Twelve senior year students from Asian Institute of Fashion Design (AIFD) of Iqra University displayed their collections at Grandeur, Zamzama on Friday, October 28. The ‘AIFD Stitch and Craft Exhibition’, now an annual show, was attended by a large number of people, mostly students, helping to boost the confidence of designers who had put up [...]

Chenone’s winter collection 2011-2012 for men and women is available on all its stores. Chenone offers a wide range of products such as children wear, menswear, foot wear and branded lawn for women. Chenone’s winter collection 2011/2012 is full of interesting stylistic trends, which are carefully combined for fashioning maximum effect. Casual jackets, vibrant sweaters, [...]

“The exuberance of a body with rounded lines is much more alluring and sexy,” says Vogue Italia editor Franca Sozzani, an avid campaigner against the promotion of anorexia within the fashion industry. Turning away from covers exhorting emaciated, skeletal women (who look as if they exist solely on a diet of air and ice-chips), Sozzani [...]

With tickets selling like hot cakes, “Karachi: The Musical” is still going strong. Made For Stage Productions’ first original venture was showcased to the media on October 24 where the audience witnessed something ‘real’; something they could relate to the city where they reside. No matter how superficial the image of Lyari is portrayed, the [...]

Nusrat Bhutto passed away in Dubai on October 23 at the age of 82. Bhutto, the widow of former Pakistani president and prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (ZAB), had been suffering from cancer and Alzheimer’s disease. She had been living in Dubai since 1998 with her daughter Benazir and her grandchildren Bilawal, Bakhtawar and Aseefa, [...]

Republic – Blaak Chrome Republic is one male brand that isn’t afraid of going all out: cuts, colors and accessories, the collection had it all. Although Omar Farooq, the force behind Republic, isn’t a designer per se, the quality of his craftsmanship proves that sometimes a wild and ardent passion is enough to put you in [...]

Yashir Waheed Back to Life From a seasoned designer like Yashir Waheed, one expects a greater emphasis on construction which his previous and current collections have sorely lacked. He attempts to go back to the soil and resurrect the rustic khaddar, a fabric that holds historic and political affiliation to the history of the subcontinent [...]

Sous Marine After a beautiful traditional showcase at the previous fashion week, Nikki Nina’s aquatic collection nosedived this time around. Poorly structured, ill-fitted and carrying large ungainly stains, the collection was a sad testimony to the fact that the duo needs to get their creative apprentice Mohsin Ali back. Screen prints depicting life underwater was [...]

Pakistan Fashion Week opens with a burst of cuts, colours and a tinge of predictability. Mast Patang Akif Mahmood gained acclaim for bringing folk heritage onto the ramp and in the three seasons that he has shown so far, he stays true to that passion of creating themed collections focused on Pakistan’s cultural roots.  From [...]

BCW 2011, The two day event of Pakistani Bridal wear wraps up in Lahore last week. The show has been star struck as many celebrities appear on the ramp to dazzle including Reema,Resham,Shan from Lollywood,Famous Pakistani cricketer Wasim Akram and super models like Sunita Marshal, Meesha shafi etc. Here are the celebrities on the ramp [...]