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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.22

         AGREEMENT dated September 30, 1998, by and among ADRIENNE VITTADINI, an
individual ("AV"), GIANLUIGI VITTADINI, an individual ("GV"), VITTADINI, LTD., a
Delaware corporation ("VLTD"), AV HONG KONG LTD., a Hong Kong corporation
("AVHK"), AV and GV collectively, the "VITTADINIS", and MARISA CHRISTINA, INC.,
a Delaware corporation ("MCI"), ADRIENNE VITTADINI ENTERPRISES, INC., a Delaware
corporation ("AVEI"), FLAPDOODLES, INC., a Delaware corporation ("FL"),
INTERNATIONAL APPAREL MARKETING LTD., a Hong Kong corporation ("IAML"), and
MARISA CHRISTINA APPAREL, INC., a Delaware corporation ("MCA") (MCI, AVEI, FL,
IAML and MCA, collectively, the MCI GROUP"); all of the above collectively, the
"PARTIES".

                              W I T N E S S E T H :

                  WHEREAS, Adrienne Vittadini, Inc. ("AVI") has been liquidated
and AV and GV jointly are successors in interest to AVI;

                  WHEREAS, the PARTIES have entered into certain agreements
dated as of January 1, 1996, including: (i) that certain Asset Purchase
Agreement, by and among Adrienne Vittadini, Inc., a Delaware corporation, which
was liquidated in or about 1997 ("AVI"), MCI and AVEI (the "ASSET PURCHASE
AGREEMENT"); (ii) that certain Employment Agreement, by and among AVEI, MCI and
AV (the "AV EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT"); (iii) that certain Employment Agreement, by
and among AVEI, MCI and GV (the "GV EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT"); and (iv) that
certain Trademark Assignment Agreement, by and among VLTD, MCI and AVEI (the
"TRADEMARK ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT") the above agreements, collectively, the
"AGREEMENTS"; and
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                  WHEREAS, the PARTIES are desirous of modifying, in part,
and/or terminating certain of the AGREEMENTS; and

                  WHEREAS, MCI is willing to pay or cause to be paid to AV and
GV and AV and GV are willing to accept the sum of Two Million Seven Hundred
Fifty Thousand Dollars ($2,750,000.00) in consideration of their termination of
certain compensation rights under the AV EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT and the GV
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT and the sum of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars
($250,000.00), and in settlement of certain claims for ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATION
under Section 3.3.1 of the ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT and the TRADEMARK ASSIGNMENT
AGREEMENT, all pursuant to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.

                  NOW, THEREFORE, the PARTIES hereto agree as follows:
                  1. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein

shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the AGREEMENTS.
                  2. As consideration for the agreements among the PARTIES as

set forth herein in paragraphs 3, 4, and 5, MCI agrees:

                  (a) to pay to AV and GV, upon the execution of this Agreement,
the sum of Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000), by wire transfer of immediately
available funds, to such account as previously has been designated in writing to
MCI by AV and GV, and such payment


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shall be allocable Two Million Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars
($2,750,000.00) in consideration of the termination of certain compensation
rights under the AV EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT and the GV EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT and the
sum of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00), in settlement of
certain claims for ADDITIONAL PURCHASE PRICE PAYMENTS for calendar years 1996,
1997 and the first nine (9) months of 1998 under Section 3.4.1 of the ASSET
PURCHASE AGREEMENT and the TRADEMARK ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT;

                  (b) to pay to AV and GV jointly, as successors in interest to
AVI, upon the execution of this Agreement, the sum of One Hundred Fifty Thousand
Dollars ($150,000.00) representing the ADDITIONAL PURCHASE PRICE PAYMENTS for
calendar years 1996, 1997, and the first nine (9) months of 1998 under Section
3.4.1 of the ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT, by wire transfer of immediately available
funds, to such account as previously has been designated in writing to MCI by AV
and GV; and

                  (c) to transfer to AV such books and publications which MCI
and AVEI acknowledge are the personal property of AV and which are currently
held in the library of MCI, as well as such costumes as AV may select, from the
archives of AVEI and MCI, subject to MCI's consent, provided, however, that AV
may select and retain up to four hundred (400) costumes from the archives, and
provided, further, that AV may borrow such additional


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costumes, with the consent of MCI (which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld) for the purpose of public retrospectives of the designs of AV. The
archives are deemed to consist of garments at least one (1) year old.

