Born Janet Chabinsky into a Jewish family in the East End of London in 1935,[1] she was the granddaughter of Jewish-Russian immigrants who came to England to seek a better life and escape persecution.
Reger's family had a background in the clothing industry, her grandfather ran a textile business and her parents manufactured bras during the Second World War.
One afternoon as I played hopscotch in the street, the sirens sounded and my father snatched me from my game and ran with me in his arms to the shelter.
We scrambled down the steps as the first bomb fell, a screaming sound that made me put my fingers in my ears.
Janet Reger died on 14 March 2005 after a long battle with cancer[3] and her daughter Aliza became chief executive and took over the business which was still active into the 2020s.
Reger later started working as a designer at Marks & Spencer in Somerset, Slix swimwear in London, and Daintyfit.