Creative Originality Runs Through a Colourful Fashion Life
This fashion memoir sounds strongest as a story of curiosity rather than celebrity polish. Dyslexia, reinvention, love and colour give the creative life texture, making it appealing for readers interested in originality, design and staying visually awake.
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Creative Originality Runs Through a Colourful Fashion Life
This fashion memoir sounds strongest as a story of curiosity rather than celebrity polish. Dyslexia, reinvention, love and colour give the creative life texture, making it appealing for readers interested in originality, design and staying visually awake.
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From leaving school at fifteen with undiagnosed dyslexia to a life-changing accident that would end one dream and begin another, Sir Paul’s journey has been anything but conventional. A meeting on his twenty-first birthday with the woman who became the love of his life and his immersion in the exciting new world of the '60s London art and fashion scene would set him on a path towards building the global fashion empire he has today. After fifty years of continuous trading, Paul still goes to his shopfloor every Saturday to meet customers.
In a story filled with his signature wit, warmth and eccentric flair, Paul takes us from the humble beginnings of his first tiny shop in a Nottingham alleyway – tucked behind a dark, damp corridor – to opening his first London shop on Floral Street in the reviving Covent Garden, and then on to his conquest of other countries, including Japan. His memories of dressing rock stars, actors, and athletes give us a unique perspective on fashion, art, music and culture in the last half century, with a cast of characters ranging from David Bowie and Daniel Day Lewis to Giorgio Armani and Sir Alex Ferguson.
Threads is the story of a truly unique British icon and of how a young boy from a modest upbringing in Nottingham, guided by his father’s lasting message of hard work and repairing everything by hand, became a symbol of innovation and creativity. And of how, in a world of increasingly globalised homogeneity, he has fought to hold on to the precious independence at the heart of his vision.
Ideal for readers who:
- Value a fashion life shaped by design, colour and creative reinvention.
- Are curious about memoirs linking personal setbacks with a distinctive brand.
- Appreciate style books with warmth, eccentric detail and 1960s art-scene energy.
- Choose stories about staying curious after decades of success.
- About The Author
- Sir Paul Smith was born in Nottingham, England on 5 July 1946. An avid cyclist until he was seventeen, when a road accident put paid to his competitive ambitions, Paul found himself amongst a new world of creatively minded young people and from there embarked on a life-long journey of discovery and exploration in design, music and fashion. From its origins in one small shop in Nottingham, England, Paul Smith has grown into a global business, selling to five continents, over sixty countries and 3,000 shops. Paul was knighted for services to fashion in the 2000 Birthday Honours, followed in 2020 by his appointment as one of 65 members of the Order of the Companions of Honour. Threads is his deeply personal memoir of his life and career.
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- ISBN
- 9781035089840
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Macmillan, (10 September 2026)
- Number of Pages
- 336
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 234 x 153 mm
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