For a time, he even subcontracted work from other designers just to get by. His first direct client was Cheerful Fashion Goods, a manufacturer of gifts and stationery, which was then trying to produce an oval briefcase. The company had hired an Italian designer who had previously worked for Louis Vitton to design it, but ran into an unexpected problem.
他的第一個「貴人」是做禮品、文具的吉而好企業。