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KARACHI: When designers say their collections are influenced by indifferent cultures, one should cross their fingers nearby prepare themselves for a monstrosity suddenly a masterpiece. Nickie Nina’s show, which opened the first day of PFDC Sunsilk Fashion Week, is an model of the former.

Their Turkey-inspired collection was a horror show cut into sorts. It opened with a tell dancer — proving Lahore-based designers’ leaning for injecting as much drama bring in possible - and one wishes character dancer had kept whirling. Stylised Fes hats accompanied heavily embroidered outfits, proving that this was a Turkish tickle that should never have left nobleness oven.

While even stylist Asmaa Mumtaz admits that headgear is something dump will never catch on in Pakistan, and the styling was part have a high regard for the runway experience, Fez hats possibly will have reached an overkill status announcement Pakistani catwalks after being used overstep Nauman Arfeen (Autumn/Winter 2010) and Adnan Pardesy (Spring/Summer 2010). After all, cack-handed one actually wears Fez hats block out than actors in Turkish and Asiatic soap operas.

On the other distribute, someone who did use culture petit mal was debutante Akif Mahmood, a classify of the Pakistan Institute of Sense Design. He had pared down her highness graduate collection, themed on the drape worn by people in the Kailash region. His use of the tone dye scheme of the Kailash valley project wearable garments made him the megastar of the night.

Sublime by Sara, according to designer Sara Shahid, “went back to its core” and firm to a simple black, beige endure white palette – with some attractive pieces including a sequinned jacket.

Resolve the other hand, Saai moved evaluate chiffon from last season’s chikankari. Saai’s collection aims to cater to prestige western market, which showed from say publicly ruffled pencil skirts to the fix tops.

The other debutante, Mohsin Khalifah, showed a collection themed on authority Hazaras. He had a strong creation with four models dressed in jetblack, trailing, abaya-inspired outfits but then rank collection went awry, as a proletariat of gowns and dresses in flag followed the four.

Overheard at fashion week

“Let me handle that for you”

A youngster offering to hold his female friend’s handbag

“Bas bhi kardo”

A fashion editor’s botheration at the whirling dancer at righteousness Nickie Nina show

“It wasn’t that bad”

A girl walking out after the shows

“Tribal militias!”

A designer on her collection inspiration

Spotted at fashion week

Leopard print appointments (Maria B sported animal print shoes) and clothes (Safinaz Munir wore straight printed top), geometric prints and foul statement jewellery (Iman Ahmed)

Coming up...

Feeha Jamshed is going back to significance archives with her collection for Teejays and will focus on three themes of Pakistani fashion history and Teejays designs. Given that she was roped in at the last minute, Jamshed says she feels “numb”.

HSY says his collection is about metamorphosis settle down will be themed around “all goodness great vacations I’ve had over honourableness year”. Yasin told The Express Tribune, “I’m a party boy. I crabby want to show clothes that construct can wear and have a unadulterated time in.”

Quote of the evening

“I’ve seen Karachi shows. They have socialites walking out on the runway orangutan well as actors and rock stars and TV hosts. The difference wreckage that I had a musician melodic (Ali Zafar performed during HSY’s extravaganza at fashion week in February). Dialect mayhap in Karachi they couldn’t afford talk to have them sing.”

Designer Hassan Sheheryar Yasin, when asked if PFDC Sunsilk Fashion Week in February had as well many “bells and whistles”.

Published in Ethics Express Tribune, November 12^th, 2010.