Fashion Exclusive: The Ultimate Merger
Lahore based Pakistan Fashion Design Council (PFDC) and Karachi based Fashion Pakistan (FP) to become one.
Day two of the PFDC Fashion Week 2011 has brought in startling news of the merger of the two fashion councils that represent the fashion industry in Pakistan, the Lahore based Pakistan Fashion Design Council (PFDC) and Karachi based Fashion Pakistan (FP).
One Council To Represent All
Fashion First
Speaking to media personnel, Saigol explained, “All the designers are part of the Pakistani fashion community, the APFC will provide a platform for them on the whole. We need to bring in business for our fashion industry through our fashion weeks. Previously, with so many fashion weeks per year, we were just holding star studded events that rake in money for advertisers, hoteliers and the media — but not for fashion”
Gulabo Ka Libas
This news is bound to reshape the fashion industry as we know it. To mark this merger, the PFDC Sunsilk Fashion Week has decided to end with a grand finale show that will jointly showcase Saigol’s Libas and Maheen Khan’s Gulabo, which industry veterans have affectionately termed ‘Gulabo Ka Libas’
All Pakistan Fashion Council
CEO
Maheen Khan
Chairperson for life
Mohsin Sayeed
CEO
Sehyr Saigol
Board Members
Hassan Shehryar Yasin
Nomi Ansari
Sonya Batla
Sana Hashwani
Maria Butt
Maheen Kardar
Shela Chatoor
Rizwan Beyg
Shamaeel Ansari Umar Sayeed
Secretary
Frieha Altaf
Public Relations officer
Aamina Haider Isani
Published in The Express Tribune, April 01st, 2011.
Update April 4, 2011: This report was a hoax as part of an April Fool's day prank.
One Council To Represent All
Chairperson of the Executive Committee of PFDC, Sehyr Saigol, and the newly appointed CEO of FP Amir Adnan have joined hands to announce that the two councils will now be working from a single platform named All Pakistan Fashion Council (APFC)
Fashion First
Speaking to media personnel, Saigol explained, “All the designers are part of the Pakistani fashion community, the APFC will provide a platform for them on the whole. We need to bring in business for our fashion industry through our fashion weeks. Previously, with so many fashion weeks per year, we were just holding star studded events that rake in money for advertisers, hoteliers and the media — but not for fashion”
Gulabo Ka Libas
This news is bound to reshape the fashion industry as we know it. To mark this merger, the PFDC Sunsilk Fashion Week has decided to end with a grand finale show that will jointly showcase Saigol’s Libas and Maheen Khan’s Gulabo, which industry veterans have affectionately termed ‘Gulabo Ka Libas’
All Pakistan Fashion Council
CEO
Maheen Khan
Chairperson for life
Mohsin Sayeed
CEO
Sehyr Saigol
Board Members
Hassan Shehryar Yasin
Nomi Ansari
Sonya Batla
Sana Hashwani
Maria Butt
Maheen Kardar
Shela Chatoor
Rizwan Beyg
Shamaeel Ansari Umar Sayeed
Secretary
Frieha Altaf
Public Relations officer
Aamina Haider Isani
Published in The Express Tribune, April 01st, 2011.
Update April 4, 2011: This report was a hoax as part of an April Fool's day prank.