Showing posts with label Fashion Week. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fashion Week. Show all posts
Friday, February 19, 2010
TIMES ONLINE: A call to prayer echoed over the red carpet. The celebrity guests and socialites of Lahore lifted their diamante stilettos through the scarlet pile, careful not to trip as they showed lipsticked smiles – and bare shoulders – to the flashing camera bulbs.
Pakistan’s first Government-endorsed fashion week finishes today. There is hope that with it will disappear decades of the Government repression that had previously forced the scene underground.
“We have seen the fashion world in Pakistan evolve in recent years,” said Aamna Isani, a freelance fashion writer. “Ten years ago we weren’t allowed to say the word 'fashion’. We had to go for a ‘cultural event’ with clothes.”
Today, the Ministry of Commerce supports the festival, the Pakistan Fashion Design Council is Government-recognised, and even Pakistani TV crews happily meet gleaming and unveiled faces.
A triumph for young liberals, the event was also a red rag to those who protect conservative Islamic values with an iron fist. Inter Services Intelligence and the bomb squad were standing by to keep out haute couture’s uninvited guests. >>> Mary Bowers, Lahore | Friday, February 19, 2010
Thursday, November 05, 2009
THE TELEGRAPH: Pakistan's fashion week began on Wednesday in defiance of the Taliban's preference for strict adherence to modest Islamic veils.
As Pakistan's army battled religious extremists in South Waziristan, Karachi's top designers sent models down catwalks with bare shoulders and exposed navels in an unusual display of skin in a country where most women cover up.
Sonya Battla, the first designer to show, presented a collection that she said celebrated strong women. She dismissed the fact that in more conservative parts of the country, her designs might get women driven out of town or stoned to death.
"I'm a very brave woman," said the 38-year-old designer. "I'm not going to be scared and no one's going to judge me." >>> Chris Allbritton in Karachi | Thursday, November 05, 2009
Monday, July 06, 2009
ZEIT ONLINEInternationaler, größer, prominenter: Berlin hat sich als Modemetropole etabliert
Geschafft: Berlin ist Deutschlands führende Modestadt. An mehreren Orten wurde in den vergangenen Tagen hart daran gearbeitet, den Status Quo zu untermauern. Die Bread and Butter vermeldet wie auch die anderen Messen für Fachbesucher, die angestrebte Marke von 80.000 Besuchern erreicht zu haben. Und die zweite große Messe Premium am Gleisdreieck war vor allem am zweiten Tag so gut besucht wie lange nicht mehr. >>> Von Grit Thönnissen | Montag, 06. Juli 2009
SPIEGEL ONLINE: Mode für echte Diven: Guido Maria Kretschmer zeigt Glamour pur*
* Und etwas Islamisches ist nirgendwo zu sehen! Total unauffindbar!
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