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Madison Avenue Designer & Photographer: 1985-1990

Independent and entrepreneurial since a young age, my dream of building a business and a brand in New York started materializing as a shop and a couture salon which I opened on Madison Avenue and 67th Street. My clients were happy to be photographed wearing my creations. I also had to learn to shoot lots of 'selfies' because of lack of funds for paying photographers' and models' fees.

At the opening party of my shop on Madison Avenue in New York, the American author Isak Asimov gave me two of his books in Finnish! And isn't that handsome guy in grey suit the glamorous Mr. David Koch? Anne Hearst, Emily Kennedy, Christine Mortimer Biddle, Susan Nagel, the Rutherfurds, Paris Hilton, Nicky Hilton, Kathy Hilton, Emily Kennedy, Sarah King, Nanette Cavanagh, all were dressed in 'Ulla-Maija' designs.


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Self-portrait, 1985, New York
At the opening party of my shop on Madison Avenue, the American author Isaac Asimov gave me two of his books in Finnish!
Michael Millius, David Koch
David Koch
Paris, Kathy and Nicky Hilton dressed by Ulla-Maija
Anne Hearst
Anne Hearst
Mary Michele Rutherfurd
Emily Kennedy
Lisa Peluso
Milli de Cabrol
Milli de Cabrol
Milli de Cabrol
Milli de Cabrol
Jacqueline Rutherfurd
Jacqueline Rutherfurd
Jacqueline Rutherfurd
Jenna Ward
Emily Kennedy
Emily Kennedy
Nannette Cavanagh
Jenna Ward
Jeanne Ulmer Ramer
Jeanne Ulmer Ramer
Mary Michele Rutherfurd
Mary Michele Rutherfurd
Anne Hearst
Anne Hearst
Christine Mortimer Biddle
Susan Nagel
Sarah King
Susan Nagel
Susan Nagel
Alvenia Bridges
Taylor Stein
Taylor Stein
Anne Hearst
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