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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1
 
              INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT AND REPORT ON SCHEDULE
 
Board of Directors
 
bebe stores, inc.
 
   
    We consent to the use in this Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement
No. 333-50333 of bebe stores, inc. on Form S-1 of our report dated May 6, 1998,
May 30, 1998 as to Note 14 (which expresses an unqualified opinion and includes
an explanatory paragraph relating to the restatement described in Note 14)
appearing in the Prospectus, which is a part of this Registration Statement, and
to the references to us under the headings "Selected Financial and Operating
Data" and "Experts" in such Prospectus.
    
 
    Our audits of the financial statements referred to in our aforementioned
report also included the financial statement schedule of bebe stores, inc.,
listed in Item 16(b). This financial statement schedule is the responsibility of
the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion based on
our audits. In our opinion, such financial statement schedule, when considered
in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly
in all material respects the information set forth therein.
 
   
Deloitte & Touche LLP
San Francisco, California
June 2, 1998
    
