Business Daily meets: Jimmy Choo
Business Daily
BBC
4.4 • 796 Ratings
🗓️ 10 January 2025
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
Sam Fenwick meets the renowned fashion designer and shoemaker, Jimmy Choo.
From learning the craft under his father's guidance in Malaysia, we hear about his journey building a fashion empire in London, starting from the basement of a run-down hospital.
Today, Jimmy Choo, who now designs for fashion house The Atelier, wants to share his knowledge with a new generation.
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Presenter: Sam Fenwick Producer: Amber Mehmood
(Picture: Jimmy Choo at an event run by his fashion college, the London Fashion Academy. Credit: BBC)
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, I'm Sam Fenwick and welcome to Business Daily from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:14.0 | It's the time of the week when we meet influential figures from global business |
| 0:17.9 | and explore their roles in shaping their industries. |
| 0:21.4 | Today we're meeting the renowned Malaysian fashion designer and shoemaker Jimmy Chu. |
| 0:26.3 | The people who buy the shoes say, Jimmy, I bought your shoe now. |
| 0:29.3 | Can you sign it for me and all that? |
| 0:30.5 | I love the design. |
| 0:31.4 | Although it's not you anymore. |
| 0:32.5 | We know, you're a founder of Jimmy Chu. |
| 0:34.6 | Then, you know, you think, oh, I'm doing something good, you know. |
| 0:37.7 | Jimmy Chu revolutionized the fashion world by blending traditional craftsmanship with modern, |
| 0:43.6 | glamorous styles. My father always said to me, whatever you do, learn the craft deep down, |
| 0:50.5 | understand people when they wear your shoes, they kind of feeling satisfied and happy as well. |
| 0:56.0 | Today, Jimmy Chu's influence extends beyond design. |
| 0:59.5 | He has established his own fashion college, |
| 1:02.1 | inspiring a new generation of designers. |
| 1:04.8 | My student had to be understanding the foundation, |
| 1:07.6 | the crossmanship, the design look. |
| 1:09.9 | That's very important, see. |
| 1:11.4 | That's all to come on Business Daily. |
| 1:20.0 | It's London in the 1980s, a transformative decade for the capital's fashion scene, |
| 1:25.9 | characterised by bold, rebellious and innovative |
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