Friday, May 17, 2013
Fashion Designers
Fashion designer plays a key role in establishing the Fashion statement of the country. There is a list of Pakistani Fashion designers working tremendously in the Pakistani Fashion Industry. Fashion designers of Pakistani Fashion industry are continuously polishing the name of the Pakistani Fashion Industry in the international Fashion market.
Discover emerging and top Pakistani Fashion designers and popular brands through Fashion Central. Fashion Central is your guide to fashion's top Pakistani Fashion designers with profiles and photos of their recent collections. Now you can explore a list of Fashion designers and select your desired Fashion style.
Sunday, April 21, 2013
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medium purple to greenish gold shimmer flecks
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subtle orange to gold large shimmer flecks
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strong purple to blue and orange medium shimmer flecks
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strong blue to green fine shimmer
Fashion Industry in Pakistan
Fashion is a conceptual term though it covers
almost all aspects of our daily life. In the current period, fashion
has become an industry and in almost every field of life rather it is
textile, wearable for sexes, ceramics, households, construction or
dines, fashion is everywhere around us. According to a very brief
definition, “Fashion is an extension of self and expression of
individuality”.
Dress is very important facet of our personality and fashion in our dress and clothes have taken its step towards international market. Fashion is not a new thing actually, it exists from the origin of civilization but now in the recent time it has enhanced its functioning circle.
With the foundation of Pakistan, fashion industry started working and the big advantage Pakistani fashion industry Pakistan has gained is that it has the glimpse of various civilizations in it. The remarkable change in Fashion Industry in Pakistan started with the beginning of 21st century when the young designers tried to give a new direction to fashion in Pakistan.
The designers of mid 1990’s were the trendsetters in fashion industry and they give a new shape to the multi-civilized culture of Pakistan. There came a big change in fashion industry especially during the last two decades and now textile fashion has taken a form of strapping business.
The credit goes to the fashion institutes in Pakistan especially ‘Pakistan Institute of Fashion Design’ that have produced a number of flourished names in the fashion industry like Maria B, Hassan Shehryar Yasin, Deepak Parwani, Maheen Khan, Nomi Ansari and many more.
All young designers are trying to bring industry a step ahead where they can proudly represent Pakistan on international level.
Pakistani designers are known in international markets now and many international shows feel proud to invite Pakistani designer, this not only improves the content of their runway, but also projects the soft image of the country as a talented young generation.
The Fashion Industry of Pakistan is an important industry as it has a high impact on the economy of the country. The fashion designers of Pakistan have not only made their name within the country, but also across the borders. Every year new designers come up with their stunning collection to keep the eyes of the people open wide. The fashion designers not only concentrate on traditional wear, but also come up with the Eastern and Western types of dresses, with their amazing, unparallel collection. All of them have their collection for men and women alike. Every designer has its unique collection and brings forth something different from the others.
There is no limit to the fashion designers in Pakistan. Every year, we see new names coming up. More and more people are choosing the fashion industry to make their future bright. Presently, the Fashion Industry of Pakistan comprises of three fashion councils. They are the Pakistan Fashion Design Council(PFDC), Fashion Pakistan, and the Pakistan Fashion Council each of these have specific chairmen and keep organizing fashion weeks to display the latest designs of the designers, to make them go popular all over the World. Every designer chooses one council to be under, for instance, you would find the heavy weights in the PFDC being Kamiar Rokni, Khaadi, HSY, Karma, Nickie Nina, Ammar Belal etc. All of these are famous designers. Sana Safinaz , Maheen Khan, Deepak Perwani , Sonya Batla , Rizwan Baig are those found in FP, or the Fashion Pakistan, whereas Amir Adnan displays his designs under the Pakistan Fashion Council.
Pakistani Fashion industry striving to make identification of Pakistani Culture on International Fashion Ramps.
The culture of Pakistan has always been the focal point for all fashion designers in the Pakistani Fashion Industry. Whether it is dress or accessories, Fashion Industry in Pakistan has always kept the aspect of pertaining to our traditional roots and heritage that are actually the main identity of Pakistan.
The main focus of the Pakistani Fashion Industry nowadays is the fusion of South Asian and Central Asian fashion styles along with the delicacy of Eastern touch. We all have seen the flowing frocks to rule the fashion trends from 2011, as many cultural practices have been inherited from Mughals and adopted by the Pakistani Fashion Industry for both summer and fall fashion trends. It is undoubtedly the hard work and efforts of Pakistani fashion designers and the whole Pakistani Fashion Industry to introduce the pure Eastern culture throughout the world. Through the exclusive creations and attractive presentation of Pakistani Fashion Industry, the fashion trends and culture of Pakistan gained appreciation and positive reception from many fashion events around the Globe.
