My father had a way of taking a person into a fresh way of thinking.

He once told me that if I got stuck, really struck, with a problem, I should try wearing something that I would never wear. He said that maybe the part of me that would wear that, could finally come out because I went somewhere new, might know exactly what to do next.

I came to think of clothing as a way to grow myself and having watched customers for years I am quite convinced that it does.