The Art of Luxury Issue 32 2018 | Page 74

7. What are your main pieces of advice for anybody visit colleges and schools to inspire kids and talk about how wanting to create and grow their own brand? to get them on the right path. Go and find something you are interested in and never take I want to inspire kids that are growing up who were in my no for an answer. Don’t give up until you are there. position and for those that don’t have any GCSEs and feel like they haven’t got any talent. Whether you know where I would also say, be ruthless in business but be respectful. I came from or not, I’ve not been brought up into this. I’ve You are only as good as your last customer. been around a lot of stuff growing up and I’ve seen things happen, but I’ve turned my life around. 8. What should we expect to be the next branch to the Tommy Mallet empire? I feel that from these life experiences and creating the Tommy Mallet brand, I can hopefully show others There are quite a few plans in the pipeline, but I’ll tell you what is possible to achieve with a lot of hard work and about one in particular: I’m aiming to release a book and determination.