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February 28th, 2010

Musicians come out and show their support for fashion at PFDC Sunsil Fashion Week 2010

Musicians: Overload, Hadiqa Kiani, Sonu the Dangerous, Meesha Shafi, Nouman Javaid, Ali Zafar, Strings, Fawad Khan

Overload: The show kicked off on the 16th with the first collection being by Nickie & Nina, and as the collection made it to the ramp Overload performed their insanely amazing songs to a cheering audience.

Hadiqa Kiani: Hadiqa made her much awaited and much talked about appearance on the ramp, first for the designing duo of Asifa & Nabeel where Hadiqa looked stunning in the red one shoulder Asifa & Nabeel number. Then on Day 3 Hadiqa walked for Ammar Belal’s collection titled “The King of Pop”. Hadiqa came down the ramp as the Show Stopper in a controversial gold corset dress with a short messy wig for the MJ tribute collection.

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February 18th, 2010

Lahore takes to fashion week runways

Lahore Fashion Week

LAHORE: After the success of the Fashion Pakistan Week held late last year in Karachi, the Pakistan Fashion Design Council (PFDC) started its first fashion week in Lahore on Tuesday.

The event was held under tight security at a venue not advertised due to security reasons. Those present at the event included film actor Shaan, actresses Juggan Kazim and Iffat Omar, VJ Anoushey Ashraf, designers Ammar Belal, Maria B, Kamiar Rokni, Hassan Shehryar Yasin, Sadaf Malaterre, stylist Tariq Amin and head of the council Sehyr Saigol among others.

The week aims at commercialising the fashion industry of Pakistan and promoting local craftsmen and embroidery.

The event began with a performance by Overload with their lead singer Meesha Rehman. The designer duo Nickie Nina opened the show with their collection inspired by Swati embroidery and design. The common theme in their clothes was grey and white embroidery on colourful garments. Actress Nadia Jamil was the final celebrity that walked the ramp for Nickie Nina.

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February 12th, 2010

Hadiqa Kiani to walk the ramp at PFDC Fashion Week

Hadiqa Kiani to walk the ramp at PFDC Fashion Week

Hadiqa Kiayani

Hadiqa Kiani is branching out in a big way, reports Koolmuzone. As we have already mulled over earlier, Hadiqa is taking her love for all things colourful and daring to the next level by heading a salon, La Sinature, in Lahore. However, Hadiqa will once more dip an experimental toe in the glittery pool of fashion by reprising her role on the catwalk. Basically, after a show she walked for last year which she thoroughly regrets now, Hadiqa will be walking at the PFDC Fashion Week. Suddenly all some of us want to do is fly out to Lahore for a minute to watch Hadiqa being showstopper on the day.

Oh, did we not mention that? Hadiqa Kiani will be showstopper for designer duo Asifa & Nabeel. Hadiqa, who is very good friends with Asifa, has deigned only to be showstopper for them, while she may or may not be walking for HSY as well.

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February 11th, 2010

Fashion: Flaming orange on the border

Flaming orange on the border
Between love and hate, there’s fashion.
Will politics learn from it?

Aamna Haider Isani
Outlook India

Fashion & Article

Almost every Indo-Pak cultural relationship walks the thin line between love and hate. Indian films are adored, but all hell breaks loose if one takes an anti-Pakistan slant. Cricket matches between the two  generate huge excitement, but a defeat leads to torn-down billboards and burnt effigies. Cricketing ties turn sour when the ipl decides to keep out Pakistani players-and love for Shahrukh Khan soars to an all-time high here when he defends Pakistani cricketers on TV.

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February 10th, 2010

Amar Shows Off Her Passion For Fashion

Amar

Amar may still be an unfamiliar name to some, but she is definitely making it big on the Urban Desi music scene right now. She has worked with superstar producer Timbaland on the song “Bombay,” which was featured on his album “Shock Value. And the sexy songstress is definitely one hot Urban Desi chick with style!

When we asked Amar about her fashion inspirations she told us “I’m not really hooked on any one designer to be honest as I have always and will generally shop for clothes that I think are to going to fit well and look good on me, and I won’t necessarily veer towards one particular designer.”

So we wanted to take a closer look at her sense of fashion. Check out our favorite pics here and tell us what you think!

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February 10th, 2010

Fashionweek: A fashion week to call our own

A fashion week to call our own

Karachi Fashion Week (KFW) finally arrived after all the hullabaloo and controversy, riding high on the shoulders of local and international designers, silencing both critics and competition who turned their nose at the idea of an ‘outsider’ making inroads into our fickle fashion industry.

Indeed, even fashion scribes were in low attendance and the aisles were full with people one didn’t regularly come across at upscale fashion bonanzas. For once, it was a welcome change.

Day One of KFW opened with UK-based designer Omar Mansoor who has been making waves in Pakistan and especially Karachi, wowing all and sundry with his exquisite western line with just the right amount of bling and fluid cuts. With interesting patters and colour palette, it’s no wonder the name Omar Mansoor is reverberating in the right fashionable corridors, fast becoming the darling of the movers and shakers of the local fashion industry.

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February 10th, 2010

This is all a practice that will bring about a lot of professionalism in the industry

“This is all a practice that will bring about a
lot of professionalism in the industry.”
– Sarah Shahid of Sublime talks to

Sarah Shah

Instep Today in Lahore as PFDC Fashion Week is announced in Karachi

Instep Today: What’s your collection for the upcoming PFDC Fashion week about?

Sarah Shahid

Instep Today: What is your view of holding two/four fashion weeks?

SS: Ideally it should have been one because to be honest the market isn’t big enough for so many fashion weeks. But to look at things positively: this is all a practice that will bring about a lot of professionalism in the industry. It’s a rehearsal for everyone associated with this event from designers to choreographers to event managers on how to hone their talents, and will result in competitiveness in design. Also it gives the participants lots of exposure. For Pakistan to pull in people (such as international buyers) in this social and political climate is tremendous. But to expect them to come four times in a year is not realistic. Nonetheless, let’s just do this and not think about all these practicalities.

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