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- When I tell people what I do,

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it's all very surprising and unexpected.

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Designer comes out, stylist, and then

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next thing I know, I'm talking
about being in the army

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because I started my
company when I was in Korea.

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[Upbeat Music]

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My name is Julian Woodhouse,

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and I am a CEO and fashion designer.

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Being a designer is interesting because

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I started designing
clothes just for myself.

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I was just like, I want to
wear something spectacular,

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I don't know where I can find spectacular

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for the money that I have
in my pocket right now,

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so I'm just going to go to
a tailor and have it made.

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But going through that process
when I see someone else have

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an emotional reaction to
the art I've created from

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my own creative space, that
is rewarding in itself.

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I design clothes, there's
so many people that do that.

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But I design clothes for people,

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no matter what their body type is,

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or where they're from,
what they do for a living.

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I design clothes for celebrities.

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I've got London on the
track who wore this one.

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Or for anyone other than myself,

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that's when it really becomes a business.

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It's really hard to get
that, to reach that level

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where you're like, Okay
everyone knows I'm a designer,

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that's what I do, this is who I am.

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I think it's really
important for designers,

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once they get to that point to look around

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and try to open up a few
doors for other designers

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that they think have a lot of potential.

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Why I serve,

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serving is a really
emotional commitment of mine.

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It's not just like a physical
obligation from being in ROTC.

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Because this one without this,

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it would not have all
of these other things.

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So, proud to serve.

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Most amazing feeling
I've had in the military

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was being there for my commanders.

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I mean, as an officer, you're
already in the position

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where you have people that are
looking to you for answers.

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They're looking for you for a strategic,

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perhaps academic approach
to something, so that they

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can infuse it with their
experience to improve the plan.

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So as an officer, that was
where I felt the most excited

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because I love helping people
and I love being a part of

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the solution to a problem.

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I serve because I love the
idea of freedom, of liberty.

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We live on this giant planet,
it's actually really small,

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and all of us as humans
should have the ability

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to feel comfortable being ourselves on it.

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And out of all the places
I've been in the world

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and traveling around, I've
seen a lot of amazing places

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where people are so free to be themselves.

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But there's something about America,

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that not only do we have that,

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but that is what we do, we build freedom.