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Landing a deal with one of the UK's largest fashion brands

Sonya is joined by Sahani Gunesakara, the founder of Kanya London - an Asian-inspired clothing brand.

It鈥檚 Diwali and Sonya is joined by Sahani Gunesakara, the founder of Kanya London - an Asian-inspired clothing brand. Sahani started selling clothes back when she was at university on a stall, and was inspired by her mother who used to make her own clothes at home. Sahani has gone on to land herself a deal with one of the biggest fashion brands in the UK, ASOS. We鈥檒l hear why Sahani wanted to make Asian inspired clothing and how she felt when she got a deal with ASOS.

This week's 60 Second Career comes from Sahib, a professional Henna artist from west London. She started doing Henna at 17 years old and since then has created her own business and has even taught her own Henna classes!

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39 minutes

Music Played

  • Nimrat Khaira

    Handsome

    • Nimmo.
    • Times Music / Speed Records.
    • 5.
  • Sukshinder Shinda

    Singh Naal Jodi (feat. Diljit Dosanjh)

    • Collaborations 3.
    • Moviebox Birmingham Limited.
  • Jenny Johal & Balkar Sidhu

    Maajhe Diye Mombatiye

  • AP Dhillon & Shinda Kahlon

    Dil Nu

    • Two Hearts Never Break The Same.
    • RUN-UP RECORDS.
    • 5.
  • Ibby

    Black Ops

    • Mixtape Madness.

Broadcasts

  • Mon 24 Oct 2022 20:00
  • Wed 26 Oct 2022 05:00
  • Mon 31 Oct 2022 06:00