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prints. It’s like Miami Beach print meets Jazzy Fresh and the Fresh Prince.” Next up, there’s commissions with Louise Gray, the new collection to design, a show in New York and collaborations he’s not allowed to talk about. What advice would he offer to novice designers looking to make their mark? “It’s about doing something different,” he decides. “I totally redesigned the cap I think; the

peak has sides, it’s not round, it’s not so big either. It started because I got bored of caps all looking the same and also, everyone wants something no one has. So I wanted to re-design and reinvent the baseball cap. It’s not selling millions yet,” he says with a final grin, “But I did something different. And that’s pretty good I think.” Nasirmazhar.com

OTHER HAT-MAKERS YOU NEED TO KNOW... Philip Treacy He had no less than 36 hats on heads at the Will and Kate wedding. Treacy is so acclaimed in fact, Lady Gaga recently signed up for an internship. Stephen Jones Created for Vivienne Westwood, John Galliano, Princess Di, Grace Jones, Take That, Usher and Madonna.

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