                  3. The GV EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT is hereby terminated in all
respects, including, without limitation, GV's rights with respect to
compensation pursuant to Section 2 thereof, employee and fringe benefits
pursuant to Section 3 thereof, and expenses pursuant to Section 4 thereof;
provided, however, that Section 9 entitled: "CONFIDENTIALITY: NON-COMPETITION,
NON-SOLICITATION", Section 10.1 relating to "INDEMNIFICATION UNDER DELAWARE LAW"
and Section 11.3 relating to the Guaranty of MCI shall remain in full force and
effect in accordance with their terms, and all financial obligations of the
PARTIES with regard to the GV EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT are considered to be paid in
full and are deemed satisfied as if same had been paid in a timely manner
pursuant to the terms of the GV EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT. At the option of GV, AVEI
shall terminate, or if possible, assign to GV, those insurance policies, listed
on Schedule "A" hereto, on the life of GV with regard to which AVEI or MCI is a
partial or full owner or beneficiary, provided, however, that (i) within thirty
(30) days after the date hereof, GV shall provide to AVEI or MCI written notice
of his option to cause AVEI or MCI to terminate or assign any or all of the
insurance policies listed on Schedule "A" hereto, and (ii) GV shall be
responsible for the payment of all premiums on those policies which have been
assigned to him. Any cash surrender value relating to such insurance policies
shall be the property of AVEI, whether such policies are terminated or assigned
to GV. With respect to health insurance coverage for GV, MCI and/or AVEI, if


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permitted, will continue such coverage, subject to and conditioned upon GV
immediately reimbursing MCI and/or AVEI for all expenses incurred by it relative
to such health insurance coverage.

                  4. The AV EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT is hereby terminated in all
respects, including, without limitation, AV's rights with respect to
compensation pursuant to Section 2 thereof, employee and fringe benefits
pursuant to Section 3 thereof, and expenses pursuant to Section 4 thereof;
provided, however, that Section 9 entitled: "CONFIDENTIALITY, NON-COMPETITION,
NON-SOLICITATION" (as amended in accordance with the terms and conditions of
Section 5 of this Agreement), Section 10.1 relating to "INDEMNIFICATION UNDER
DELAWARE LAW" and Section 11.3 relating to the Guaranty of MCI shall remain in
full force and effect in accordance with their terms, and all financial
obligations of the PARTIES with regard to the AV EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT are
considered to be paid in full and are deemed satisfied as if same had been paid
in a timely manner pursuant to the terms of the AV EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT. At the
option of AV, AVEI shall terminate, or if possible, assign to AV, those
insurance policies, listed on Schedule "B" hereto, on the life of AV with regard
to which AVEI or MCI is a partial or full owner or beneficiary, provided,
however, that (i) within thirty (30) days after the date hereof, AV shall
provide to AVEI or MCI written notice of her option to cause AVEI or MCI to
terminate or assign any or all of the insurance policies listed on Schedule "B"
hereto, and (ii) AV shall be responsible for the payment of all premiums on
those policies which have been assigned to her. Any cash surrender value
relating to such insurance policies shall be the property of AVEI, whether such
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assigned to AV. In consideration of this Agreement and notwithstanding the
foregoing, AV agrees to continue her efforts through November 30, 1998 in
assisting in the completion of apparel lines bearing the Trademarks, consistent
with past efforts and practices but without further payments to her, provided,
however, that in order to enable her to carry out such assistance, MCI and AVEI
shall continue to make available to AV until November 30, 1998: (i) the use of
the office located at 1441 Broadway, New York, New York; (ii) staff to assist AV
with such apparel lines; (iii) the automobile and driver, in accordance with the
terms of Section 3.5 of the AV EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT; and (iv) an expense account
with respect to all business expenditures reasonably related to AV's assistance
in completion of such apparel lines. With respect to health insurance coverage
for AV, MCI and/or AVEI, if permitted, will continue such coverage, subject to
and conditioned upon AV immediately reimbursing MCI and/or AVEI for all expenses
incurred by it relative to such health insurance coverage.

