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for another enterprise, selling similar items. Later, he
accepted a position selling women’s apparel wholesale for a
clothing manufacturer. Mr. Rabinowitz developed his sales skills
further in positions with several other women’s apparel companies
before accepting a sales and merchandising position with Jasper
Brothers of California (Jasper Brothers). At Jasper Brothers,
Mr. Rabinowitz met Ms. Little, a designer at the company.
Ms. Little was always interested in fashion and hoped to
make it a career. After brief stints at junior college and
studying English literature at UCLA, she began looking for
fashion courses. She began studying at LA Trade Tech in the
early 1970s after discovering there were no design-specific
institutions. She originally intended to take just one course at
LA Trade Tech but loved her fashion studies so much that she
stayed for 2 years and graduated. Ms. Little then accepted a
position designing women’s apparel at Jasper Brothers. There,
she met Mr. Rabinowitz, and they began a personal relationship.3
Their personal and professional relationship would last over 30
years, dramatically change their lives, and alter the way in
which women’s apparel was designed and marketed.
3Petitioners married each other in late 1978 or early 1979
and divorced in 1995 or 1996 although the record does not reflect
the exact date of either their marriage or divorce. Petitioners
have maintained their professional relationship and at the time
of trial owned Studio CL, a women’s apparel design and import
firm.
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