Feel the wind in your hair
In the summer of our hair is in need of protection no less than in winter. Hair – a real decoration of each girl. And, like any adornment, they require careful maintenance. Moreover, in different seasons, this withdrawal should be different. In summer, paints, foams, mousses, curling irons, and added more fen-am and natural hazards: [...]
Thumbs Up for Fashion Mags
While beauty is in the eye of the beholder, confidence only comes with age. Recent magazine covers show beautiful and fierce women that exude the confidence that only a woman with a full life can portray. The women have more than their good looks in common – they are all 30! A model’s career starts [...]
Pippa Middleton in a college fashion show
Looks like Kate Middleton wasn’t the only one who sashayed down the catwalk. Pippa Middleton has been in the media spotlight since Kate and Will have slowed down to domesticate each other. Having won millions of fans world wide for her physical assets showcased at the royal wedding, the media has also shifted their focus [...]
Way to wear and show a ghagra!
The recently concluded Bridal Couture Week opened with J.J. Vallaya whose presentation saw Sana Safinaz sitting in the front row. They left right after. It’s always exciting to see what designers are coming up with across the border. While many in the audience could not identify with JJ Vallaya’s somber collection of navy blue with [...]
Day TWO of PFDC Sunsilk Fashion Week
A mixed bag of brand identities, sensational comebacks, repeat successes and… what the hell was that? Muniba Kamal Lahore Shamoon Sultan brings on Khaadi like never before Divided into two sections – high fashion for Khaadi Khaas and the launch of Khaadi Lawn, Shamoon Sultan rocked the house. While other designers may have launched into [...]
Foreign Press snippets of PFDC Sunsilk Fashion Week, Day One
“Like India, Brazil, Iceland and many other burgeoning fashion countries, Pakistan is seeking its style-stake in the global market. The collections included bright embroidered patchwork designs inspired by the traditional costumes worn by women in Sindh, by Nickie & Nina; a fairytale of beaded colour and print, accessorized with gilded head-dresses, based on Hans Christian [...]
Katie gets serious about fashion with Holmes & Yang
Katie Holmes and her stylist Jeanne Yang have unveiled their Fall 2011 collection at Barney’s, New York and are very, very serious about the fashion they are putting out. “If you have questions about the garments, email us,” Yang told the staff as it was walked through the collection. “We want feedback from the customers.” [...]
Kamiar Rokni wows at Gul Ahmed fashion awards and won’t be doing fashion week
The first annual Gul Ahmed fashion awards were held at the DHA Golf Club in Karachi. The corporate event was held on a grand scale and incorporated fashion seamlessly with top tier designers; The House of Kamiar Rokni, Karma and Ayesha Farooq Hashwani. The designers used Gul Ahmed’s latest summer 2011 fabrics to form their [...]
Lawn wars: Sana Safinaz hit a sixer… again!
“Will they, won’t they was the question?” on everyone’s lips even their own. As you will read in the Instep on Sunday issue tomorrow, days before the launch of Sana Safinaz lawn (yes their very own, not belonging to a textile mill using them to add value to its fabric) the design duo were nervous. [...]
Pakistanis shine at Mauritius Fashion Week
Manal Faheem Khan Karachi The 3-day event held in Mauritius had designers participating from India, Pakistan, Mauritius and South Africa, and was held in order to celebrate the opening of a branch of the Institute of Fashion and Technology (IIFT) in Mauritius, and was a joint effort by the institute and NSB Pearl Group. The [...]
Sania Maskatiya launches her first flagship store
Manal Faheem Khan Karachi In this competitive jungle of fashion politics in Pakistan, the person who wins the race is the one with the most friends. Clearly, this industry has proven the fact that friends can make or break your career. Considering the heavy supply of designers that have been pouring out lately, Sania Maskatiya [...]
Gwen Stefani and Kingston walk the ramp
Gwen Stefani walks the ramp with her son with superhot musician Gavin Rossdale, Kingston Rossdale, following her L.A.M.B. presentation during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Fall 2011 last week. As Stefani reached midway on runway, Kingston ran and caught up with her, to her surprise and delight; the two then completed the catwalk hand in hand. Her [...]
Confident NY Fashion Week kicks off
NEW YORK: New York’s Autumn-Winter Fashion Week kicked off Thursday in New York provided designer clothing residences and the luxury earth feeling far heeled in a resurgent economy. Putting the threadbare days of the foreign diminishing behind them, intercontinental fashionistas commenced gathering at Manhattan catwalks as earnings studies pointed to renewed wonderful times. Italy’s Prada [...]