                  5. Section 9.2 of the AV EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT is hereby
deleted in its entirety, and the following is substituted in lieu thereof:

                  "The Executive covenants and agrees that, for a period of up
                  to 10 years and 3 months after October 1, 1998, as provided
                  below, the Executive shall not compete with the Company
                  anywhere in the world. For purposes of this Section 9.2, the
                  term "compete" shall mean (a) engaging in and/or rendering any
                  services on the Executive's own behalf in respect of, or to or
                  on behalf of, and/or (b) being an officer, director, partner,
                  shareholder (other than the owner of less than 5% of the
                  outstanding equity interest of any publicly traded company),
                  owner, agent


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                  employee or associate of any business or enterprise which is
                  engaged in the business of designing, manufacturing,
                  licensing, marketing and/or selling (i) women's apparel or
                  children's apparel, (ii) men's apparel; provided, however,
                  that the Executive shall not be deemed to be competing with
                  the Company with respect to men's apparel if the Company is
                  not directly engaged in (as opposed to licensing to unrelated
                  third parties the rights to) the design, manufacture,
                  marketing or sale of men's apparel under the name "Adrienne
                  Vittadini" or any related trademark (collectively, the
                  "Trademarks") at the end of the Employment Period, and (iii)
                  any categories of goods listed on Schedule C to the agreement
                  dated as of September 30, 1998, to which Executive and the
                  Company are parties. For purposes of this Agreement, the term
                  "apparel" shall mean all wearing apparel and shall not include
                  any other items of clothing commonly known as accessories,
                  including, for example, shoes, hats, scarves, gloves, belts,
                  handbags or any other non-apparel related categories such as
                  home furnishings and textiles for which the Trademarks have
                  been licensed. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions
                  of this Section 9.2 and Section 9.3 hereof shall be of no
                  further force and effect with respect to:

                           (a) men's apparel and any category of goods or
                  services not set forth in clauses (i) and (iii) immediately
                  above;

                           (b) any category of goods or services set forth in
                  clause (iii) immediately above at any time after January 1,
                  2000; and

                           (c) any category of goods set forth in clause (i)
                  immediately above


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                  (i.e., women's apparel or children's apparel) at any time
                  after January 1, 2002; provided, however, that in the event
                  that (w) the Company shall pay to the Executive Five Hundred
                  Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) for the calendar year 2001, the
                  release of the restriction as set forth in this subsection (c)
                  shall not be operable until any time after January 1, 2003;
                  (x) the Company shall pay to the Executive the sum of One
                  Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) for the calendar year 2002 or
                  such lesser amount so that the aggregate payments for the
                  calendar years 2001 and 2002 equal at least One Million Five
                  Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,500,000.00), then the release of
                  the restriction as set forth in this subsection (c) shall not
                  be operable until any time after January 1, 2004; (y) the
                  Company shall pay to the Executive the sum of at least One
                  Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) for the calendar year 2003,
                  then the release of the restriction as set forth in this
                  subsection (c) shall not be operable until any time after
                  January 1, 2005; and (z) for each successive calendar year
                  commencing with calendar year 2004, the Company shall pay to
                  the Executive such sum, but in no event less than Five Hundred
                  Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00), so that the aggregate sum paid
                  to the Executive in such calendar year and the prior calendar
                  year shall be at least Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00),
                  then the release of such restriction as set forth in this
                  subsection (c) shall not be operable for the calendar year
                  commencing with the first anniversary of the expiration of
                  such calendar year for which the sum required immediately
                  above was paid. For purpose of example, if the Company pays
                  the Executive One Million Two Hundred Thousand Dollars
                  ($1,200,000.00)


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                  for calendar year 2004, then at least Eight Hundred Thousand
                  Dollars ($800,000.00) shall be paid for calendar year for 2005
                  for the restriction to continue for an additional calendar
                  year. With respect to all such payments which the Company
                  shall make to the Executive pursuant to this subsection (c),
                  all Additional Purchase Price Payments (as defined in the
                  Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of January 1, 1996, among
                  the Company, Parent and Adrienne Vittadini, Inc.) made in
                  accordance with the ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT and shall be
                  applied to those payments applicable to such calendar year."

