When you go to Pakistan, how do you shop for clothes, or how do you get your clothes made?
Do you buy unstitched suits that just need to be stitched and are good to go…
Do you create an outfit from scratch? Like think of something or look at pictures, buy the fabric, dye it, get the kaam done and have it stitched…
Buy readymade only?
Go designer (whether a high end designer like Karma or Umar Sayeed etc or someone like the facebook/GS walay designers)
Also, has anyone shopped at boutiques that make kaam walay outfits? Are those darzis/kaamwalay reliable? I’m having the typical experience with the local family darzi who is lazy and full of excuses but apparently oh so talented. (I have yet to see that talent :halo: )
Next time I am going to pakistan, I am definitaly experimenting more .. like making suits from scratch. The ready made that I have seen don't appeal to me and sometimes are not of my size ... like you like the kameez and the kaam but the dupata for the salwaar/pant is made out of some cheap material ect..ect..
hummmmmm, i think its a mixture of both for me. for casual suits i stick to ready made in Pakistan (generation, cynosure etc) and for formal clothes its got to be the made from scratch option. I havent been to pak for a couple of years but my mum tends to go each year. She will bring me a couple of formals from her favourite store which is Khan Variety, where she will go in and hand pick the colours, kaam and material. They are a bit pricey but their work is awesome.
Since being on GS though I have ordered a couple of outfits from our HB girls and i've enjoyed the experience as i'v been able to choose the colour, style etc which i havent been able to do with the stuff my mum has bought me, but to be fair her taste is spot on.
Hows it all going Sara??? update on the shopping front please :)
I always have my outfits made from scratch, buy the fabric, buy the ribbon, lace etc,... or have it emboidered then stitched. I prefer to do this as your outfit is unique and will fit better as it is tailor made. I have on my last visit bought from Cynosure, and In Style (just opposite), the dupattas are as you say, cheap and plain. What I did was I had some matching ribbon put on them to jazz them up and it's a great time saver. I have to say though this was the first time, and I only bought a handful readymade ones usually it's always all tailormade. BTW could you tell me who are the designers here? I know Protoype , anyone else?
saadiaB: haan yaar the very same. We've been going to them for years, Infact i got all of my wedding stuff from them (many moons ago) and both of my sisterinlaws got their wedding clothes from them as well.
i tend to buy unstitched clothes and my mum then stitches them. sometimes my mum in law will give them to her local stitcher lol but my mum is always critical of the way shes sticthed them, so unless i really need an outfit whilst im in pakistan i just save them for my return home. and i agree with SaadiaB that ready made clothes dont always fit so well. i usually take a naap with me if i intend to buy ready made though i normally dont.