Have you seen: Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy in Venice!
While the winner of the award was Thelma Schoonmaker, a three-time Academy Award winner, for her work editing Hugo, the nominees for the second edition of the prize were Colleen Atwood for costume design in Snow White and the Huntsman, Nadine Labaki, director of Where Do We Go Now?; Brit Marling, actor in Another Earth, and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, director Saving Face.
“The best woman won today!” Obaid-Chinoy posted to Facebook. “Thelma the editor for Hugo! 40 years of experience editing films like Avatar! What an honour to have been nominated alongside her! What a night!”
What we love
We love that Obaid-Chinoy dons the funkiest and most fashionable outfits by Pakistani designers at international red carpet events. Not only did was she wearing a Bunto Kazmi outfit when she bagged an Oscar, she carried a bright Mahin Hussain flag-inspired bag from her August 14 collection “Hum Zinda Qaum Hain”. She also rocked another bright orange Maheen Karim ensemble on awards night. We love the Pakistani pride!
Published in The Express Tribune, September 2nd, 2012.
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@Ayesha K
Agree with you. My only concern is her horrible orange dress. She needs to choose another designer.
Old woman!! She's barely 33! Stop being jealous man! The woman deserves accolades! Stop putting people down for the sake of it! I am laughing as I read some of these comments- she's Dam smart!
She looks like an old woman desperately trying to hold on to her youth
How fanastic thank you for representing us with such pride! We love you
Get with the times all of you whom think she should wear ' Pakistani suits', women in Pakistan are moving ahead and away from the boring old traditional style, why is it that every country is moving forward except Pakistan? This outfit is the trend for the young people of Pakistan today, we need someone like her to represent the youth of our country and not what you see in the media everyday which is the awful mullahs and extremists! Shes intelligent, savy and a hard working woman who speaks her mind..we need more of them in this country thats for sure!
Western style dressing is now Pakistani pride?
what kid of Fashion is that, she should have taken a cultural glimpse of Pakistan wearing some nice Pakistani suits.
Horrid orange outfit, please get a decent designer and not your school class mate to dress you.
Sadly, despite all her directorial talents, Sharmeen doesn't have much of a style quotient.
Sharmeen is the best,Pakistan needs more people like her,not Mullahas & religious fanatics(Terrorists).