Tiffany

at Unique Clothing Warehouse

Excuse me, Can I Read Your Dress?

with my collaborator Mike Colon

Strike A Pose!  AWK Himself!

Erte, in a shirt I made for him

Erte's shirt, modeled by Roddy

You can take the boy out of the Bronx, but you can't take the Bronx out of the boy

In 1983, my friend and sometime business partner Allan Rinde decided to exit the music business and open a Chinese Restaurant in Hollywood. I came up with a name for him, Genghis Cohen! The place was an immediate hit. Soon after, Allan asked me to take some of the burden off his shoulders and become Maitre'd. It was about this time that I had begun working with fabric paint and decided to create a unique look for myself by creating my own outfits. 

When I did a couple of jackets for ERTE....the father of Art Deco....I didn't know who he was....when I found out I doubled my prices and landed a one man show at Bobbi Leonard's gallery in Santa Monica. It wasn't long before I was selling my clothing out of Fred Segals, Robinsons & Leather Force on Melrose and in Beverly Hills.