A third-degree burns survivor, from Jacksonville, Arkansas, has become a fashion designer to the celebrities.
Watch the third-degree burns survivor who has become a fashion designer
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Linda Rowe Thomas was just two-years-old when a heater at her home exploded next to her and her older sister.
She was left with third-degree burns and doctors told Linda’s mother that she wouldn’t live a normal life.
The 48-year-old has defied the odds as she has founded her own fashion line and now dresses up the celebrities.
Linda told Barcroft TV: “The day of the fire I was actually two-years-old so I don’t have any recollection of it. It was myself and my six-year-old sister and we were standing next to a heater when it exploded.”
“She passed from smoke inhalation five days later. I really wish I could remember her.”
Linda was left with third-degree burns to her face and hands and lost all of her fingers on her left hand.
Despite her injuries, Linda and her parents didn’t give up. She said: “I was never treated as though I was a burn survivor. I was never treated as though I had limitations.”
“I got into fashion when I was about five. My mom sewed and she was an incredible seamstress.”
Linda’s mother taught her how to sew things.
Linda went on to become a fashion designer and started her own fashion line, Romas by Linda Rowe Thomas.
She said: “My fashion inspiration actually comes from just about anywhere. I would say [the style] is classic with contemporary style because I grew up loving Jackie O because I loved the way, even if she was riding a horse she looked very elegant and classy.”
Linda has had seven shows at New York Fashion Week and has dressed XXX for the Golden Globes and Erica Ash for the BET Awards.
Linda said: “Dressing people for the Golden Globes and for some of the red carpet events is really surreal because it was the thing that I dreamed of. I used to make my younger brother and sister pretend to be models on the runway.”
Linda says she has gained more self-confidence over the years and learned to love herself.
She says: “Knowing that when this accident happened the doctors told my mom that I will probably never have a really good quality of life because of my hands. And yet those hands are doing remarkable things.”
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