Wayne Hemingway’s
talk last night was intelligent, informative and above all inspiring. He
overran by half an hour, but nobody minded (save,
perhaps, the Leicester fans with a match to get to) because the energy
and enthusiasm
with which he spoke set the room abuzz.
From his beginnings with only £5 in his
pocket to pay the rent, selling second-hand clothes at Camden Market with his
future wife, to the rise of their Red or Dead brand, to their latest work at Hemingway
Design, he weaved a rags-to-riches story for the ages and delivered a bit of
much-needed hope for these modern times.
But he didn’t stop there.
Just as he’d made sure to use ‘we’ instead of ‘I’ when
talking about his brand’s successes, Hemingway took time to acknowledge how
much harder it is for a young person today to do what he and his wife did at
that age. More than that, he revealed the broken parts of our modern society,
how it’s holding young people back, and – most importantly – how to fix it.
Hemingway’s final message was one of hope and determination:
get out there, do something, and you will
make a difference.
Ben Woore
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