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instead, but still without a uniform. In order to afford a uniform he set up his own business buying paraffin at the bottom of the hill, then pushing it up in an old pram, and selling it for a penny more at the top of the hill. By 13 he was employing a man to drive a lorry-based tanker, and at 15 he
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in London, which carried his own designs along with other designers' work. It proved such a success that in 1969, he launched his own fashion label.
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