                  6. The ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT shall remain in full force and
effect, except as modified in this Section 6. The PARTIES acknowledge that the
PURCHASE PRICE under the ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT has been paid or is due and
payable in accordance with the following:

                  (a) the INITIAL CONSIDERATION described in Section 3.2 of the
ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT has been paid in full;

                  (b) the 1998 ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATION described in Section
3.3.1 of the ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT has yet to be determined, and such sum, if
any, shall be due and owing to AV and GV in accordance with the terms of the
ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT;

                  (c) the 2000 ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATION described in Section
3.3.1 of the ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT has yet to be determined, and such sum, if
any, shall be due and owing to AV and GV in accordance with the terms of the
ASSET PURCHASE


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AGREEMENT;

                  (d) the biannual ADDITIONAL PURCHASE PRICE PAYMENTS described
in Section 3.4.1 of the ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT, and referred to there as 10%
EBIT bonus and 10% net licensing income payment to the extent not previously
paid or not paid pursuant to Sections 2(a) and 2(b) of this Agreement are hereby
expressly waived by AV and GV as being due and owing as part of the PURCHASE
PRICE, provided that such waiver is for the purposes of the ASSET PURCHASE
AGREEMENT only;

                  (e) the biannual ADDITIONAL PURCHASE PRICE PAYMENTS described
in Section 3.4.2 of the ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT, and referred to there as the
 .825% Royalty Payment shall be due and owing to AV and GV, in accordance with
the terms of the ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT, except that the period for which such
payment shall be due, shall commence on January 1, 2001 as opposed to January 1,
2002.

                  7. The Trademark Assignment Agreement among VLTD, MCI and AVEI
is modified and/or supplemented as follows:

                  (a) AV's twenty-five (25) days per year of personal
appearances as set forth in Section 2.4 shall begin to be effective as of
January 1, 1999, and the PARTIES acknowledge and agree that no such personal
appearances shall be required or requested of AV during the remainder of
calendar year 1998. Personal appearances shall be only be those appearances as
requested by AVEI. With respect to such personal appearances, the PARTIES
additionally agree as follows: (i) AV shall be permitted to travel at all times
with a qualified assistant employed by MCI or AVEI, or an assistant selected by
AV, if same is acceptable to AVEI. AV shall be


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permitted to fly first class when travelling to and from any venues for such
personal appearances; (ii) all expenses, including, but not limited to,
transportation, first class lodgings, meals, and personal amenities (including,
but not limited to, hair dressing and make-up) shall be reimbursed by AVEI
and/or MCI; (iii) all such personal appearances shall be related to "events"
which shall include, but not be limited to, appearances at galas and other
fashion events; (iv) AV shall not be required to make any appearances on the
Home Shopping Network, QVC, or similar formats, or in "info-mercials"; and (v)
travel time which is less than six (6) hours shall be deemed one-half (1/2) of a
day, and travel time which is six (6) hours or more shall be deemed one (1) full
day; and (vi) AVEI and/MCI shall use its reasonable efforts to schedule
successive appearances in "blocks" of days.

                  (b) The PARTIES hereby agree that neither AVEI nor MCI shall
be deemed in default of the TRADEMARK ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT for not having
immediately caused the recordation with the relevant trademark authorities of
the assignments of the TRADEMARKS under the TRADEMARK ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT. The
PARTIES further agree that AVEI or MCI shall cause the recordation of such
assignments at such time when the renewals for the individual TRADEMARKS become
due. In connection therewith, AV or GV, individually and/or as an officer of
VLTD shall sign such documents required by law relating to the registration of
the assignments and/or renewal of the TRADEMARKS which documents are presented
to them for execution, or execute an appropriate power of attorney to Darby &
Darby, trademark attorneys for AVEI.

                  8. AV hereby resigns as an officer and member of the Board of
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MCI and AVEI, effective as of September 30, 1998, and GV hereby resigns as an
officer and member of the Board of Directors of both MCI and AVEI, effective
September 30, 1998.

