My biggest gripe with fashion schools, year after year, graduation ceremony after graduation ceremony, has been their lack of emphasis on accessory design. It is a well known fact that it is the elaborately-constructed accessories — headgears and general paraphernalia — that adorn the nubile fashion graduates’ collections which stand out more than the ensembles themselves.
With Mahin Hussain winning the Lux Style Award for Best Emerging Talent this year, it should be a potent sign for aspiring designers to take this art more seriously. If Hussain isn’t inspiration enough, then …

The Lux Style Awards (LSAs) celebrating their 10th anniversary this year, are being held at the Expo Center in Karachi tonight.
The LSAs have grown strength by strength over the years becoming one of the most hyped up social events on the calendar, with shows being held abroad as well, including Malaysia and the United Arab Emirates.
The show boasts of 10 categories in fashion nominations depicting the industry’s growth with nominees that were a heady mix of the old guard as well as the young. Besides fashion, other categories included film, …

The Lux Style Awards (LSAs) celebrate their 10th anniversary this year being held at the Expo Center in Karachi . Following are the winners of Pakistani Oscars.
Television
Best TV Actress (Satellite): Bushra Ansari for Geo’s ”Dolly ki Ayegi Baraat”
Best TV Actor (Satellite): Faisal Qureshi for Geo’s “Meri Zaat Zara

Television Categories
Best TV Serial (Terrestrial)
-Anokha Ladla (PTV) Produced by: Saleem Sheikh
-Ghar Ki Khatir (PTV) Produced by: Attaullah Baloch & Javed Shah
-Pal Bhar Mein (ATV) Produced by: Produced by: Asif Ali Pota
-Tinkay (PTV) Produced by: Tariq MairajUss Paar (ATV) Produced by: Shahzad Chaudhry
Best TV Actor (Terrestrial)

Frieha Altaf, the CEO of Catwalk Productions, is credited with pioneering the concept of the red carpet in Pakistan. In a brief tete-a-tete, the multi talented Altaf recalls her road to glory and the LSAs.
How did the Lux Style Awards come about? What was the initial objective?
In 2000, when I returned from Canada, I was brimming with ideas. One of them was ‘Miss Super Model’, which I’m doing in collaboration with Veet, and I had watched the VH1 style awards which were not just about fashion, but also about film …

In an industry that’s rife with camps and jealousies, Ayaan is clear that her allegiances lie everywhere … and nowhere. “I’m an all-rounder and have done everything from print to commercials to shows,” she says. “I’m a freelancer and have worked with all the photographers and they all give me work so I don’t like to take just one name and offend others,” says Ayaan.
Unlike many other models, she has stayed away from the camps that are endemic to the industry, an industry in which fashion photographers are also de …

As the much-anticipated and sensational awards show of the year, The Lux Style Awards (LSA), inches closer, the pace of celebrities heartbeat increases. Considered the ‘Pakistani Oscars’ by many, the LSA, despite a slumped economy, still manages to arouse the interest of people.
This year will see the 10th Annual LSA, The Express Tribune spoke to some celebrities and asked them some basic questions about previous award ceremonies.
Questions
Which year was your favourite Lux Style Awards and why?
Which designer lawn would you like to see win and why?
What is the …

The Lux Style Awards (LSA) is arguably the single most distinguished awards forum in the country. It may not be the most perfect answer to the highly stylized and extravagant award shows across the border, like the Filmfare awards, but it is undoubtedly an event which gave birth to the ‘red carpet’ phenomena in Pakistan.
While the event has certainly trickled down from its grand inception in Dubai in 2002 – and an even majestic continuation in Malaysia in 2006, where a bevy of Indian celebrities also graced the occasion …

Day 4 marked the Closing Day of PFDC Sunsilk Fashion Week, November 2010, in Karachi. Day 4 was buzzing with fashion, music and high drama! The evening’s opening show was staged by Maria B., whose Fashion Week womenswear Prêt a Porter collection, “Tribal Militants” featured a diversity of fabrics such as pure cottons, khaddars, chiffons, denim, jute and silk along with knits. With an emphasis on prints, hints of culture, tribal bohemia and the sombre goth of military precision, a western silhouette was showcased. The collection drew inspiration from two …

An exciting initiative by the Pakistan Fashion Design Council (PFDC) and Sunsilk, November 10th 2010 marked the debut of the second fashion week in Pakistan. PFDC Sunsilk Fashion Week, being held in the cosmopolitan city of Karachi, featured 6 ramp shows with 5 distinct designers and a charity show divided into 3 acts on Day 1. The PFDC Sunsilk Fashion Week is being produced by Catwalk Productions and styled by the creative team at Sabs The Salon and Khawar Riaz, event coordination by the R Team and public relations by …