INVENTORY SECURITY AGREEMENT

                                             New York, New York October 19, 1999

Rosenthal & Rosenthal, Inc.
1370 Broadway
New York, N. Y. 10018

Gentlemen:

We do hereby agree that the  Factoring  Agreement  between us dated  October 19,
1999, be and the same hereby is amended and  supplemented  by adding thereto the
following clauses:

     We hereby pledge,  assign,  consign,  transfer and set over to you, and you
shall at all times have a continuing  general lien upon, and we hereby grant you
a  continuing  security  interest  in,  all of our  Inventory  and the  proceeds
thereof.  "Inventory" shall include but not be limited to raw materials, work in
process, finished merchandise and all wrapping,  packing and shipping materials,
wheresoever  located,  now owned or hereafter  acquired,  presently  existing or
hereafter  arising,  and all additions  and  accessions  thereto,  the resulting
product or mass and any documents  representing  all or any part  thereof.  Upon
your request, we will at any time and from time to time, at our expense, deliver
such Inventory to you or such person as you may designate,  cause the same to be
stored in your name at such place as you may designate, deliver to you documents
of title  representing the same or otherwise  evidence your security interest in
such manner as you may require.

     The aforementioned  pledge,  assignment,  consignment,  transfer,  lien and
security interest shall secure any and all of the Obligations.

     We agree, at our expense,  to keep all Inventory  insured to the full value
thereof against such risks and by policies of insurance issued by such companies
as you may  designate or approve,  and the policies  evidencing  such  insurance
shall be duly  endorsed  in your favor with a long form  lender's  loss  payable
rider or such other  document as you may designate  and said  policies  shall be
delivered  to you.  Should  we fail for any  reason  to  furnish  you with  such
insurance,  you shall  have the right to effect the same and charge any costs in
connection  therewith to us. You shall have no risk, liability or responsibility
in connection with payment or nonpayment of any loss, your sole obligation being
to credit our  account  with the net  proceeds  of any such  insurance  payments
received on account of any loss. Any and all assessments, taxes or other charges
that may be assessed  upon or payable with respect to the  Inventory or any part
thereof  shall  forthwith  be  paid  by us,  and we  agree  that  you,  in  your
discretion,  may effect  such  payment  and charge the amount  thereof to us. We
further  agree that except for the pledge,  assignment,  consignment,  transfer,
lien and security  interest  granted to you hereby and except for existing liens
to be released, we shall not permit said Inventory to otherwise become liened or
encumbered nor shall we grant any security  interest therein to any other party.
We shall not, without your written consent first obtained,  remove or dispose of
any of such  Inventory  except to bona fide  purchasers  thereof in the ordinary
course of our  business on orders  first  approved  in writing by you.  All such
sales shall be  reported  to you  promptly  and the  accounts or other  proceeds
thereof  shall be subject to the security  interests in your favor.  Following a
default in any of the Obligations as and when the same become due and during the
continuance  thereof  you shall  have the  right at all  times to the  immediate
possession of all  Inventory  and its products and proceeds.  We shall make such
Inventory and all our records pertaining thereto available to you for inspection
at any reasonable  business hours requested by you. You shall have the right, in
your discretion, to pay any liens or claims upon said Inventory,  including, but
not limited to, warehouse  charges,  dyeing,  finishing and processing  charges,
landlords'  claims,  etc. and the amount of any such payment shall be charged to
our account and secured  hereby.  You shall not be liable for the safekeeping of
any of the Inventory or for any loss,  damage or diminution in the value thereof
or for any act or default of any  warehouseman,  carrier or other person dealing
in and with said  Inventory,  whether  as your  agent or  otherwise,  or for the
collection  of any  proceeds  thereof  but the same shall at all times be at our
sole risk.

     Prior  to its sale to a bona  fide  purchaser  in the  ordinary  course  of
business,  Inventory shall at all times remain at our address specified below or
at c/o Performance Team, 2550 Dominguez Dr., Dominguez Hills, CA 90220; c/o Loma
Cargo,  29 Mack Drive,  Edison,  NJ 08817,  c/o Gilbert West,  11821 E. Florence
Ave., Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670; c/o Perfect Fit, 397 East 54th Street, Elmwood
Park, NJ 07407;  c/o Bonded  Warehouse,  19400 S. Western Ave., Los Angeles,  CA
90502;  2450  Palisades  Center Dr., West Nyack,  NY 10994;  1770 West Main St.,
Riverhead,  NY 11901; 630 Old Country Road,  Roosevelt Field Mall , garden City,
NY 11530;  537 Monmouth Rd.,  Jackson,  NJ 08527;  Jersey garden Metro Mall, 651
Kapkowski Rd., Elizabeth,  NJ 07201;  Galleria mall, 100 Main St., White Plains,
NY 10601 and shall not be removed therefrom without your prior written consent.

