About Last Night: Episode 2 featuring Sheila McKain

About Last Night hosted by Parry Ray

About Last Night is a podcast series that I have wanted to record for ages.
Each episode I talk to someone who excels in their field, about the highs and lows of their creative journey and how and where they find joy in their lives.
Fashion has always played an important part of my life.
My love for fashion started at a very young age. I remember going to India every year from about the age of 6 and being mesmerised by swaths of the finest silks and the softest cottons in the markets in Calcutta.
I even had a period of my life where I would make my own clothes. But needless to say there is a chasm between me and my teenage creations and this epsiode’s guest, Sheila McKain.
Sheila’s first design job was for Donna Karan in New York. She has also worked for Daks and Oscar De La Renta.
In 2016 Sheila decided it was time for a new project and co-founded Laain Active wear. Laain is a beautiful designer active wear brand, which is growing day on day and has many loyal fans including me but also really cool people like fitness guru Tracey Anderson.
Sheila is one of those people who is an artist at heart with a huge talent and vision but also an extremely savvy businesswoman.
We met about a month ago at 108 Brasserie in the heart of Marylebone and chatted over a number of French martinis in their very lively bar…