Pakistani Fashion

And Vogue.The September Issue of US Vogue hit the stands and I savored each and every page and photograph. Then, I came across Carla Power’s article Revolutionary Style, discussing Pakistan’s Fashion Week amid the political turmoil and violence, and savored the magazine some more. Pakistan’s Fashion Week featured in US Vogue!? Needless to say, I was a little excited. While I was expecting to read the details about the designers and the latest trends, I was pleasantly surprised to learn about the revolutionary back story. The article focused on Ayesha “Tammy” Haq, CEO of Fashion Pakistan. She spearheaded and produced the whole Fashion Week event, making it happen against all odds and security concerns. Haq was so insistent because she wanted to instill hope to Pakistan through this under-represented facet of the talent & grace that lives within the fashion scene. Despite the riots, the opposition, the economic crisis and the corrupt government.

Designer Nickie Nina Dress Designs Collection at Veet Fashion Week 2010

{SCA} Nickie Nina – two sisters - is a famous, Pakistani fashion label, run by designer duo Aliya Ali (Nickie) and Nabila Junaid (Nina), and recognized as a pioneer of women’s fashion in Pakistan. The label was launched in 2000, and enjoyed immediate success. The duo have since opened a number of outlets in Karachi, Lahore and Dubai; received invites to showcase at the Lakme India Fashion Week, and for Saudi Arabia’s royal family; and exhibited at multiple destinations and fashion capitals, including London, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Houston and the United Arab Emirates. Veet hosted a mega fashion show in Karachi, Pakistan at the PC Hotel on May 21, 2010 under the theme of Veet Celebration of Beauty (VCB). In in this post we present a list of dazzling and unbelievable pictures gallery of Nickie Nina Designs at Veet Fashion Show 2010 that will take your breath away. We are quite sure that you will love this post.

Syria Fashion: Clothing and Other Incidentals

Clothing...it's complicated. And in Syria, street fashion is complicated and convoluted.Twenty years ago, 70% of women did not "cover"; now it is just the opposite. Ten percent of the population is Christian, so they don't cover. Of the women who cover, there are different levels of covering: head scarf (hijab)and regular clothing or medium length/long trench coat, fully cloaked with head scarf, fully cloaked with face veiled (niqab). Women not fully robed wear a variety of current fashions (jeans, stilettos, crop tops over t-shirts (many with sayings in English and/or "engrish" that are very suggestive), skirts to knees. What they wear under the trench coats or cloaks is hard to know. But, on younger women, the trench coats are very tight fitting, leaving little to the imagination. The decisions made by women on what to wear, do not seem to be religious in nature, which is what makes it complicated. Some decisions are based on fashion, family pressure, the desire by women to find husbands: men tend to marry late because they have to buy a house before marriage; they marry younger women because they want children and then want their wives scarved to show unavailability to other males.
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Men's attire is much like anywhere, except for those in robes and/or wearing head scarves. Young men are in jeans and t-shirts with slogans and sayings most in "engrish": there must be some factory in China that sends all its seconds and misspelled logos to Syria! Shoe fashions for hip males tends towards the looong toe, squared off at the tip.
Below are some crowd photos taken around shops in the souks, people milling, shopping, etc.

Trench coats in a shop in the Damascus souk

What to wear under the trench coats.......

Diorama in the Azm Palace, Hama: fashion in the 1750's

We had to rent cloaks to enter the Umayyad Mosque, Damascus

Many fashion statements in the souk, Homs

Locals outside the Umayyad Mosque

Jewelry Row in the souk, Damascus

Locals between the souk and mosque, Damascus

Back courtyard of the Umayyad Mosque outside Saladin's tomb

Tourists are advised to dress modestly and neatly: no knees (as in shorts or short skirts), no sleeveless tops (even if you look great in them). But, there are always those (especially if they travel in large groups and so are somewhat distant from the locals), who choose otherwise.

Anita Dongre Indian Fashion Designer

Her understanding of the uniqueness of each woman’s own beauty, grace, body, the pulse of a woman’s desires, ambitions, dreams and sensuality that inspired Anita Dongre to be one of the foremost designers in the Indian fashion fraternity.

Since its inception in 1998, today, her name is credited to six very unique & extremely individual brands under its ever-expanding portfolio, i.e ANITA DONGRE TIMELESS, ANITA DONGRE IINTER-PRET, AND, Grassroot, Global Desi and Clay.

Anita’s creative repertoire ranges from prêt to couture and traditional to contemporary designs.

Lebanon is Middle East's Fashion Capital

BEIRUT — The gowns are cut low in the front, slashing down to the navel, or low in the back, swooping below the waist, inset with delicate see-through fabric. They couldn't be further from the modest dress generally worn by women in the Muslim Arab world.

A Reem Acra bridal design

Yet these fashions come from Lebanon, a tiny Arab country of 4 million on the Mediterranean. This nation better known for military conflicts than the arts has produced an impressive crop of designers, such as Reem Acra and Elie Saab, whose work is showcased at celebrity events such as the Oscars and the Golden Globes.

Elie Saab designs

"Lebanon's name has always been synonymous with war, but when it comes to fashion ... these designers really make us proud," said Laura Seikaly, 39, who was among a recent crowd of bikini-clad sunbathers on a beach north of Beirut. "I guess it comes from the society itself, the way Lebanese women dress. They're very courageous, even more than Europeans."

Halle Berry made an indelible mark in awards fashion history when she won an Oscar in 2002 wearing Elie Saab's stunning sheer burgundy floral embroidered gown.

Perhaps best known among the long list of couturiers is Saab, a Lebanese icon. He catapulted to fashion superstardom in 2002 when Halle Berry accepted an Academy Award sheathed in a dazzling Saab burgundy gown — a first for a Lebanese designer.

Georgette Salwar Kameez

Georgette Salwar Kameez for Eid
Eid is not only about prayers, charity, feasting but also about dressing up for the festivities. In the celebration of Eid, men, women and children need to look their best. It is a great time to see all the women taking all efforts to look their best. Women start shopping for the Eid season from long. Georgette Salwar suits with design is a traditional wear with class. Faux Georgette salwar suit is essentially a party wear or a festive wear. Latest faux salwar kameez designs in georgette fabric is available in all colors. Georgette is a sheer lightweight fabric, often made of silk or polyester material. It is slightly heavier and more opaque than chiffon. The twisted crepe fibers from which georgette is made gives it a springy quality that makes it seem to move on its own. Georgette is a thin woven silk fabric often of crepe yarn and construction. It is -a sheer silk or rayon crepe of dull texture. A sheer lightweight fabric, often made of silk or from such manufactured fibers as polyester, with a crepe surface. End – uses include dresses and blouses.Dressing styles are marked by many variations, both religious and regional with a wide choice of textures and styles.