These trendy teenagers were sick of wearing “uncool” clothes made by adults – so they decided to design their own.
Twins Sydney and Fred Link and their friend Alfie Caoty launched their own clothing company last year, called Faith.
The boys, who are all 13 and from Brighton, are hoping their funky T-shirts will be must-wear items this summer.
And their fledgling firm has already attracted celebrity support from chart-topping singer Ed Sheeran and Brighton-based hip hop duo Rizzle Kicks.
Now the trendy trio are telling all budding fashionistas that they “gotta have Faith”.
Sydney, a pupil at Blatchington Mill School in Brighton, said “it made sense” for youngsters to design their own clothes.
He said: “Adults don’t really know what style children like wearing, so it’s annoying that we always have to wear stuff they have designed.
“I think adults should design adult clothes and kids should design kids’ clothes.”
Last week the trio launched their company website, which they produced themselves without any help, and the T-shirts and jumpers are already selling fast.
Alfie, also a pupil at Blatchington Mill, said: “We were trying to think of a good way to make money so we just came up with the idea of starting a clothing brand.
“Then we had to think of a name so we made a shortlist and narrowed it down to Faith.
“After that we went on a computer and came up with the logo, ordered some T-shirts and jumpers and it all just went from there.”
Just weeks after the teenagers started selling their T-shirts to family and friends, their new firm was handed a dose of A-list exposure.
Singer Ed Sheeran was pictured happily holding a Faith Tshirt, while hip hop duo Rizzle Kicks liked the brand so much they even wore it on stage.
Alfie said: “It was weird to see those famous people liking our shirts.
“But we want our stuff to be in every shop in the high street, so hopefully soon everyone will be wearing Faith clothes.”
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