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Clothing Designers with MD: Striving for Sartorial Excellence

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Three up-and-coming clothing companies — created by four young men with neuromuscular diseases — are offering unique designs

posted on June 24, 2010 - 5:15pm

Four young men with powerful entrepreneurial spirits and a flair for design are making inroads in the country’s custom clothing industry. Although each of the three companies offers its own distinctive designs, the owner/operators have a lot in common.

Laid-Off Newsman with FSHD Starts Second Career

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When the recession brought an end to his 25-year journalism career, Peter Callas Jr. remembered his parents’ message: Never give up

posted on April 15, 2010 - 12:35pm

Peter Callas Jr. remembers as if it were yesterday the day his father gave him “the F.D.R. talk.” It was 1973, and Peter Jr., then 13 years old, had just been diagnosed with facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD).

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