Steven Bethell’s mum wanted him to go to law school; instead, he has built a secondhand clothing empire that kicked off a youth shopping earthquake – and is now trying to revolutionise the creation of new textiles and clothes.
About 30 years ago, the Canadian and his wife, Helene Carter-Bethell, set up Bank & Vogue, a group that now buys clothing from about 300 charities in the US and finds a new home for 4m items a week in more than 30 countries around the world.
