Pakistani model Iraj Manzoor photographed by Mariam Hussain for a fashion photo shoot for the latest Fabric Bags collection by Mahin Hussain. This photo shoot is also featured in Pakistani fashion magazine Fashion Diet. The photo shoot features a typical Pakistani Tent fabric which is wrapped around the model and bags are also made of it. Some [...]

It’s spring time. We, Karachiites, have already said goodbye to the winter season. Well, people in Lahore and Islamabad are still enjoying the cold weather but they too are looking forward to spring. Talk about spring and one thinks of beautiful colours and prints. Designers have already launched their spring/lawn collections and one can easily [...]

In the line of “I’ll be your mirror, reflect what you are in case you don’t know…” __ Lou Reed Drawing his inspiration from film, art, and a keen observation of everyday life, Altaf @ Nabila’s Palette has been colored by more than a decade of experience, and his canvas has included everyone from unfamiliar [...]

Open the curtains. To pull you out of you slumber, the first thing you should do when you wake up is open the curtains and embrace the sunlight. Keeping the curtains closed will leave your mind sleeping, aching for a couple more hours of z’s. Brightness equals wide-awake. Try it. It really does work. Be [...]

Spunk and bold moves. That’s the new mantra of the Pakistani ramp. Models from Lahore and Karachi are wooing the world of international fashion. Meet Neha Ahmed. At 23, she’s already catwalked in Paris and Dubai. Next month, she’ll do a show in London for designer Hasan Sheriyar. “We’re getting a lot more international exposure [...]

Khawar Riaz is known as a star-maker par excellence and has been instrumental in making several careers Zara Sheikh, Farooq Mannan, Ahmed Butt, Arooj, Imran Abbas, Amina Shafat, Danial… the list of stars made by this star makers is endless. Having the Midas touch must make him feel ten feet tall! “I love unconventional faces [...]

Nabila has a gentle presence, hardly the intimidating façade you would expect a person with her fame and popularity to have. In a way, she is larger than the celebrities she deals with. Her credibility comes from almost 20 years of hard work. The architecture and interiors of her salons are testament to her philosophy: [...]

Few, dare to be different. Especially, in an extremely conservative society. Even fewer, find acclaim in doing so. She’s one of them. Nabila. Rebellious and revolutionary. Known for defying conventions, Nabila’s ventured into uncharted terrain and walked her way to victory as Pakistan’s top hair stylist and make-up artist. Today, she’s a name well-regarded in [...]

Fashion and grooming are booming industries these days not only in Pakistan but on an international scale, and both recently came together at a pool-side venue in Karachi to launch a new variant in a line of shampoo. Designer Moazzam Abbasi and stylist Saima Rasheed joined forces to present the fashion show based on the [...]

What is power? Who has it? How can you tell? These are questions that have no easy answers. Ask an assertive journalist, and you’ll hear a vehement dismissal of all glamour types and the list of powerful people whittling down to a stodgy industry bigwigs. Ask a starry-eyed showbiz fanatic and you’ll hear a bubbly [...]