the Merger.

     4. The offer is conditioned upon, among other things, (1) there being
  validly tendered and not withdrawn prior to the expiration of the Offer a
  number of Shares which, together with any Shares owned by Purchaser,
  Acquisition Sub or any of their affiliates, constitutes more than 90% of
  the aggregate outstanding Shares (including any Shares outstanding as of
  the consummation of the Offer that have been
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  issued upon the exercise of options to purchase, and the conversion or
  exchange of all securities convertible or exchangeable into, Shares), (2)
  any waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act
  of 1976, as amended, and the regulations thereunder applicable to the
  purchase of Shares pursuant to the Offer having expired or been terminated,
  and (3) Purchaser having obtained sufficient financing, on terms and
  conditions satisfactory to Purchaser, to enable consummation of the Offer
  and the Merger. The Offer is also subject to certain other conditions
  described in Section 14 of the Offer to Purchase.

     5. The Offer and Withdrawal Rights Expire at 12:00 Midnight, New York
  City Time, on January 4, 2000, Unless the Offer Is Extended by Purchaser
  (The "Expiration Date").

     6. The Offer is being made pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger
  (The "Merger Agreement"), dated as of November 24, 1999, by and among the
  Company, Purchaser and Acquisition Sub, pursuant to which, after the
  completion of the Offer, Acquisition Sub will be merged with and into the
  Company and each issued and outstanding Share (other than Shares held in
  the Company's treasury or beneficially owned by Purchaser or Acquisition
  Sub or Shares, if any, that are held by stockholders who properly exercise
  and perfect appraisal rights pursuant to Section 262 of the Delaware
  General Corporation Law) shall, by virtue of the Merger and without any
  action on the part of the Company, Purchaser, Acquisition Sub or the holder
  thereof, be converted into the right to receive, without interest, the
  Offer Price (the "Merger"). As a result of the Merger, the Company will
  become a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Purchaser. The Merger Agreement
  is more fully described in Section 12 of the Offer to Purchase.

     7. Any stock transfer taxes applicable to a sale of Shares to
  Acquisition Sub will be borne by Acquisition Sub, except as otherwise
  provided in Instruction 6 of the Letter of Transmittal.

   Your instructions to us should be forwarded promptly to permit us to submit
a tender on your behalf prior to the Expiration Date.

   If you wish to have us tender any of or all of the Shares held by us for
your account, please so instruct us by completing, executing, detaching and
returning to us the instruction form on the detachable part hereof. Your
instructions should be forwarded to us in ample time to permit us to submit a
tender on your behalf prior to the Expiration Date.

   Payment for Shares accepted for payment pursuant to the Offer will be in all
cases made only after timely receipt by First Chicago Trust Company of New York
(the "Depositary"), of (a) certificates for (or a timely Book-Entry
Confirmation (as defined in the Offer to Purchase) with respect to) such
Shares, (b) a Letter of Transmittal, properly completed and duly executed, with
any required signature guarantees, or, in the case of a book-entry transfer
effected pursuant to the procedure set forth in Section 3 of the Offer to
Purchase, an Agent's Message, and (c) any other documents required by the
Letter of Transmittal. Accordingly, tendering stockholders may be paid at
different times depending upon when certificates for Shares or Book-Entry
Confirmations with respect to Shares are actually received by the Depositary.
Under no circumstances will interest be paid on the Offer Price, regardless of
any extension of the Offer or any delay in making payment pursuant to the
Offer.

   The Offer is not being made to, nor will tenders be accepted from, or on
behalf of, holders of Shares in any jurisdiction in which the making or
acceptance of the Offer would not be in compliance with the laws of such
jurisdiction. In any jurisdiction where the securities or blue sky laws require
the Offer to be made by a licensed broker or dealer, the Offer will be deemed
made on behalf of Acquisition Sub by Morrow & Co., Inc., the Information Agent
for the Offer, or one or more registered brokers or dealers that are licensed
under the laws of such jurisdiction. An envelope in which to return your
instructions to us is enclosed. If you authorize tender of your Shares, all
such Shares will be tendered unless otherwise indicated in such instruction
form. Please forward your instructions to us as soon as possible to allow us
ample time to tender Shares on your behalf prior to the Expiration Date.

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                        Instructions with Respect to the
                           Offer to Purchase for Cash
                 All of the Outstanding Shares of Common Stock
                                       of

                                   BOLLE INC.

   The undersigned acknowledge(s) receipt of your letter, the Offer to
Purchase, dated December 2, 1999 (the "Offer to Purchase"), and the related
Letter of Transmittal relating to the Offer by Shade Acquisition, Inc., a
Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Worldwide Sports and
Recreation, Inc., a Delaware corporation, to purchase for $5.25 net to the
seller in cash all of the outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.01
per share (the "Shares"), of Bolle Inc., a Delaware corporation.

   This will instruct you to tender the number of Shares indicated below held
by you for the account of the undersigned, on the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase and the related Letter of
Transmittal.

                                                        SIGN HERE
  NUMBER OF SHARES TO BE TENDERED:*

                                          -------------------------------------
SHARES: _____________________________

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Daytime Area Code and Telephone                      (Signature(s))
Number: _____________________________     -------------------------------------

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Taxpayer Identification Number or               (Please Print Name(s) and
Social Security Number: _____________                 Address(es))

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Date: _________________________,
*Unless otherwise indicated, it will be assumed that all your Shares are to be
tendered.

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