Unzipped - James Joseph Grenenger

Name
James Joseph Grenenger

Age
45

Position
Director/owner of Jimmy Stuart

Salary
Not nearly enough

My childhood dream job
To be a builder - that's where the real money is

My first job:
Sydney Fish Markers or Fosseys - I'm not sure, they both smelt funny

My big break
I'm waiting for it. . .  I can feel it's soon

My biggest risk
To stop working part-time and focus totally on my company back in 1984, it was pretty scary

My proudest moment
My daughter Georgia's speech at school and my other daughter Rosie's third place in the cross country. Big, big proud tears
 
My biggest regret
Going out on my first date and my private parts were in view and I didn't know. Needless to say there was no second date. I was 14. Her name was Rosemary Mattum. I will never forget

My biggest fashion faux pas
MC Hammer Pants...although I made money out of them

My mentor
Harley Nash, the founder of Double Bay Clothing, a man with a dream. My friend

If I could do it over
I would like to do the first 12 years of my two girls' life again, it's been wonderful

If I wasn't in fashion I'd be
A lumberjack but I'm okay. I really don't know

My idea that never took off
Our indoor soccer shirts: hot pink with black trim equipped with manboobs

In my spare time I
Play soccer, ski with my kids in winter and I love flick chicks

People would be surprised to know I
Was an extra in a movie with Nicole Kidman before she had pubic hair - BMX Bandits

I want my epitaph to say
Tried everything at least once. Did the good things at least twice