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christmas time double. ringback bed drunk dump to their eyeballs and their embroidering do you want to know alcoa here is his project creates fashion with people who are usually surrounded by prostitution crack and chaos going on as if there was this project is about healing and to heal people have to work together. this is poker tom capital of columbia. frank home to

a rough unconventional fashion show. doesn't like getting up early she's agreed to make an exception for us because otherwise it's difficult to get her on her own. it's in greenwich and there's always a lot of people here there's always someone ringing out the door i love the peace which is the opposite of chaos but order is also good so long as it doesn't put a brake on improvisation. de'monte no name translates as time in rainbow she called herself this a few years ago after her brother's violent death triggered what she calls inner revolution. because the priest yours i had

a lovely house in the wealthy noir husband children everything was perfect. then i opened my eyes with a new consciousness caused by the shock with my brother and when you want to have very deep feelings then you have to look after others. but there's no other way you . know it's just. her talent it's fashion she likes finding unusual combinations and mixing traditional and modern styles and her unusual group of colleagues now consist of thieves homeless people drug addicts. if there's a mill put it this is neoprene i bought it in new york order it's very fashionable at the moment they're a high tech high street people make this and while they're doing it they don't really notice what is happening. that is going to miss their minds are full of chaos because there isn't any order any sense of time no mistake and correct and

yet the result is an item of clothing and then they understand everything. the world i've been doing this for years it's not a game it's serious and this is. you know goes right out onto the streets to find her models and colleagues in santa fe one of the most crime ridden parts of bogota. francesca is a sex worker and de'monte now think she will be perfect on the catwalk. you know people remember being nervous what i'm doing and i like fashion and i like what i'm going to wear and what i'm going to do you see. there are a lot of antics and lots of cheap ways of getting high around here cracking glue are particularly popular.

i mean it makes me happy for her. talks to everyone she likes living here she's not scared. some of you can't be controlled by fear in his head i want is either controlled by fear or love love protects us i never thought about it but it was like a vocation. i just did it now i'm thinking about it only because you asked me. edwin decided to leave home when he was 10 he couldn't stand his stepfather and he felt free on the streets. and the kids when you're a child you're like an animal you can get used to anything by a doubt to my past the test of the street. i survived the hunger the cold

hunger forces you to go out to look for food or work because otherwise you die. now he's 21 years old and he does odd jobs here and there. he gets $0.50 or so if he carries someone's bags for instance. there's a lot of competition but and when he's alert. he says it's tough but it's even worse for the children in africa. no. he says it's ok sleeping rough and with this project he now has something new in his life. when other doors close at night opens her.

i think. 7 anyone can come however high they are. 7 7 7 1 of them pulls a knife but de'monte in a doesn't mind when you put that away what's wrong relax have a seat let me sort this out. she has some nice words for everyone as well as sewing needles thread and instruction. yes he ultimately improves. we're getting some good luck with you can you change the music . that we attract people from the streets who are just walking by looking for a community who are on the same wavelength as us all here for a reason. and we attract them. and gradually

the atmosphere changes calm descends on the chaos everyone gets lost in the work. edwin came here especially to embroider. the book the atmosphere is good there isn't any stress the people are cool. it's like a home. where everything works. and there's no trouble michael. is not in the game i think this is an item of clothing that we're going to present at the fashion show and it's very important to do it well and you're doing it really well ok you have to continue here if this is your red thread good work went off. not only does this work offer them a bit of a break from the streets but if they like it could eventually open up a whole new prospects the fashion show is taking place in today's edwin has already

proven he's talented. when do you want to be in the show. are you sure don't drop me in it when you have to be there. at 7 morning evening. it's cold but edwin is going to sleep on the street totally unprotected with just his blanket. up and very. learned to live with people a lot has happened to me at the beginning i was robbed. but generally most people have accepted me i don't have any enemies. i'm not back kind of person looks like i'm not a criminal and i'm still. with.

de'monte 9 doesn't know whether he'll turn up for the fashion show. tomorrow is another day. there are just a few hours left before the show. finally it's the big day de'monte still doesn't know if all her models will turn up. the whole event could be a disaster but she says she's learned to not expect anything and just to take things as they come. through. you have to set aside your ego this isn't about me and i'm not saving the world this is an exchange who knows maybe the people i'm working with will rescue me in the end i shouldn't think that their life is bad and mine is good that would be a mistake. there's a lot of cooperation in the last 3 hours before showtime. and in the

end all the models turn up although they're not used to having such responsibility . and. it's getting exciting. though some seem to be oblivious at least at when it's here. and francesca 2 who might still be a bit nervous. at the transformation has taken place people who are often despised and sometimes despised themselves now feel and look great. this is why i feel so handsome. thanks to you. because it's beautiful. and it's an all round success.

you know it's this kind of experience that can change people's lives. dialin was a sex worker and now she is a hairdresser retired bessie created it was a dramatic change from. we didn't and couldn't. do a thing i used to think very differently then for now because they moved in with her. and now it's finally time if they were in the final 4 this is for us see whether people come or not or buy or not doesn't matter as much as us let's have fun. i love you. yeah. it was everyone ready. and the show begins if an item of clothing is sold then everyone here will be paid for their work.

friends of de'monte not turn up for the about and everyone involved is full of pride. the project is a success and one that could open up new prospects for the end happened instead of santa fe. street today a special edition from my jury of the fiery topic this time for his closing population of less than. curse i think population is

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