     Upon our default in the  payment,  performance  or  discharge of any of the
Obligations as and when the same become



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due, or in the event of our insolvency, or if a receiver or trustee is appointed
for our assets or affairs, or if we discontinue doing business, or if a petition
in bankruptcy or for arrangement or reorganization is filed by or against us, or
if we make an  assignment  for the  benefit of our  creditors,  or  suspend  the
operation of our business or commence the liquidation thereof, or make any offer
of  settlement,  extension  or  composition  with  our  creditors,  or upon  the
appointment  of a committee of our creditors or a  liquidating  agent for us, or
the  issuance  of any  attachment  or  execution  against us, or the filing of a
judgment or other lien  against us, or upon our any default  hereunder  or under
any other agreement between us, you shall have the right, upon reasonable notice
to us, to sell all or any part of our  Inventory,  at public or private sale, or
make  other  disposition  thereof,  at which  sale or  disposition  you may be a
purchaser.  We agree that written  notice sent to us by postpaid  mail, at least
ten days before the date of any intended public sale or the date after which any
private sale or other intended disposition of the Inventory is to be made, shall
be deemed to be reasonable notice thereof.  We do hereby waive all notice of any
such sale or other  intended  disposition  if said  Inventory is  perishable  or
threatens  to decline  speedily in value or is of a type  customarily  sold on a
recognized  market.  Upon the occurrence of any of the events referred to in the
first sentence of this paragraph, you may require us to assemble all or any part
of the  Inventory  and make it available to you at a place to be  designated  by
you,  which is  reasonably  convenient  to both  parties.  In addition,  you may
peaceably, by your own means or with judicial assistance, enter our or any other
premises and take possession of the Inventory and remove or dispose of it on our
premises and we agree that we will not resist or interfere with any such action.
We hereby  expressly waive demand,  notice of sale (except as herein  provided),
advertisement  of sale and redemption  before sale. The net proceeds of any such
public or private  sale or other  disposition  as far as needed shall be applied
toward the  payment  and  discharge  of any and all of the  Obligations  to you,
together with all interest thereon and all reasonable costs,  charges,  expenses
and disbursements in connection therewith, including the reasonable fees of your
attorneys,  rendering  any surplus  remaining to us, we, of course,  to continue
liable should there be any deficiency.

     This  agreement  is  deemed  made in the  State  of New  York  and is to be
governed,  interpreted and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of
New York.  No  modification,  waiver or  discharge  of this  agreement  shall be
binding upon you unless in writing,  signed and subscribed by you. If you should
at any time fail to exercise  any right or privilege  hereunder,  the same shall
not constitute a waiver on your part of exercising any right or privilege at any
subsequent  time.  If any  taxes are  imposed  or if you  shall be  required  to
withhold  or pay any tax  because of any  transactions  between  us, we agree to
indemnify you and hold you harmless in respect thereto.  It is agreed between us
that trial by jury is hereby waived in any action,  proceeding  or  counterclaim
brought by either of us against the other on any matters  whatsoever arising out
of or in any way  connected  with this  agreement  or our  relationship  created
hereby and we hereby  consent to the  jurisdiction  of the Supreme  Court of the
State of New York for a determination  of any dispute as to any such matters and
authorize  the  service of process  on us by  registered  mail sent to us at our
address hereinbelow set forth.

     This  agreement  shall  constitute  a security  agreement  pursuant  to the
Uniform  Commercial  Code and, in  addition to any and all of your other  rights
hereunder,  you shall have all of the rights of a secured party  pursuant to the
provisions  of the  Uniform  Commercial  Code.  We agree to execute a  financing
statement  and any and all  other  instruments  and  documents  that  may now or
hereafter be provided for by the Uniform Commercial Code or other law applicable
thereto,  reflecting  the security  interests  granted to you  hereunder.  We do
hereby authorize you to file a financing statement without our signature, signed
only by you as secured party, to reflect the security  interests  granted to you
hereunder.

Very Truly Yours,

CANDIE'S, INC.

By: /s/ NEIL COLE, CEO
   -----------------------------

2975 Westchester Avenue, Purchase, NY 10577



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