Stitch and Craft exhibition opens at Grandeur
AIFD Stitch and Craft exhibit features clothes and accessories that follow key global trends.
KARACHI:
The Asian Institute of Fashion Design’s (AIFD) Stitch and Craft exhibit, which was held at Grandeur, left one impressed with the quality of work.
The exhibit featured clothes and accessories that followed key global trends.
Sanober Ahsan, the CEO of AIFD told The Express Tribune, “I have seen these students work and some of them are not financially strong. So to give them a start I thought they should exhibit their stuff. While at school the students focus on technique, here their main focus was wearability. We had no idea that the turnout would be so good - from the students’ point of view the exhibition has been a success.”
Nilofer Siddiqui, who came to view the work at Grandeur, said, “The students have done an amazing job. Keeping in mind that they are still young and in the learning process, their work is very impressive.”
The fashion collections mostly comprised eastern outfits, both womenswear and menswear.
Forty designers from AIFD participated at the exhibit, but it was Nida Khurrum’s ‘peach’ collection that the most sought after. “At the end of the day I was left with hardly three pieces!” Her outfits were priced from Rs1,500 to Rs4,500 and used chiffon and cotton fabric.
Anita Nasir, a designer who works for Silhouette and is currently a student at AIFD, said, “I focused on eastern, western and ethnic designs for the exhibition. I mainly used bright colours for eastern wear and neutral colours for western wear.”
Basma Shams, who showed jewellery under the label Lajpaal said, “I did try to make my designs in a limited budget, and used zircons, rubies and emeralds. This makes it affordable for people who can’t buy diamonds.” Priced between Rs1,200 and Rs7,000, the jewellery designs were modern and delicate.
Sidra Nasir displayed a collection of 20 clutches. “I needed a good clutch bag for myself and there weren’t any in the market, so I started designing on my own,” she told The Express Tribune. “I am doing stuff that hasn’t been done before. People are looking out for more sophisticated things.”
Published in The Express Tribune, November 8th, 2010.
The Asian Institute of Fashion Design’s (AIFD) Stitch and Craft exhibit, which was held at Grandeur, left one impressed with the quality of work.
The exhibit featured clothes and accessories that followed key global trends.
Sanober Ahsan, the CEO of AIFD told The Express Tribune, “I have seen these students work and some of them are not financially strong. So to give them a start I thought they should exhibit their stuff. While at school the students focus on technique, here their main focus was wearability. We had no idea that the turnout would be so good - from the students’ point of view the exhibition has been a success.”
Nilofer Siddiqui, who came to view the work at Grandeur, said, “The students have done an amazing job. Keeping in mind that they are still young and in the learning process, their work is very impressive.”
The fashion collections mostly comprised eastern outfits, both womenswear and menswear.
Forty designers from AIFD participated at the exhibit, but it was Nida Khurrum’s ‘peach’ collection that the most sought after. “At the end of the day I was left with hardly three pieces!” Her outfits were priced from Rs1,500 to Rs4,500 and used chiffon and cotton fabric.
Anita Nasir, a designer who works for Silhouette and is currently a student at AIFD, said, “I focused on eastern, western and ethnic designs for the exhibition. I mainly used bright colours for eastern wear and neutral colours for western wear.”
Basma Shams, who showed jewellery under the label Lajpaal said, “I did try to make my designs in a limited budget, and used zircons, rubies and emeralds. This makes it affordable for people who can’t buy diamonds.” Priced between Rs1,200 and Rs7,000, the jewellery designs were modern and delicate.
Sidra Nasir displayed a collection of 20 clutches. “I needed a good clutch bag for myself and there weren’t any in the market, so I started designing on my own,” she told The Express Tribune. “I am doing stuff that hasn’t been done before. People are looking out for more sophisticated things.”
Published in The Express Tribune, November 8th, 2010.