Miss Nebraska wins 2011 Miss America pageant
LAS VEGAS: Nebraska’s 17-year-old Teresa Scanlan was named Miss America Saturday coming across as the youngest winner continually in the pageant’s history ensuing a night of making thought to be for poise, talent, fitness and knowledge. Scanlan wowed the judges wearing a stunning grey evening gown and tickling the ivories on piano in on rousing [...]
PFDC Sunsilk Fashion Week charity show
The PFDC Sunsilk Fashion Week will be underway this week and as an added bonus, the participating designers, as well as some additional ones, will be contributing to a charity show. Fashion Gives Back! is an effort put together by the fashion community to help the flood victims that were left devastated by this natural [...]
PFDC Sunsilk Fashion Week ties up with French fashion
The new official dates for the second PFDC Sunsilk Fashion Week are from 10-13th November 2010 which will be held in Karachi. The reason for the one month postponement was not addressed in the statement but the continued efforts to relieve those stricken by the floods will still remain a part of fashion week. Chairperson [...]
Make a stylish sandals from cheap sandals
The idea to make a summer footwear with his hands seemed to the author of interesting and at the same time impossible. But only so long until she saw knitted sandals Mary Janes. Inspired by them, she was able to translate and his idea.Look at this.You too can make your own pair of summer sandals. [...]
New York Fashion Week kicks off in new digs
NEW YORK: New York’s Spring-Summer 2011 Fashion Week kicked off Wednesday in new digs at the prestigious Lincoln Center. Mayor Michael Bloomberg opened the event and temporarily renamed the city’s number one subway route the “Fashion Line” in honor of the week running until September 16th. Starting Thursday, designers from around the world will show [...]
Evolution style Katie Holmes
One of the most talked about people in 2009 was Katie Holmes (Katie Holmes). Critics recognized her elegant style, the press constantly told about sturdy marriage with Tom Cruise, and the drafters of the ratings of glossy magazines constructed their daughter on the podium. However, the actress did not immediately become so.
How to look stylish in your home clothes
Pajamas, robe, shorts or cotton dress … Clothes we wear at home, should be cozy, comfortable and pleasant body.What kind of clothes to choose a home in autumn 2010?It is believed that the true style of the individual – this is not the way in which you are accustomed to seeing colleagues and friends, but [...]
5 ways to make eyelashes chic
Nothing makes a woman so charming, direct and attractive as long curved eyelashes . Men just go crazy when a woman is sweet and touching pop eyelashes, exploiting them for all the canons of seduction in the retro style . But what if nature does not reward you luxurious lashes, heavy artillery to break men’s [...]
Modeling on horseback in Bulgaria
SOFIA: We have all seen models exhibiting dresses on catwalks but now in a latest development horse riding has become part of fashion shows. An interesting fashion show was held in Bulgaria in which girls instead of modeling dresses on a catwalk rode on horsebacks to exhibit their outfits. The fashion show that was organized [...]
Mexico’s Navarrete crowned Miss Universe
LAS VEGAS: Mexico’s Jimena Navarrete was crowned Miss Universe on Monday in an upset victory that stunned a pageant world which had predicted a winner to emerge from Ireland, Venezuela or the United States. The 22-year-old from Guadalajara, resplendent in a flowing ruby-red evening gown, said she plans to study nutritional science but has been [...]
Britney Spears launches a new fashion line
The poor woman has been through every strange thing possible. She started off as the cute Mickey-Mouse-club girl, and then became the hottest thing of the music industry, then she got married a couple of times, which resulted in her going crazy, losing her hair, and being on everyone’s hate list. Eventually, the diva then [...]
Nubiles Crissysnow in a Lovely Brown Lace Underwire Bra
There are just some colors you would never expect to find on a bra, and I think the brown shade on the pretty lace bra Crissysnow from Nubiles is wearing is one of them. I can understand certain shades of brown being similar to skin tones so they aren’t as visible under lighter colored shirts, [...]
Mehndi Designs
Mehndi (Hindi: मेहँदी, Urdu: مہندی) is the application of henna as a temporary form of skin decoration in Pakistan and India, as well as by expatriate communities from these areas. Mehendi decorations became fashionable in the West in the late 1990s, where they are sometimes called henna tattoos. Henna is typically applied during special occasions [...]
Wireless bras
Wireless bras One of the easiest ways to ensure comfort and support is with a wireless bra. Wireless bras give women support by adding stretch and eliminating the wire. Wear one underneath nearly anything. They are designed with a double layer of support without the wires. When shopping for wireless bras, consider technical differences. Some [...]
Underwire Bras
Underwire Bras Underwire bras make up the vast majority of bra designs on the market today. When they fit properly they have the ability to lift and support the breast tissue, because as you may know, the breasts contain no muscle of their own to support the weighty tissue. Wearing one is one of the [...]





