and it made the dream accessible. it made me feel like if he could do it i could do it. he had a sophisticated level. he understand quality, clothing tailoring and he wanted the best. a lot of obstacles for if us. we were young. i was 22 years old. i didn t make a lot of money back then. we were kind of learning the ropes a little bit. stores were afraid of this culture. they really were. they really didn t want this customer in their store. these stores were highly traded, white suburban and very traditional. for a long time department stores were fighting it. by the time we called urban designers, hip hop designers they couldn t break in to department stores. it was tommy hilfiger, polo. all the big names. the music industry is making those names big and bigger by