“IF YOU DRESS AS THOUGH SUCCESSFUL, PEOPLE TAKE YOU SERIOUSLY”
How did you make your way to Savile Row?
am from a humble, poor family in Trinidad. My father did all sorts of odd jobs—a cleaner, gardener, car park attendant. He used to also sell rum illegally to make ends meet. My entrepreneurial trait came from seeing him do different things. I didn't want to go college and I tried hard to fail my exams. It's 53 years since I have been a tailor. When I was about nine-years-old, I cut pillow cases into the shape of a pair of trousers. So, basically, we got a rectangle and I just cut down in the middle. I had always heard of Savile Row. Like a young athlete wants to run in
