Models presents costumes made from combining traditional batik motifs, antique woven and traditional songket fabric by Indonesian designers Iva Latifa, Ghea Panggabean, Zainal and Ida Royani during the Islamic Fashion Festival in Jakarta. The designers at this fashion show wanted to break with the idea of Muslim fashion being an oxymoron and make it more of a celebration of femininity.
Organized by Rezza, the fashion show was attended by Hollywood celebrities

Sara Taseer Shoaib is bringing her finest collection of diamonds to Karachi on 11 August, 2009. The showing will have all her signature everyday pieces as well a full range of her sets which are limited editions for the upcoming wedding season. The jewellery is designed by Sara and is manufactured in Hong Kong and Singapore where she resides. Most pieces are limited. The event requires you to have an invitation. You can request one with an address on face book page.
Sara Taseer Shoaib is a trained gemologist qualified from …

Aishwarya Bachchan’s role might not be that big in The Pink Panther 2 but she’s going on a world tour to attend the film’s premieres.
It’s been called a Steve Martin film with Ash not getting much mileage, but the lady is set to attend the film’s premiere in various cities across the globe, starting with the New York premiere alongside her hubby on February 3.
Her husband Abhishek Bachchan will be with her to celebrate his birthday and parents Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan would join them in NY. Ash would …

Katrina Kaif and John Abraham might be big stars in India. But they are nobodies in New York. This they realized only a while ago. Interestingly these two are acting in a movie called New York. Such is the irony of the situation. The two were denied entry to a nightclub in New York when they were trying to join a party for a crew member on their movie New York.
A source says, “When they were stopped at the nightclub, they tried to reason with the bouncers that they were …

Nikhil Advani is busy globe trotting for multiple premiers of his film ‘Chandni Chowk To China’. Any film maker would be hassled with a 24X7 routine that would not just involve multiple Q&A sessions pre and post the screening but also ‘hazaar’ scribes who would be in line to get a byte about the film. Add to that the pressure of being at helm of a truly international film (Warner Bros. distributes ‘Chandni Chowk To China’) and it indeed is an exciting yet tense situation out there. As Nikhil catches …

‘Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi’ with SRK and Anushka Sharma which hits the theatres this Friday happens to be one of the most anticipated movies of 2008.
Yash Raj Films is apparently planning to show the first look trailer of ‘New York’ with the SRK biggie. This movie happens to be another one of their anticipated movies that stars John Abraham and Katrina Kaif.
‘New York’ is set in the Big Apple and is a story about friendships and romance. Its the story of three friends who are living in peace and …

The German celebrity and the supermodel, Heidi Klum has invited the displeasure of the Hindu leaders in America by dressing up as Hindu goddess Kali for a Halloween party. Her husband, singer Seal, dressed up as Indian mythical character, Angulimaal, at the party thrown in New York by Klum herself, and attended by many celebrities.
According to a website report, the leaders are demanding a public apology from Klum, for posing as a sacred figure in a party. Indian-American community leader Rajan Zed said: “Goddess Kali is highly revered in Hinduism …

She is a filmmaker with a degree in theatre and religion from Mount Holyoke college in New York. She works out of offices in New York City, Santa Fe, and Lahore. Her goal is to create dialogue through the movies she produces, both within the Muslim world, internationally and especially the USA. Her first feature length film, Kashf is set to hit theatres nationwide on the 15th of December.
Q. You could have had a larger slice of the Pakistani market if Kashf had been made in Urdu. Why …

Date/Time/Venue: Saturday, August 16
6:30pm-10pm
Mansion (530 W 28th St) ( www.mansionny.com/media )

Performers: …

This Saturday, November 17, Pakistani design heavy weights Nickie Nina and Kamiar Rokni participated in one of Lahore’s premier charity fashion events, ‘9 women’ , held by the Lahore Grammar School Defence Campus in honour of the Depilex Smile Again Foundation .

This was a charity fashion event with a difference. The event concept required active participation from an exclusive panel of Lahore ‘s top designers who personally trained students in design, cut, silhouette, colour, manufacture and retail over a period of time. The culmination of this training for Nickie Nina …