Well I will say yes, why not, because I had one, at least I did once, a very long time ago, post punk and yet before the summer of love, when glow stick in hand and with a whistle around their neck, everyone needed a lunatic shirt to lose, in some happy and now half forgotten field. And I made them, stupid things they were with whopping stabber collars, billowing sleeves and 12 inch cuffs, out of Saree fabrics and African head dress material…I looked like Willy Wonker, give or take a letter. I blame the marvellous Wayne Hemingway, founder of Red or Dead and purveyor of the flamenco sleeved lunacy that I loved. And I had some success, my moment in the sun; but I\u2019ll still say yes with caution, and here\u2019s where I morally absolve myself and end up sounding like your Dad…if you want an easier business, start a chocolate teapot factory, market a plastic pan for salads, invent a revolving soup fork, because it doesn\u2019t get much harder than starting a fashion brand.<\/p>\n
I get between ten and twenty enquiries a day, from footballers, actors, bus drivers and teachers, hookers, shepherds and bee keepers, saying \u2018I don\u2019t suppose anyone has said this to you before, but I\u2019m thinking of starting my own clothing brand\u2019…and I\u2019ve been doing that for over twenty years. To view the success rate would require an electron microscope, and by success I don\u2019t mean getting your T-shirt onto the winner from \u2018I\u2019m A Celebrity Tosspot\u2019 – I\u00a0 mean getting to the point where you\u2019re so desirable, that someone would give you proper loot to buy your brand.<\/p>\n
So what are the two main reasons for failure, and how do I avoid them?<\/p>\n
I\u2019ll tell you next time….I bloody hate it when people do that….<\/p>\n
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