business $800,000 in two months. Despite the setback, she put together a fashion show for New York in Spring 2000, where reps from Bebe saw her designs and immediately hired her as head designer for their newly created Los Angeles office. Bebe CEO and founder Manny Mashouf told the Los Angeles Times, "Her dresses are highly designed in terms of seams and details. They're sexy and feminine and have a fluid motion." Fashion writer Lauri Pike said of Monah Li's hiring, "It's a great matchup in a lot of ways. I think of those [Bebe] clothes as being a little too young and slutty. But if Monah Li designs for them, I'm going to watch it. If they want to pull ahead of their competition or appeal to slightly older women, Monah Li could be very helpful." Monah Li eventually left bebe to restart her own label. She showed at Los Angeles Fashion Week in 2003, and returned in 2004 with a "dramatically reinvented look" featuring richly colored solids and fur stoles which was called "one of the most visually stimulating and breathtaking shows of the week." Monah Li then started a partnership with a manufacturing company, but there were disagreements. The business ended in 2007. Monah Li shifted her career goals from fashion, taking writing classes at UCLA and completing a certificate program in alcohol and drug counseling, while assisting her longtime boyfriend who was working on his third novel. During her hiatus from designing, she recovered from nineteen years of bulimia, with the support of friends and her newly discovered interest in belly dancing. In 2008, she and her author/screenwriter boyfriend were married. After their divorce in 2010 and the completion of her counseling internships, Monah Li returned to designing, with a fashion show featuring her classic looks in March 2011. She also spent a brief time designing once again for bebe, then began selling her own designs at a Los Feliz boutique owned by designer Tiziana. In August 2011, she opened her new boutique in the Elysian Park area of Los Angeles. Personal life Monah Li has been married three timesy. She has a grown daughter by her second husband. She now is with Musian artist actor- Joel Turrisi,drummer- Joan Jett-20/20-the Know.Blondie: They now live in Santa Fe References External links American fashion designers American women fashion designers American women writers Year of birth missing (living people)