                  9. MCI and AVEI agree: (i) to permit AV and GV continued
access to their respective offices located at 575 Seventh Avenue, New York, New
York, for a period of thirty (30) days from November 30, 1998 with respect to
AV, and thirty (30) days from September 30, 1998 with respect to GV, as the case
may be, and provided that AV and GV, as the case may be, provides reasonable
notice to MCI of the intention to access such offices and provided further that
MCI and AVEI shall make available to AV and GV, during their use of such
offices, reasonable telephone and secretarial services; (ii) to fax to GV, or a
person designated by GV, a daily phone log of all messages received for AV or
GV; and (iii) if possible MCI and AVEI will permit to be transferred the private
phone lines of AV and GV located at their offices at 575 Seventh Avenue, New
York, New York to such other location as specified in writing by AV and GV,
respectively to MCI.

                  10. The PARTIES shall keep the terms and conditions of this
Agreement strictly confidential unless otherwise required by law and SEC
regulations.

                  11. AV and GV agree not to disparage MCI, AVEI or any of its
officers or directors and MCI and AVEI agree to cause its officers, directors
and employees not to disparage AV or GV. MCI, AV and GV have agreed upon the
text of a press release, which press release will be released promptly after the
execution and delivery of this Agreement.

                  12. MCI and AVEI represent and warrant that the MCI common
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GV and AV have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. If
there are any restrictive legends on the certificates representing AV's and/or
GV's stock in MCI, then, upon the execution of this Agreement, and the delivery
by AV and GV to MCI of all stock certificates representing their equity
ownership in MCI, MCI shall release any and all restrictions on the common stock
of MCI held by AV and GV and shall remove any restrictions on AV's and/or GV's
stock in MCI and shall issue to AV and GV new stock certificates representing
the same number of shares of MCI held by AV and GV, respectively, without any
restrictive legend thereon. Notwithstanding the foregoing, such stock will only
be able to be sold during certain designated "window" periods, no less than
thirty (30) days in each calendar quarter, or as otherwise approved by Michael
H. Lerner, provided, however, that either AV or GV will be given a "window" of
at least one (1) month to sell their respective stock in MCI prior to December
31, 1998. MCI and AVEI agree that in the event that AV or GV desire to sell any
quantity of MCI stock, all PARTIES agree to use their best reasonable efforts to
arrange for a "block" sale of such shares.

                  13. AV and GV hereby reaffirm and acknowledge that they have
no rights with regard to any potential sale of MCI or a sale of AVEI by MCI
other than those rights as set forth in the certain AGREEMENTS and other
agreements dated as of January 1, 1996.

                  14. Each party to this Agreement acknowledges that each has
acted in good faith and has satisfied all existing AGREEMENTS both with respect
to their conduct and actions as well as to any financial obligations as of the
date hereof.


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                  15. MCI hereby acknowledges that it has not entered into any
agreements which bind AV or GV to any obligations or liabilities which have not
been made known to them. AV and GV, individually and jointly, hereby acknowledge
that neither of them have entered into any agreements or have in any way bound
AVEI and/or MCI to any material obligations or liabilities not in the ordinary
course of business.

                  16. Except for the obligations as set forth above in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement, and except as to any future rights
or obligations of the PARTIES as set forth in the AGREEMENTS referenced herein,
and in the other agreements dated as of January 1, 1996, including, but not
limited to, indemnity obligations of AVEI and MCI to AV and GV, which have not
been terminated and as same have been modified and amended, and in consideration
of the payment provided for herein:

                  (a) The VITTADINIS, together with their respective heirs,
executors, administrators, officers, directors, employees, shareholders, agents,
successors and assigns, collectively, the "VITTADINI RELEASORS", hereby release
and discharge each member of the MCI RELEASORS (as defined in Section 16(b)
below) from any and all claims, causes of action, suits, debts, dues, sums of
money, accounts and demands of any kind, whether in law or in equity that any of
the VITTADINI RELEASORS had, now have or hereafter may have by reason of any
matter arising from, relating to, or in connection with any of the AGREEMENTS or
by reason of any matter from the beginning of the world to the day of the date
of this Agreement against any of the MCI RELEASORS.

