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UW big man tests heights of fashion

Some of the world’s greatest fashion designers have great stories to tell.

Ralph Lauren got his start selling gloves and in the late 1960s turned a $50,000 loan to make ties into the empire Polo is today.

Hip-hop designer Daymond John started FUBU out of the basement of his house in Queens, N.Y., after he came up with the idea of making tie-top hats to earn money.

Maybe one day people will shake their head in amazement at the thought of Jason Chappell starting a fashion line during his spare time as a college basketball player.