………………………MY FIRST JOB AS A DESIGNER at 21 YEARS OF AGE, and MY FIRST PUBLICITY SHOT………………..My first job as a designer, not an assistant anymore!….was for a company called….GIORGINI…….a division of the ORIGINALA GROUP, which consisted of 5 or 6 companies. Giorgini, considered a “Fashion Sportswear” line, was the newest addition…………..Talk about learning on the job!!! Allen Duddle was the president of the new division, and he saw something in this 21 year old, truly wet behind the ears, and TOOK A CHANCE! I stayed with the company for 3 years before I left to join Donna Karan as co-designer at Anne Klein……I will always be grateful to Allen for giving me a chance, and the start to the rest of my life…….I was so young….so innocent…with SO MUCH TO LEARN……However, I had to learn fast, and I did!……..I had no idea what my life would be or what was ahead of me…..So many incredible adventures!…….I certainly had a full thick head of black hair back then!!!………….If I knew then what I know now!!!!