much to his parent s chagrin and immediately started looking for an apprenticeship and never found the right one so like a mechanic who deconstructs engines poku taught himself. i learned construction by taking clothes apart, trial and error. it wasn t until later he realized he had quite a lot in common of the man in the orange suit, the one who allowed him to think a career in fashion was possible. everything was like he was cool, and then he just went and though poku never wanted to be just a tailor, it s that attention to detail and fit that helped him win the emerging design award and win both the people s choice and emerging designer award as charleston s fashion week. that reaffirms the decision he made to follow his own dream,
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