In a broader view and unbiased analysis, the Pakistani Fashion Industry has certainly played a very constructive and optimistic role in building the fashion sense and fashion trends amongst all the age groups. Pakistani culture and traditions always have a huge impact on Pakistani Fashion Industry and the collections of famous Pakistani fashion designers, however, our designers, and experts have also tried to be unique and exclusive to use their imagination to design the unmatchable products, dresses and accessories.
The creations and collection line-ups of Pakistani Fashion Industry, that are purely culture oriented, received warm acclamation and gratitude from the fashion ramps from all over the world especially the Western countries. The basic intention behind promoting Pakistani culture and Pakistani fashion trends through products and dresses is to mark our individuality in the fashion industry worldwide, tied along with our tradition and style.
Whether it is trendy shalwar kameez or choori daar pajama, Pakistani Fashion Industry has always marked its elegance with classy outfits. Moreover, Fashion Industry of Pakistan is doing an outstanding job as far as bridal creations are concerned. The bridal dresses, lehnga, sharara and gharara have received a new charm and spectacular grace by amazing color blends and distinguished embellishments from many famous Pakistani fashion designers.
As the other fields in Pakistan, including entertainment, medicine and information technology, are building their own identification all over the World, our Pakistani Fashion Industry is also going higher with the dedication of Pakistani fashion designers to mark their importance in the World of Fashion.
Dress is very important facet of our personality and fashion in our dress and clothes have taken its step towards international market. Fashion is not a new thing actually, it exists from the origin of civilization but now in the recent time it has enhanced its functioning circle.
With the foundation of Pakistan, fashion industry started working and the big advantage Pakistani fashion industry Pakistan has gained is that it has the glimpse of various civilizations in it. The remarkable change in Fashion Industry in Pakistan started with the beginning of 21st century when the young designers tried to give a new direction to fashion in Pakistan.
The designers of mid 1990’s were the trendsetters in fashion industry and they give a new shape to the multi-civilized culture of Pakistan. There came a big change in fashion industry especially during the last two decades and now textile fashion has taken a form of strapping business.
The credit goes to the fashion institutes in Pakistan especially ‘Pakistan Institute of Fashion Design’ that have produced a number of flourished names in the fashion industry like Maria B, Hassan Shehryar Yasin, Deepak Parwani, Maheen Khan, Nomi Ansari and many more.
All young designers are trying to bring industry a step ahead where they can proudly represent Pakistan on international level.
Pakistani designers are known in international markets now and many international shows feel proud to invite Pakistani designer, this not only improves the content of their runway, but also projects the soft image of the country as a talented young generation.
The Fashion Industry of Pakistan is an important industry as it has a high impact on the economy of the country. The fashion designers of Pakistan have not only made their name within the country, but also across the borders. Every year new designers come up with their stunning collection to keep the eyes of the people open wide. The fashion designers not only concentrate on traditional wear, but also come up with the Eastern and Western types of dresses, with their amazing, unparallel collection. All of them have their collection for men and women alike. Every designer has its unique collection and brings forth something different from the others.
There is no limit to the fashion designers in Pakistan. Every year, we see new names coming up. More and more people are choosing the fashion industry to make their future bright. Presently, the Fashion Industry of Pakistan comprises of three fashion councils. They are the Pakistan Fashion Design Council(PFDC), Fashion Pakistan, and the Pakistan Fashion Council each of these have specific chairmen and keep organizing fashion weeks to display the latest designs of the designers, to make them go popular all over the World. Every designer chooses one council to be under, for instance, you would find the heavy weights in the PFDC being Kamiar Rokni, Khaadi, HSY, Karma, Nickie Nina, Ammar Belal etc. All of these are famous designers. Sana Safinaz , Maheen Khan, Deepak Perwani , Sonya Batla , Rizwan Baig are those found in FP, or the Fashion Pakistan, whereas Amir Adnan displays his designs under the Pakistan Fashion Council.
Pakistani Fashion industry striving to make identification of Pakistani Culture on International Fashion Ramps.
The culture of Pakistan has always been the focal point for all fashion designers in the Pakistani Fashion Industry. Whether it is dress or accessories, Fashion Industry in Pakistan has always kept the aspect of pertaining to our traditional roots and heritage that are actually the main identity of Pakistan.
