This much I know: Louis Copeland, tailor

"If I could change one thing in our society, I’d encourage people to make eye contact, and to smile much more."

Going into the rag trade was the most natural thing for me to do. It was clear from an early age that I’d follow my father and grandfather into the family business. I never considered doing anything else.

My earliest memory is around age 11, pulling the tacking off the suits in the Capel Street workshop. I’d get the bus into our shop after school and sweep the floor and run messages. That was my first memory of work.