DI STARTED HER WORKING LIFE IN LONDON IN THE LATE SEVENTIES, TRAINING AS A HAIRDRESSER. FROM THERE, SHE ALSO FOUND WORK AS A SESSION HAIRDRESSER ON MAGAZINE SHOOTS BEFORE JOINING THE BBC AS A MAKE UP ARTIST AND HAIRDRESSER FOR FILM AND TV. 

AFTER MEETING HER AUSTRALIAN HUSBAND ON A FILM SET IN RUSSIA, SHE RELOCATED TO LORNE, AUSTRALIA. FAMILY LIFE MEAN’T A CHANGE AND DI MOVED AWAY FROM FILM AND INTO TV COMMERCIALS, FASHION, RED CARPET EVENTS AND WEDDINGS.