and then you have to run in the house and clean your feet and wash your hands. yeah, he wasjust old school militarian. the disciplinarian type. yeah. what about your mum what was she like? my mum was very creative i mean, i think that s where i got my creativity from. she was also making clothes, always making people laugh, always sort of in a world of her own. so, they were quite a good contrast, i d say! and she set up with this company of seamstresses and a lot of people won t necessarily know what that actually involves, but it was there that you discovered your interest in garments, in creativity and you came to understand the interests of fashionable women. i remember all these incredible women of all shapes and sizes and colours, you know? my grandmother, my aunts, my cousins, and all of them laughing, and so i always associated fashion with fun and joy and seeing a woman sort of try on a dress and just come alive. so, i remember going to my aunt s salon, dolly dots,
he was very strict, very sort of old school african military, military, you know? ruled the house with an iron fist and we were all scared of him growing up! you know, you d be outside, sort of playing and it s like there comes your dad and then you have to run in the house and clean your feet and wash your hands. yeah, he wasjust old school militarian. the disciplinarian type. yeah. what about your mum what was she like? my mum was very creative. i mean, i think that s where i got my creativity from. she was also making clothes, always making people laugh, always sort of in a world of her own. so, they were quite a good contrast, i d say. and she set up with this company of seamstresses and a lot of people won t necessarily know what that actually involves, but it was there that you discovered your interest in garments, in creativity and you came to understand the interests of fashionable women. i remember all these incredible women of all shapes and sizes and colours, you know?
she was always making clothes, always making people laugh, always sort of in a world of her own. so, they were quite a good contrast, i d say! and she set up with this company of seamstresses and a lot of people won t necessarily know what that actually involves, but it was there that you discovered your interest in garments, in creativity and you came to understand the interests of fashionable women. i remember all these incredible women of all shapes and sizes and colours, you know? my grandmother, my aunts, my cousins, and all of them laughing, and so i always associated fashion with fun and joy and seeing a woman sort of try on a dress and just come alive. so, i remember going to my aunt s salon, dolly dots, and seeing ebony magazine and jet and time and i was transported. i didn t know i would end up sort of doing what i m doing now but i knew there was a world out there that i wanted to be a part of and it was glamorous and it was bright and all these incredible women you kno
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well, the war here in ukraine has touched the lives of nearly everyone in the country. even retired seamstresses. ivan watson met a family that s making body armor for those putting their lives on the line to protect their land. reporter: a melody in a time of deep uncertainty. a family hard at work, turning their living room into a makeshift workshop. producing locally made armor for the ukrainian military. this is heavy. this is a flack jacket. these flack jackets are the work of this grandmother and former seamstress. russia s invasion of ukraine pulled 68-year-old irena out of retirement to work as a volunteer sewing flak jackets for ukrainian soldiers.