Designer Fulfills Dream of Man With Down Syndrome Who Saved for a Year to Buy Custom Suit
A supermarket employee with Down syndrome saved for a year to fulfill his long-held dream: to buy a very own exclusively tailored suit. He has finally seen the fruits of his labor, and his response to the beautiful garment is truly heartwarming.
Nashville native and certified master bespoke clothier Stephen Richards Jr., who started his business, Richards Bespoke, in 2016, shared with The Epoch Times via email about his experience and joy of working with Jon. Stephen Richards Jr. (L) with Jon. (Courtesy of Richards Bespoke)
UP FOR RENT: The shop premises, in Kingston Road FANCY opening your own shop? Well, a property in Taunton has come up for rent that could make your dream a reality. The ground-floor premises could be used as a lock-up, office or a small shop and is on the prominent Kingston Road in Taunton town centre. It is highly visible, being on the corner of Kingston Road and Greenway Road, and is not far from Taunton train station. The rent is from around £3,000 per year. It is being marketed by Carter Jonas, who say it would be the ideal location for a takeaway.
Nostalgia for the future: Exploring Croydon’s past and present through six buildings
No. 1 Croydon Tower. Pic: Adrian Wallett
In these virus-stricken times getting outside is, in fact, just what the doctor ordered. If you have exhausted your local parks or get a little down looking at denuded trees in winter, Croydon’s wealth of 20th-century modernist architecture offers the perfect escape into the borough’s history and, if you know where to search, a map to its present.
The story of Croydon’s building boom began in the 1960s when a local councilor and Conservative alderman named Sir James Marshall consolidated power. Until 1978, unelected aldermen could be nominated by a council and determine policy direction without voter input.