{"id":24665,"date":"2022-04-27T07:12:04","date_gmt":"2022-04-27T07:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2022\/04\/27\/young-ed-sheeran-fans-tailor-made-matching-pink-suit\/"},"modified":"2022-04-27T07:12:04","modified_gmt":"2022-04-27T07:12:04","slug":"young-ed-sheeran-fans-tailor-made-matching-pink-suit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2022\/04\/27\/young-ed-sheeran-fans-tailor-made-matching-pink-suit\/","title":{"rendered":"Young Ed Sheeran fan’s tailor-made matching pink suit"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A 15-year-old boy was “trembling with excitement” to have an exact replica of a suit made that his favorite musician wore for his birthday.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Leo, 15, fell in love with the pink suit Ed Sheeran wore in his “Bad Habits” music video.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The outfit was created by Swindon-based charity Dressability, which makes and alters clothing for people with disabilities and mobility issues.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Leo, who has Down syndrome, also received a video message from Sheeran.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“He’s watched it six times already,” his mother Claire said that afternoon when the video arrived.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In the message, Sheeran said he wanted to send a video to say “thanks for being a fan.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Leo’s mother said: “He’s wanted this outfit since he saw the Bad Habits video.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“I was looking for a similar pink suit online myself, but it was too expensive.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Claire contacted Dressability, where seamstress Edie Fox fitted Leo’s suit.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“Oh my god, he was so excited wasn’t he?” said Mrs Fox.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“He was literally shaking. Mum kept saying, ‘Calm down, calm down Leo’. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“He couldn’t believe he was finally going to get one.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“They are fantastic, they did an amazing job,” added Claire.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Dressability manager Sharon Tombs said the charity aims to give people the independence to dress themselves.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“And that can be replacing zippers with Velcro, or the latest thing now is magnets.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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It also has a project creating ‘dream’ costumes for children with disabilities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“Something money can’t buy and that’s bespoke,” Ms Tombs said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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She said children with disabilities “often have shorter arms or shorter legs” and have trouble finding a costume that fits.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“It’s amazing to be able to make people’s lives easier and give them the confidence and dignity to wear something that really suits them.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The charity relies heavily on volunteers like Anne Tuffin, who said she “really enjoyed” creating Leo’s suit. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“It’s worth getting the pics back to see them wearing the outfits,” Ms. Tuffin said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Ms Fox added: “When I first came there was a young lady of 15 who wanted to be Belle from Beauty and the Beast and we made her this big gold dress.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“We have to be careful that the robes don’t get caught in their wheels, that they can easily put them on.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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She said that once Leo’s suit was ready he didn’t want to change. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“He said, ‘I’ll take this to school, please’.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“It’s a real joy to see their faces when they have something they dreamed of,” she added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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