EDITORIAL BY VANCOUVER CLOTHING DESIGNER, SHAININ HUDDA

This week, I received several emails from students interested in pursuing fashion careers and wanting to know more about my background. One student, Jenny, asked me some pretty interesting questions so I thought I would share my responses.

Name and Background
: : shainin [pronounced sha-neen] hudda
: : born 02.04.69 in kampala, uganda, africa [but it says 02.05.69 on my birth certificate - oops]
: : reside in vancouver, bc, canada

: : diploma in fashion design and clothing technology
: : bachelor's degree in business administration [majored in marketing and communications]

: : clothing designer
: : fashion design instructor

Items of Interest About You as a Person. eg: collect anything? love jello?
: : design [all kinds - fashion, graphic, web, etc] is my passion
: : words [meaning and type] are pretty cool too
: : i don't really draw my designs i write notes/thots and go from there
: : i took a bollywood dance class last year and loved it
: : almost every day i organize something into a list
: : favourite quote: on ne voit bien qu'avec le coeur. l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux [le petit prince]
: : my hair is curly but i've been straightening it lately
: : music soothes my soul and makes me wanna dance [most of the time]
: : i believe in God
: : i believe in serendipity [actually i think serendipity is probably God at work]
: : wendy's chilli and cheese with french fries at 4 am after dancing rocks
: : reading in bed takes me to places i've never been without having to leave my ultra comfy warm duvet
: : i love boxes, expecially huge old hat boxes and i kinda collect them
: : i hate it when people call me shaynin
: : cherry blossoms, thots of paris and bubbles make me happy