hello and welcome to witness with me razia iqbal.itish library to guide you through five extraordinary moments in recent history. told to us by people who were there. we'll hear about a mother who had corporal punishment outlawed in scottish schools. how a racially motivated murder of a bengali man changed london in the 1970s. the first female gazan athlete to lead the palestinian delegation at the olympic games. and the story behind a revolution in childbirth. but we start with an individual who helped create a fashion industry in the soviet union. under communism, clothes and designs were regulated by the state. but this designer had the urge to break away and create new designs. he became the first soviet designer to start his own haute couture fashion label. translation: what is the point of a fashion designer? is to give people joy. the joy of connecting with beauty, you see. this has been the most important thing in my life. for the ordinary russian in the streets, such styles are a long ways off of. fabrics are ordered only on