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Giving out details, Nilofer Shahid said, “It’s a great honour for me to represent Pakistan at an international event and a huge responsibility lies on my shoulder. It is fashion for development and for the promotion of peace.”
The designer said she couldn’t reveal details about what she would display as the outfit was “under wraps for now” but is very excited because, “The outfits are going to travel all over the world museums and will be displayed there. Additionally, our outfits will be auctioned for charity for causes like poverty alleviation and increasing education These are problems in many countries across the globe.”
Regarding Shahid’s selection for the gala, Fashion Consultant Zurain Imam, says, “Nilofer Shahid represents the hallmark of painstaking research, reverence to heritage, great design and attention to detail, dovetailing it all with a contemporary perspective.
She has exhibited alongside Balenciaga in Paris and the French press has compared her to Dior so she has that international haute couturier appeal and panache. She is Pakistan’s preeminent ambassador of great design and philanthropy,” adds Imam.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 5th, 2011.
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