“He scared me so much in his makeup,” said Gray, who also held executive titles at St. John. “I called him Mr. Sixx and he didn't correct me.”
Nonetheless, the pair discovered “this great rapport and great chemistry” when they had lunch together in June, she said.
“Our relationship reminds me somewhat of the working relationship of my mom and dad's,” she said, referring to St. John founders Marie and Robert Gray.
Her parents, she said, are pleased about the new venture, which was first reported in Women's Wear Daily, and “absolutely adore” Sixx, who was born Frank Carlton Serafino Ferranno.
“They're thrilled,” she said. “They call Nikki their tattooed son.”
Gray has been immersed in the apparel industry for much of her life, but the bassist said he also has experience designing clothing, including outfits worn by the band.
“To me, fashion and music go hand in hand,” said Sixx, who wrote most of Motley Crue's songs as they went from a local sensation on the Sunset Strip to one of the top names in the so-called hair metal movement of the 1980s.
He even started a clothing line about eight years ago, called Outlaw, Sixx said.
“I invested my own money,” he said, and “lost a quarter of a million dollars.”
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