The main focus of the Pakistani Fashion Industry nowadays is the fusion of South Asian and Central Asian fashion styles along with the delicacy of Eastern touch. We all have seen the flowing frocks to rule the fashion trends from 2011, as many cultural practices have been inherited from Mughals and adopted by the Pakistani Fashion Industry for both summer and fall fashion trends. It is undoubtedly the hard work and efforts of Pakistani fashion designers and the whole Pakistani Fashion Industry to introduce the pure Eastern culture throughout the world. Through the exclusive creations and attractive presentation of Pakistani Fashion Industry, the fashion trends and culture of Pakistan gained appreciation and positive reception from many fashion events around the Globe.
In a broader view and unbiased analysis, the Pakistani Fashion Industry has certainly played a very constructive and optimistic role in building the fashion sense and fashion trends amongst all the age groups. Pakistani culture and traditions always have a huge impact on Pakistani Fashion Industry and the collections of famous Pakistani fashion designers, however, our designers, and experts have also tried to be unique and exclusive to use their imagination to design the unmatchable products, dresses and accessories.
The creations and collection line-ups of Pakistani Fashion Industry, that are purely culture oriented, received warm acclamation and gratitude from the fashion ramps from all over the world especially the Western countries. The basic intention behind promoting Pakistani culture and Pakistani fashion trends through products and dresses is to mark our individuality in the fashion industry worldwide, tied along with our tradition and style.
Whether it is trendy shalwar kameez or choori daar pajama, Pakistani Fashion Industry has always marked its elegance with classy outfits. Moreover, Fashion Industry of Pakistan is doing an outstanding job as far as bridal creations are concerned. The bridal dresses, lehnga, sharara and gharara have received a new charm and spectacular grace by amazing color blends and distinguished embellishments from many famous Pakistani fashion designers.
As the other fields in Pakistan, including entertainment, medicine and information technology, are building their own identification all over the World, our Pakistani Fashion Industry is also going higher with the dedication of Pakistani fashion designers to mark their importance in the World of Fashion.
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Overview of Pak Textile Industry By: Dr Kamal Monnoo
The global cotton and textile communities are facing historically
volatile times, regardless of which part of the supply chain they belong
to. Without question, the problem our industry faces are significant -
but they are by no means insurmountable. In this new era, success will
require a level of communication and transparency greater than we have
ever had in the past, and this is an opportunity that we can take
advantage of. The Textile Ministry by developing closer ties within the
business organisations and inter-industry platforms, both upstream and
downstream, can do much more than simply survive these dangerous times:
It can proactively build a better, healthier and stronger national
textile industry that can benefit the economy and sustain long-term
export growth, once the current period of market turbulence subsides.
This is a time where it is of paramount importance that by regularly
discussing strategies with the stakeholders, the authorities ensure that
the national cotton trade functions more smoothly in all sectors, so
that we can ensure to not just successfully ride the present crisis, but
also manage ourselves in a way that we can possibly avert one in
future.
Neighbouring India, even after an extreme slowdown, is still growing at more than 6 percent per year; whereas, Pakistan’s growth average during the past four years has been barely 2.50 percent. At least two million new workers enter our labour market every year, which means that if we cannot match this with corresponding growth, the problems with unemployment and poverty will compound. The sad reality at present, however, points to a climate where our industry is instead operating at about 30 to 40 percent below capacity. The textile sector accounts for approximately 38 percent of our entire labour force and an operating level of 60 percent basically means a job loss in this sector alone of about one million workers.
Ironically, in textiles, not international demand or global management, inefficiencies have been the main culprits, but the sheer choking of power (electricity) and energy (natural gas) has forced closures resulting in the loss of global market share. Comparing this with 2007, when the industry was operating on full capacity, it means: Whereas, in four years an extra 3.20 million fresh young employable workers should have been absorbed in the textile sector, it is at present accommodating one million than its peak back in 2007! Running an industry per se is becoming untenable, especially in Punjab, where it is forced to close for nearly 170 days a year for want of power and energy.
Little wonder that our textile exports are falling, rather than registering an increase. Based on the figures recently released by the Ministry and verified by the respective Chambers, if we compare January 2011 to January 2012 in quantity terms, the total textile exports have registered a decline of 15.37 percent, and the sector wise decrease reads as textiles and clothing by 16.81 percent, knitwear by 34.79 percent, bed wear by 30.24 percent, towels by 21.76 percent, readymade garments by 24.46 percent, art silk and synthetic textiles by 44.29 percent and other made-ups by 28.16 percent.
