i started feeling like i belonged in england when we hit ladbroke grove.r the front line — ladbroke grove itself was always the front line and the police were there every day, so you had to be so careful — you know, we were stopped so many times, my brothers and i. it's remarkable how much the course of history, whether it's global or personal, can swing on chance meetings and for you, it was when you were on the london underground, when a bloke called simon handed you a card. laughs. and i remember getting on the train and sort of heading to college and simon was staring at me and he was — i remember bald, wearing denim and, you know, i was quite sheltered... i6. yeah, and at baker street, he got off and gave me his card and he said, "my name is simon foxton. "i'm a stylist" — i didn't know what a stylist was — but, "call me. "i'd love to use you in a shoot." i remember getting home and poor mum. "mum, i want to do this!" she wasn't having it. she's like, "the fashion industry is full of weird "people" — i didn't know what she meant by "weird" at the time