Fashion Pakistan Week FPW4 Fall/winter 2012- Day 2 review

After some hits and many misses on day 1 of Fashion Pakistan week Fall/winter 2012, day 2 of FPW4 proves to be energetic and a breath of fresh air for the fashionholics of Karachi. Fashion Pakistan council is doing a great job by bringing in fresh talent among the designers to showcase … Read more

Adnan Pardesy Fashion Designer

FPW 4 Fall/Winter 2012 Designer Lineup for Day 2

Fashion Pakistan Week-4 Fall /Winter will kick off from October 21st in Karachi. The designer lineup for Day 2 show will include following designers. First half: Sanam Chaudhri – Looking forward to some great fashion Arsalan Yahseer (Mens Wear) – Wait & watch Debenhams – farangi Fashion 🙂 Bani D – Was … Read more

Adnan Perdesy – Pakistani Fashion Designer Profile

After graduating from the Asian Institute of Fashion Design (AIFD), and working in textile and garment manufacturing for a period of five years,Pardesylaunched his namesake label in 2007. He uses minimalism as his design philosophy and cites structure and architecture as his inspiration  In the short span of his career, Pardesy has made … Read more

4th PFDC Fashion Week 2011 Day 3 Highlights

Yashir Waheed Back to Life From a seasoned designer like Yashir Waheed, one expects a greater emphasis on construction which his previous and current collections have sorely lacked. He attempts to go back to the soil and resurrect the rustic khaddar, a fabric that holds historic and political affiliation to … Read more

The Designer: Exploring the world of retail fashion

The Designer: Exploring the world of retail fashion

At The Designer’s pre-eid launch, one observed how cleverly retailer Asad Tareen brought in names like Sadaf Malaterre, Adnan Pardesy, Mohsin Ali and Akif Mahmood, who have wowed us on the ramp but left us skeptical of when they retail. To Tareen’s credit, he managed to get the best of … Read more

Lux Style Awards: It’s time to play dress-up

Lux Style Awards: It’s time to play dress-up

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 … Read more

Pakistan’s fashion industry: Caught in a bubble

Pakistan’s fashion industry: Caught in a bubble

Exploding bombs, bickering politicians and a deteriorating economy — these are routine features of everyday life in Pakistan. Yet remarkably so, the country’s thriving fashion scene remains conspicuously detached from these harsh realities. Triggered to commercially cater to popular elite tastes, leading designer apparel ironically exhibit sumptuousness and flamboyance that … Read more