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| Name: |  | DAVID R. SHAH |
| Residence: | | Waldeck Pyrmonthlaan 20
NL 1075 BX Amsterdam
The Netherlands |
| Date of birth: | | 6th May 1951 |
| Nationality: | | British |
| Status: | | Married, two children |
| Education: | | B.A. (Hons) Classics Kings College |
| Previous positions: | | Merchandise Director of Maconde
SA - Range designer of Menswear Private Label Collections for Leading Europeran and American chain stores and designer labels.
Managing Editor International Textiles BV International Colour Authority 1981-87
Managing Director: I.F.T.C. Ltd International Fashion Textile Cons 1979-80
Textile Editor: Thomsons Publishing PLC 1974-78
Marketing Executive: Courtaulds PLC 1973-74 |
| Current Occupations: | | Co-owner & Publisher of Metropolitan Publishing BV -
Textile View Magazine, ViewPoint, View Colour Planner, View on Colour
Publisher Textile View Magazine, China (VIFF) CTDC/View Colour Planner, VIFF Style Book
Range designer of Menswear Private Lable Collections, China
Professor of the Royal College of Arts, London |
| Consultancies: | | (current & recent)
Design Director, Maconde Confecçoes. Portygal
Matinique/InWear, Denmark
Hirsch AG, Germany
Gery Weber GmbH, Germany
Etienne Aigner
Puma AG, Germany
Philips, Netherlands
China Fashion Colour Association, China
Footlooker, Netherlands and USA
Pantone, USA |
| Other activities: | | External Accessor, Royal College of Arts, London
Regular Speaker at International Textile Conferencies |
| Awards: | | European Fashion Journalist of the Year - 1978
Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Arts - 1993 |
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