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In early-'80s New York, Devon O'Brien found herself the unlikely muse to legendary couturiere Pauline TrigA[umlaut]re.
I studied drama and literature at Brown University and, when I graduated, hopped the train for New York City, determined to act, write, and suffer for art. I got a job as a waitress. I won the lead in a play showing in a dingy, decidedly Off-Off Broadway theater. I met an English journalist while in line for the ladies' room at Nicola's. Our first date ended at Elaine's, where he stood on a chair and exclaimed to the room, "I've just met the girl I'm going to marry, damn it!" I got fired as a waitress and pounded the pavements, looking for a job. ...