Paul Smith

Paul Smith is a British designer best known for his menswear collections. The designer originally hoped for a career as a professional athlete, but when sidelined by a serious accident, he began to consider a career in the world of art and ideas. His interest in the fashion world began with an early job at a clothing warehouse in his native Nottingham. This position led to a management opportunity at a Nottingham boutique, and eventually to his own boutique, opened in 1970. With the assistance of his girlfriend at the time (and later his wife) Pauline Denyer, then a design student at the Royal