Re: Terrible experience with desiger''Moazzam Abbasi' in Karachi??'
I hate to burst everyone bubble, specially people who believe they know designers really well.. So many mis-understanding etc.
maria B bridals can cost at around 80K
HSY will and can make you an outfit for 1 lakh,
Bunto will and can also make an outfit for 1.5 lakhs
Sana Safina's again 1 lakh
Nomi Ansari has made bridal outfits for 80K as well.
a Good designer is one who works within his/her customers budget. At times customers want something they saw in a magazine or their vision for their outfit can not be made in their budget, but that doesn't mean the designer can not offer them something else, without compromising qaulity and style. That is a good designer, not someone who says he or she can only work within a budget of 2 lakhs or above, that is ridiculous and don't you think, that it isn't very creative. I mean this person went to college, got a degree or diploma in Fashion. This person knows how to work a piece of garmet etc etc etc if this person is not creative enough, then he/she isn't really an artist or a designer.
Yes there are a few designer who are stuck up to the point of no return, aka Mehdi, but a lot of people do not go to him cause of his attitude!
We hear so much on GS, that this is the prices this designer has etc etc, when you actually go yourself, its surprising how much cheaper they are. I'm saying this because I have first hand experiences with these designers. Also many many many people in Pakistan can not afford to spend 1 or 2 or 8 lakhs on one jora. It is still a third world country, yes a tiny minority is fairly well off, but again the word MINORITY. I don't mean to be rude, but this Maussum Abbas dude just pisses me off, his designers are crap, his work and the material he uses is cheap. I went to his store in karachi and was utterly dissappointed, it looked like Paaposh ka kapra and kam was nasty. The funny thing was his prices were competing with Nomi Ansari's and Sublimes.
No offense, it is not the cost that makes a jora or anything even furniture elegant or pretty, but it is a person taste. Money is just secondary to taste. We recently have seen one or two bunto's that haven't been very pretty, and some HSY's that seem repetitive. Its all in a person's taste and how well they are able to carry it off.