Re: Karachi-Lahore
From a recent article in Jang, Rizwan Beyg and Maheen are saying their lawyers have found some fishy business in Islamabad regarding the whole fashion council deal. Recently, the Lahori group came to Karachi in what was described as a disorganized event. They came to enlist members into their group.
Yes, Lahore has a fashion school, but so does Karachi - Karachi has a fashion branch in Indus Valley School of Arts, and its one of the best Arts schools in Pakistan. Now does this mean we should judge where the council should be based by where which Pakistani fashion schools are located at? That's quite absurd really.
And anyone who thinks the Karachi fashion scene is non-existent or of low quality has some real thinking and experiencing to do. So lets not make this a karachi vs. Lahore discussion. The discussion here is actually criticizing the whole lahore-karachi rift.
I believe that they should run the council str8 from Islamabad.
As for where a fashion week is held - well Lahore and Karachi can take turns right? And can't Lahore have one branch office for the fashion council, while Karachi has another branch office? And why are we leaving out other cities here? Lahore and Karachi are not the only cities where fashion and textile industries are based. You have Hyderabad in Sindh that has its mills, you have Faislabad (I believe its faislabad, maybe another city) in Punjab. There are designers in Peshawar, and I'm sure there are designers in Balochistan too, but hell that province is always ignored because we all pretend it does not exist.
And this whole business of "inviting" people to be on the council is ridiculous. This prevents anyone who is middle class or low-class, with great creative talents, from really building themselves in the field. One of the aims of the council was to help upcoming talent. But well, that would involve that the elite big-wigs of the fashion industry in Pakistan would have to get its act together, since new designers only means more competition and less money for them. Lots of designers are being left out, and it makes no friggin' sense. It really ought to be that if you have opened a boutique or a clothing shop of any kind, then you are part of the council. Period.