Andrew Ramroop OBE said when he joined Savile Row in 1974 he was told "to work in the back" because, he said, he was not white.
Now a master tailor at Maurice Sedwell, he hopes to inspire a younger and more diverse workforce through the Savile Row Academy, which he set up in 2008.
Video by David Faye.
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