McDonald's paid an undisclosed amount to be the official coffee-purveyor, in an attempt to persuade designers that they do not have to drink designer coffee.

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And they blow half their salaries on designer coffee.

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He studied both English and Japanese pattern-cutting techniques at Leggatts Design Academy (his graduate collection was all reversible) and worked as a costume designer before launching Black Coffee in 1998.

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Joined by designer and stylist Danica Lepan in 2004, Black Coffee accumulated numerous accolades and introduced 'Everyone Can Be A Designer, ' a secondary range of mutable garments, before Lepan's departure in 2010.

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