His first experience of sewing was at the tender age of six, when he asked his mum if he could use her sewing machine. “Mum was always making things, so I figured I could do it too. Even then, I had my own strong ideas about style and would alter shop-bought clothes, so they were more in line with the distinctive look I was going for,” he says, laughing. At school, he didn’t tell anyone he enjoyed sewing, “but I kept dabbling, tweaking things and making garments in secret, until I turned 16 and started a fashion design course at college.”

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