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Parishae Adnan, CEO of Awami, talks to Instep about re-launching her father’s brand after almost a decade, her design philosophy and inspiration.
Having been launched more than 10 years ago by veteran designer Amir Adnan, the brand Awami was created as an economical, minimal version of the Amir Adnan design ethos. However, at that time the brand was not taken very well and ultimately it was discontinued. Recently Parishae Adnan, daughter of designer(s) Amir and Huma Adnan, with a degree from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, has re-launched Awami with an updated identity.
A decade later, the newly revamped Awami has a philosophy that is all about eastern power clothing for women. “The brand’s philosophy, when it was initially launched, was very different from what it is now,” shared Parishae Adnan, CEO of the brand, in an exclusive interview with Instep.
Description:
Today, April 21, is World Hemiptera Day. So in keeping with that I’m posting this beautiful Hemiptera, a Shield Bug, also called Stink Bug. This is in the true “Bug” family and is a striking turquoise color with yellow legs and underside. The points of its pronotum are black as are the tips of its wings. The upper parts of its wings are a dark gray with yellow veins.
Habitat:
Photographed at night on a blade of grass on the edge of a village in the Amazon rainforest of SE Ecuador (240 masl).
Notes:
This is very similar to Edessa rufomarginata but the upper wings are a different color so I will have to leave the specific name unknown.
The Globe and Mail Sally Brompton Published April 21, 2021
IF TODAY IS YOUR BIRTHDAY
If you can find ways to meld your own personal and professional ambitions with what a group or social movement of some kind is trying to do then you could go far this year. Don’t hide your leadership qualities. Be willing to take on big responsibilities.
ARIES (March 21 - April 20):
With Mars, your ruler, moving into the domestic area of your chart a couple of days from now you must expect a certain amount of opposition, even aggression, from those you share your living space with. Promise yourself that you won’t get aggressive in return.