                  (b) Each member of the MCI GROUP, together with their
respective officers,


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directors, employees, shareholders, agents, successors and assigns, collective,
the "MCI RELEASORS" hereby releases and discharges the VITTADINI RELEASORS from
any and all claims, causes of action, suits, debts, dues, sums of money,
accounts and demands of any kind, whether in law or in equity, that any of the
MCI RELEASORS had, now have or hereafter may have by reason of any matter
arising from, relating to, or in connection with any of the AGREEMENTS, or by
reason of any matter from the beginning of the world to the day of the date of
this Agreement against any of the VITTADINI RELEASORS.

                  (c) Specifically excluded from the above releases is the
obligation of AV and GV to Kreindler & Relkin, P.C. for professional services
rendered with regard to the litigation entitled: Lazar Consulting Associates,
Inc. v. Adrienne Vittadini, Inc. and Adrienne Vittadini Enterprises, Inc.; Index
No. 602503/96.

                  17. MCI shall withhold on behalf of AV and GV applicable
Federal, State, City, payroll withholding taxes, FICA and disability, in
accordance with the standard Employee Wage and Tax Statement (Form W-2) for AV
and GV on Two Million Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($2,750,000.00)
described in Section 2(a) of this Agreement.

                  18. Except as specifically modified or terminated hereinabove,
each of the AGREEMENTS shall remain in full force effect, and are hereby
ratified and confirmed.

                  19. This Agreement shall not be changed, modified or amended
except by a writing signed by the party to be charged and this Agreement may not
be discharged except by performance in accordance with its terms or by a writing
signed by the party to which performance is to be rendered and only to the
extent set forth therein.


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                  20. No waiver shall be deemed to be made by any of the PARTIES
to any of its rights hereunder unless that waiver shall be in a writing signed
by the waiving party and then only to the extent therein set forth. No failure
of any of the PARTIES to exercise any power given such party hereunder or to
insist upon strict compliance by any other party with its obligations hereunder,
and no custom or practice of the parties at variance with the terms hereof shall
constitute a waiver of the right of any party to demand precise compliance with
the terms of the Agreement.

                  21. All references to any representation or obligation of MCI
and AVEI or AV and GV shall be deemed to be joint and several.

                  22. If any provision of this Agreement or the application of
any provision hereof to any party or in any circumstances is held invalid, the
remainder of this Agreement and the application of such provision to other
PARTIES or circumstances shall not be affected unless the provision held invalid
shall substantially impair the benefits of the remaining portions of this
Agreement, except if the wire transfer of the sums provided for in Section 2
herein are deemed invalid, the entire Agreement is deemed void and the
AGREEMENTS shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect.

                  23. This Agreement shall be binding upon and insure to the
benefit of the PARTIES hereto and their respective heirs, executors,
administrators, successors and permitted assigns.

                  24. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed and
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accordance with the laws of the State of New York without reference to its
principles of conflicts of law. This Agreement, or any modification or extension
thereof, shall not be resolved by arbitration.

                  25. This Agreement may be executed in one or more
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which
together shall constitute one and the same document.

                  26. This Agreement sets forth the entire agreement and
understanding among the PARTIES as to the subject matter hereof and all prior
agreements and understandings are merged into this Agreement.

                  27. The notice provisions under the AGREEMENTS and the other
agreements dated January 1, 1996, addressed to Joel Yunis, Esq., shall be
changed to Pavia & Harcourt, 600 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10022,
attention Ralph Galasso, Esq.



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                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the PARTIES hereto has executed
this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

                                        MARISA CHRISTINA, INC.

                                        By:

ADRIENNE VITTADINI

                                        ADRIENNE VITTADINI ENTERPRISES, INC.

GIANLUIGI VITTADINI

                                        By:

VITTADINI, LTD.

By:                                     FLAPDOODLES, INC.

                                        By:

                                        MARISA CHRISTINA APPAREL, INC.

                                        By:

                                        INTERNATIONAL APPAREL MARKETING LTD.

                                        By:

                                        AV HONG KONG LTD.


