Ammar Belal’s Design Emporium for the style conscious man

Ammar Belal’s Design Emporium for the style conscious man

Whoever thought that Ammar Belal’s Design Emporium was purely testosterone territory needs to think again. With androgyny being a huge trend this year, style-conscious women like Samina Khan of the super cool Paper Magazine, journalist/documentary filmmaker Fazeelat Aslam, as well as Belal’s wife, the former supermodel Aaminah Haq, have been … Read more

The Power List 2005

What is power? Who has it? How can you tell? These are questions that have no easy answers. Ask an assertive journalist, and you’ll hear a vehement dismissal of all glamour types and the list of powerful people whittling down to a stodgy industry bigwigs. Ask a starry-eyed showbiz fanatic … Read more

The Next Best Things

The next best things are not some secondary alternatives to the real things. These are the real things! They are the next generation of superstars. Perhaps the term “generation” would not be applicable here since the world of showbiz seems to lie in another dimension where time moves a lot … Read more

La Dolce Vaneeza

Some women are determined to write their own fate. Like Helen of Troy or Marilyn Monre or Cleopatra or our very own Rani. Controversy dogs beauty and no one knows better than Vaneeza Ahmed. Her erratic lifestyle, her clandestine affairs, her phenomenal asking price, her politically correct mantra, her highly … Read more

Dream & Dreamer

All people dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their mind, wake in the morning to find that it was vanity. But the dreamers of the day are dangerous people, for the dream their dreams with open eyes, and make them come true. … Read more

Pakistani style steps out

The show got bigger this year. Not only did the organizers fly out to Dubai, giving the local entertainment industry much-needed international exposure, they also collaborated with a television network, ensuring a much wider audience than our local channels could ever pull off. Indian talent, comprising professional dancers, stage designers … Read more

The ABCD Boy

Ammar Belal is the charming young guy behind the stylish ABCD, the label that has injected new life into the stodgy old Sarah’s retail empire. That’s quite an achievement for someone who majored in management, and whose only qualification in fashion is a short stint as an intern at Selfridges … Read more

LUX Style Awards for the year 2004

Unilever Pakistan formally announced , that the prestigious LUX Style Awards 2004 will be held on the April 24, 2004 and revealed the Viewers’ Choice Nominations. LUX is a leading Pakistani soap brand. An icon of beauty, LUX has always been associated with film stars, style, and skin care. The … Read more