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Ushna Shah, Maryam Nafees, Ahmed Ali Butt, Nadia Hussain and Zhalay Sarhadi have spoken up, reminding people that celebrities have donated money too. ....
Senior Fashion Writer From Bunto to Faiza Samee, we take a look at the innate beauty of timelessness, created by veteran, revivalist couturiers. Rizwan Beyg Within Bunto Kazmi’s atelier, an embellished swathe of fabric moves beyond the generic realms of apparel and becomes art. An embroidered shawl may tell the story of a Tree of Life, or a heavenly garden inspired by Sharar’s Firdaus-i-Bareen may come to life. Butterflies will flit on the canvas, their wings splayed out in myriad colours, trellises will wind past exotic flora. Every flower petal will have a unique shade and the miniature men and women will tell stories of their own, each with a different facial expression created with such startling precision that it’s hard to believe that they have been etched with thread and needle, and not with a paintbrush. ....
Rizwan Beyg Within Bunto Kazmi’s atelier, an embellished swathe of fabric moves beyond the generic realms of apparel and becomes art. An embroidered shawl may tell the story of a Tree of Life, or a heavenly garden inspired by Sharar’s Firdaus-i-Bareen may come to life. Butterflies will flit on the canvas, their wings splayed out in myriad colours, trellises will wind past exotic flora. Every flower petal will have a unique shade and the miniature men and women will tell stories of their own, each with a different facial expression created with such startling precision that it’s hard to believe that they have been etched with thread and needle, and not with a paintbrush. ....
Instep Today Sun, 02, 21 Tradition is one of the most vital links to our past and reviving it through fabric, fashion and palpably through what we wear is only a definitive, concrete and vividly tangible form of archiving that evokes nostalgia and longing for days of yore. Three of Pakistan’s most rejoiced cultural commodities, coveted across the globe, would be television dramas, cuisine and textiles or fashion. And in the midst of the growing fashion industry are some celebrated revivalists whose body of work has helped bridge the gap between the era of yore and today’s social media savvy, hypersonic trending age of modernity. ....
Senior Fashion Writer “Except for the colour, the two outfits are different,” says Haris Shakeel who showcased at the Pantene HUM Bridal Couture Week. Farah Talib Aziz s design on the left and Haris Shakeel s on the right The 18th Pantene HUM Bridal Couture Week (BCW) that took place in Lahore last weekend marked the return of multi-designer shows in Pakistan. There were designer lineups, a host of celebrity showstoppers and even some song and dance numbers thrown in for entertainment. And amidst it all came a cry of plagiarism by popular design house Farah Talib Aziz (FTA). The designer has accused another member of the fraternity Haris Shakeel of copying her design and showcasing it as part of his ‘Ghazal’ collection. FTA’s design was modeled by actress Ayeza Khan and posted on their Instagram page in December 2019. ....