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Does it itch?

Does it itch?

So there was this girl, in this Lahori country club, and she was buying chicken patties. Her hair color was a disgruntled shade of ginger but it was her flamboyant jumpsuit that traumatized me more. There were buttons, front and back. Some where they should be, some where they shouldn’t. It was hard to tell where her hips were in the jumble, so I assumed her legs started two feet from the ground, making her … Read entire article »

Filed under: Fashion, Humor, Lahore

The Curious Case of Suo Moto Notice of Ms. Odho’s Wine Bottles

The Curious Case of Suo Moto Notice of Ms. Odho’s Wine Bottles

By D. Asghar Any reasonable person will not disagree, that if Ms. Odho was violating any law by carrying two wine bottles in her luggage, from Islamabad to Karachi on a PIA flight, she is answerable. If there is a law that requires her to declare the spirits she is carrying, with her on a domestic flight, then it should be enforced. There is no question that Ms. Odho is a frequent traveler and more than likely … Read entire article »

Filed under: Democracy, Fashion, Images, Judiciary, lawyers movement, Pakistan, Politics, Society

Fashionistas Not Revolutionaries

Fashionistas Not Revolutionaries

Lahore Fashion Week has brought Pakistan Fashion Debate back in international media.   The first piece is from  CNN: Lahore, Pakistan (CNN) — Bare backs, plunging necklines and high-cut hems. Western media recently reported that the bold statements made by Pakistan’s fashionistas at Lahore Fashion Week demonstrated how designers were rejecting conservative dress in the South Asian nation. But the country’s top designers and models say that last week’s four-day fashion extravaganza wasn’t about defying extremism. “I won’t go as … Read entire article »

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Pakistani Fashion At Milan

DAWN, Images, Images On Sunday It was a proud moment for Pakistan’s fashion when the country was recently represented at one of the biggest fashion platforms in the world — Milan Fashion Week. Of the designers who participated, each showed a fabulous collection and they did so in the New Upcoming Designers (N-U-De) category. . Deepak Perwani’s collection Everything else aside, Pakistan has finally made it to one of the major fashion weeks in the world — … Read entire article »

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Pakistani Fashion Trailblazes Into 2010

At the moment it may seem like hell may freeze over before Pakistan find some kind of stability, but one sincerely hopes that our journey towards peace and prosperity begins in the year 2010. Meanwhile, the fashion industry has reared an adventurous head of its own and promises to bring many exciting propositions to the arena at large. As we step into 2010, almost two decades after fashion shows were publicised as cultural shows under senseless censorship, fashion in Pakistan has actually outrun every other liberal event in the country. Here’s a brief preview of the great expectations from fashion in the coming year… … Read entire article »

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