Fashion Pakistan Week concludes with mix of tradition and experimentation.

Byline: Faisal Quraishi

KARACHI -- Shamsha Hashwani opened Day 2 of 'A Secret Garden Fashion Pakistan Week Spring/Summer '21', with the Lenny Massey band in attendance, with 'Surraiya', a collection for brides and grooms in complementing tones and zari, tills and dhaba work. Its appeal lay in classic eastern cuts and silhouettes.

Amnesia by Maheen Khan in collaboration with Hilal Silk Palace aimed to revive the dying craft of hand-woven silk thread and the union brought forth a stunning collection in black and muted grey with classic Maheen signature cuts and silhouettes accentuated with beehive pattern gold jackets as separates. Overall the effect remained mesmerising. A triumph hands down as always.

The sherwani collection titled 'Miraki' by Sameer Sain was a hit and miss, the hits being the more traditional cuts and misses being improvised variations. The bottom line here was why fix it if it ain't broken, or better still why interfere with perfection.

Zaaviay by Fatima Hasan produced very commercial and saleable bridal trousseau pieces, something that we've all seen before and borders on the downright boring...