Even more disturbing is the trend that the exports of higher value items have fallen at a much higher rate than the less valued ones and, alarmingly, the products that in competing manufacturing economies are regarded as ‘raw materials’, have actually gained their share of exports! For example, raw cotton exports have registered an increase of 397.42 percent, cotton yarn one percent and yarns other than cotton yarn by 2,287.50 percent. Value addition as we know has been a weakness of Pakistani textile exports, as we continue to operate at one of the lowest per kilogram values amongst the principal textile manufacturing countries of the world.
And it is this very weakness, which our Textile Ministry needs to guard against and strategise to somehow overcome. The Indian Ministry as we know goes to great lengths in policy formation to ensure that the operational framework supports a culture where the industrial potential of value addition gets maximised - in spite of no real global or domestic shortage of cotton, we saw India place a ban last month on its cotton export to see to it that priority lies with conversion of the basic commodity into finished cum made-up goods - this in order to generate both additional foreign exchange revenues and employment. At our end, one is not too convinced that our policymakers are even thinking through this aspect of our trade dynamics. Recent key decisions on enhancing trade with India seem to have been taken in haste and without ensuring the fair element of reciprocity. While it is understandable to grant the MFN (Most Favoured Nation) status to India, in doing so we needed to protect our industrial strengths by guaranteeing fair access to the Pakistani products where we add good value and enjoy a competitive edge over India, e.g. home textiles, towelling, cement, sports goods, surgical instruments, specialised consumer products, processed meat, livestock, etc. Even the EU concessions’ package does not seem to be that exciting when one takes into account that the majority of their concessions apply to items that fall in the category of feeding cheap raw materials to the European manufacturing, instead of promoting value addition in Pakistan. Also, the strong growth items for us like bed linen, bulk of home textiles, towels, etc have either been excluded or have been placed under the ceiling of tariff related quotas.
So what is the way forward? First and foremost, we (the Pakistani textile industry) in guidance from the policymaker (the Textile Ministry) need to be more proactive in our decision making by focusing on long-term positioning, instead of current or short-term profit taking. Turkey, India and China started basing their textile policies on such a premise, way back in the 80s and see where they are today. Their textile sector continues to grow in all its dimensions and the sheer strength of product value addition over time has supplemented the development of their domestic markets and in helping them to evolve as leading textile machinery suppliers of the world. Pakistan in this regard still has a long way to go. Further, going forward our industry needs enhanced transparency, predictable government policies, better supply chain management and an awareness, both within the government and the private sector, of using the newly developed global hedging instruments to achieve stability in cotton and MMF (Man-made Fibre) supplies, boost production, and to alleviate possibilities on future tight stock situations.
Second, all participants in the industry can show leadership by advocating that the government/Ministry does a better job of statistical reporting. Companies can also lead by participating in surveys of production, consumption and stocks when such data is requested. Common use of metric measures can help all stakeholders to speak one language of statistics that the bureaucracy can understand.
Third, we need to remember that there have been notable improvements in the efficiency of trade in textiles since the ending of the Multifibre Arrangement (MFA) in 2005, and attempts by anyone (association, lobby group, etc) to take it backward through requests to the government for trade protection should be strongly discouraged.
Finally, the Textile Ministry should take its cue from their Indian, Chinese and Bangladeshi counterparts by actively collaborating with the World Bank to make use of its initiative to deliver training to industry managements, trade associations and the regulatory body on how to effectively use various hedging mechanisms and devise intra-industry policy frameworks to ensure smooth and long-term functioning of the entire industry’s supply chain process.
Neighbouring India, even after an extreme slowdown, is still growing at more than 6 percent per year; whereas, Pakistan’s growth average during the past four years has been barely 2.50 percent. At least two million new workers enter our labour market every year, which means that if we cannot match this with corresponding growth, the problems with unemployment and poverty will compound. The sad reality at present, however, points to a climate where our industry is instead operating at about 30 to 40 percent below capacity. The textile sector accounts for approximately 38 percent of our entire labour force and an operating level of 60 percent basically means a job loss in this sector alone of about one million workers.