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                                   SCHEDULE A

                               ADRIENNE VITTADINI

                                   DOB 10-9-43

                              SUMMARY OF INSURANCE



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COMPANY        FACE           PLAN      ISSUE        ANNUAL         PREMIUM        GROSS     LOAN             OWNER & BENEFICIARY
               AMOUNT                   DATE         PREMIUM        PD-TO-         CASH
                                                                    DATE           VALUE*
                                                                                      

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Guardian       $1,000,000     Whole     11-12-87     $16,438        11-12-98       $152,001  $24,869 Prin     Owner: Split $ AVEI &
3106326                       Life                                                            $1,989 Int**    Insured
                              Waiver    '97 DIV       $5,310                                 $26,858 Total    Bene: Split $ AVEI &
                                                                                                              Gianluigi Vittadini

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Guardian       $1,000,000     Whole     10-07-85     $18,375        10-07-98       $233,056  $36,981 Prin     Owner: Split $ AVEI &
2988561                       Life                                                            $2,959 Int***   Insured
                              Waiver    '97 DIV       $9,450                                 $39,940 Total    Bene: Split $ AVEI &
                                                                                                              Gianluigi Vittadini

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Aetna          $5,000,000     10 Year   08-05-97     $12,330        08-05-98       N/A       N/A              Owner/Bene: AVEI
W4315303                      Level
                              Term

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Cigna          $5,000,000     10 YLT    08-05-97     $13,275        08-05-98       N/A       N/A              Owner/Bene: AVEI
7053032
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*        Cash values do not reflect policy loans
**       Loan interest paid to 11/12/98
***      Loan interest paid to 10/07/98


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                                   SCHEDULE B

                               GIANLUIGI VITTADINI

                                   DOB 7-2-38

                              SUMMARY OF INSURANCE



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COMPANY    FACE                PLAN      ISSUE        ANNUAL      PREMIUM     GROSS CASH        LOAN           OWNER &
           AMOUNT                        DATE         PREMIUM     PD-TO-      VALUE*                           BENEFICIARY
                                                                  DATE
                                                                                       
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Guardian   $1,000,000 base     Whole     10-28-87     $25,980     10-28-98    $222,365 base     $0             Owner: Split $ AVEI
3109819             $81 adds   Life                                                $42 adds                    & Insured
           $1,000,081 total    Waiver    '97 DIV       $9,792                 $222,407 total                   Bene: Split $ AVEI
                                                                                                               & Adrienne Vittadini

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Guardian   $1,000,000          Whole     10-07-85     $28,505     10-07-98    $273,579          $61,663 Prin   Owner: Split $ AVEI
2968560                        Life                                                              $4,933 Int**  & Insured
                               Waiver    '97 DIV       $9,410                                   $68,596 Total  Bene: Split $ AVEI
                                                                                                               & Adrienne Vittadini

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Cigna      $3,000,000          10 Year   08-05-97     $18,225     08-05-98    N/A               N/A            Owner/Bene: AVEI
7053033                        Level
                               Term

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*        Cash values do not reflect policy loans
**       Loan interest paid to 10/07/98


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                                   SCHEDULE C

1.   Women's Footwear as described in the License Agreement with AV Footwear
     dated 12/15/93.

2.   Women's Scarves, Ascots, Mufflers and Shawls as described in the License
     Agreement with Accessory Street dated 1/1/97.

3.   Cosmetic Travel Bags as described in the License Agreement with Designs on
     Travel dated 1/1/97.

4.   Yarn as described in the License Agreement with JCA dated 1/1/95.

5.   Fragrance Products as described in the License Agreement with Khepra Beauty
     Group dated 7/23/93 and proposed unsigned License Agreement with Riviera
     Concepts.

6.   Handbags and Small Leather Goods as described in the License Agreement with
     AV Handbags dated 9/1/97.

7.   Bedroom, Bath and Household Products as described in the License Agreement
     with Fieldcrest Cannon dated 1/1/93 as specifically designated.

8.   Frames and Accessories for Sunglasses and Ophthalmic Eyewear as described
     in the License Agreement with VIVA International dated 1/1/95.


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