Editing Paul Smith (fashion designer) (section)

== Early life ==
[[File:Paul Smith, King Edward Street, Leeds (20th February 2013) resized.JPG|thumb|Paul Smith shop on King Edward Street, [[Leeds]]]]
[[File:2007 Paul Smith suit, merino wool with pink windowpane check.jpg|thumb|2007 Paul Smith suit, merino wool with pink windowpane check]]
[[File:Paul Smith striped shirt.jpg|thumb|Paul Smith shirt showing the company's signature striped pattern]]
[[File:Mini cooper paul smith, 1998.jpg|thumb|Mini by Paul Smith, 1997]]
[[File:Exclusive interview with Paul Smith.webm|thumb|Interview with Paul Smith about the exhibition 'Hello, My name is Paul Smith']]
[[File:Maggies Cancer Care Center at Nottingham City Hospital.JPG|thumb|Maggie's Centre Nottingham, designed by [[Piers Gough]]. Smith helped design the interior.]]
[[File:The Crystals Las Vegas 2010 3.JPG|thumb|Paul Smith Boutique, Las Vegas]]
Smith was born in 1946 in [[Beeston, Nottinghamshire]], England, the son of Harold Smith, and is the youngest of three children.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indobase.com/fashion/fashion-designers/paul-smith.html|title=Paul Smith}}</ref> One of his early ambitions was to become a professional cyclist.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/latest-news/paul-smith-style-substance-284293|title=Paul Smith: A lifelong love of cycling - Cycling Weekly|date=2016-09-14|work=Cycling Weekly|access-date=2018-06-05|language=en-US}}</ref> He left school at the age of 15 to work in a Nottingham clothing warehouse, while practising cycling outside of work hours. He cycled to and from work until the age of 17, when he was in a major cycling accident that put him in hospital for close to six months.  During his recovery, friends inspired him to enter the world of art and fashion.<ref name="Sowray">{{Cite news|url=http://www.vogue.co.uk/article/paul-smith|title=Paul Smith|last=Sowray|first=Bibby|access-date=2018-06-05}}</ref> Smith has regularly referenced cycling in his work over the years.
He started to take classes in tailoring and eventually began working with a [[Savile Row]] tailor, Lincroft Kilgour.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.businessoffashion.com/community/people/paul-smith|title=Paul Smith is One of the 500 People Shaping the Global Fashion Industry in 2018|work=The Business of Fashion|access-date=2018-06-05|language=en-GB}}</ref>