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.