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After working for two years in Fredericton’s local markets, Harpreet Gill opened her clothing and homeware store Happy Hatti. She credits her success to New Brunswickers embracing her designs.
Harpreet Gill came to Canada from India for a quieter life but instead created a clothing brand
Katherine Del Salto · CBC News
· Posted: Jul 01, 2025 5:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 27 minutes ago
Harpreet Gill is a Punjabi fashion designer who moved from Mumbai to New Brunswick in 2022. (Submitted by Harpreet Gill )
When Harpreet Gill started working at the Garrison Night Market in Fredericton, she didn’t expect the positive response her women’s clothing and accessory stand would receive.
Nor did she expect that just two years later, she would run a brick and mortar store downtown selling her own fashion brand.
Gill is the designer and owner of Happy Hatti, a women’s clothing store that combines contemporary silhouettes with India’s traditional textile weaving, dyeing and a printing technique called hand block printing.
“When I started at the Garrison Market, I didn’t know where the journey was going to take me,” Gill said. “When I saw people were really liking my designs, and they actually wanted to wear it, that gave me confidence in having my own place.”
Gill says she realized that it was worth expanding her business when tourists visiting her stand became regular customers, » Read More
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