 His formal education ended when he left Kilburn Grammar School to enroll in London’s Saint Martin’s School of Art for a Design course.During the third year of fashion design, he was holidaying in Paris (making the rounds with his design folio) when he was hired on the spot as assistant designer at Nina Ricci’s maison de couture.He stayed there a year before joining Andre Courrèges, who had just left Balenciaga to set up his own small house in Paris.