Ironically, in textiles, not international demand or global management, inefficiencies have been the main culprits, but the sheer choking of power (electricity) and energy (natural gas) has forced closures resulting in the loss of global market share. Comparing this with 2007, when the industry was operating on full capacity, it means: Whereas, in four years an extra 3.20 million fresh young employable workers should have been absorbed in the textile sector, it is at present accommodating one million than its peak back in 2007! Running an industry per se is becoming untenable, especially in Punjab, where it is forced to close for nearly 170 days a year for want of power and energy.
Little wonder that our textile exports are falling, rather than registering an increase. Based on the figures recently released by the Ministry and verified by the respective Chambers, if we compare January 2011 to January 2012 in quantity terms, the total textile exports have registered a decline of 15.37 percent, and the sector wise decrease reads as textiles and clothing by 16.81 percent, knitwear by 34.79 percent, bed wear by 30.24 percent, towels by 21.76 percent, readymade garments by 24.46 percent, art silk and synthetic textiles by 44.29 percent and other made-ups by 28.16 percent.
Even more disturbing is the trend that the exports of higher value items have fallen at a much higher rate than the less valued ones and, alarmingly, the products that in competing manufacturing economies are regarded as ‘raw materials’, have actually gained their share of exports! For example, raw cotton exports have registered an increase of 397.42 percent, cotton yarn one percent and yarns other than cotton yarn by 2,287.50 percent. Value addition as we know has been a weakness of Pakistani textile exports, as we continue to operate at one of the lowest per kilogram values amongst the principal textile manufacturing countries of the world.
And it is this very weakness, which our Textile Ministry needs to guard against and strategise to somehow overcome. The Indian Ministry as we know goes to great lengths in policy formation to ensure that the operational framework supports a culture where the industrial potential of value addition gets maximised - in spite of no real global or domestic shortage of cotton, we saw India place a ban last month on its cotton export to see to it that priority lies with conversion of the basic commodity into finished cum made-up goods - this in order to generate both additional foreign exchange revenues and employment. At our end, one is not too convinced that our policymakers are even thinking through this aspect of our trade dynamics. Recent key decisions on enhancing trade with India seem to have been taken in haste and without ensuring the fair element of reciprocity. While it is understandable to grant the MFN (Most Favoured Nation) status to India, in doing so we needed to protect our industrial strengths by guaranteeing fair access to the Pakistani products where we add good value and enjoy a competitive edge over India, e.g. home textiles, towelling, cement, sports goods, surgical instruments, specialised consumer products, processed meat, livestock, etc. Even the EU concessions’ package does not seem to be that exciting when one takes into account that the majority of their concessions apply to items that fall in the category of feeding cheap raw materials to the European manufacturing, instead of promoting value addition in Pakistan. Also, the strong growth items for us like bed linen, bulk of home textiles, towels, etc have either been excluded or have been placed under the ceiling of tariff related quotas.
So what is the way forward? First and foremost, we (the Pakistani textile industry) in guidance from the policymaker (the Textile Ministry) need to be more proactive in our decision making by focusing on long-term positioning, instead of current or short-term profit taking. Turkey, India and China started basing their textile policies on such a premise, way back in the 80s and see where they are today. Their textile sector continues to grow in all its dimensions and the sheer strength of product value addition over time has supplemented the development of their domestic markets and in helping them to evolve as leading textile machinery suppliers of the world. Pakistan in this regard still has a long way to go. Further, going forward our industry needs enhanced transparency, predictable government policies, better supply chain management and an awareness, both within the government and the private sector, of using the newly developed global hedging instruments to achieve stability in cotton and MMF (Man-made Fibre) supplies, boost production, and to alleviate possibilities on future tight stock situations.
Second, all participants in the industry can show leadership by advocating that the government/Ministry does a better job of statistical reporting. Companies can also lead by participating in surveys of production, consumption and stocks when such data is requested. Common use of metric measures can help all stakeholders to speak one language of statistics that the bureaucracy can understand.
Third, we need to remember that there have been notable improvements in the efficiency of trade in textiles since the ending of the Multifibre Arrangement (MFA) in 2005, and attempts by anyone (association, lobby group, etc) to take it backward through requests to the government for trade protection should be strongly discouraged.
Finally, the Textile Ministry should take its cue from their Indian, Chinese and Bangladeshi counterparts by actively collaborating with the World Bank to make use of its initiative to deliver training to industry managements, trade associations and the regulatory body on how to effectively use various hedging mechanisms and devise intra-industry policy frameworks to ensure smooth and long-term functioning of the entire industry’s supply chain process.
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