Pakistan is hosting its first ever Fashion Week in the capital of Karachi against a background of serious safe haven. Around 30 Pakistani designer are charming part in the event which ends on Saturday. The shows are taking place in the luxury Marriott hotel. Last year, the hotel’s branch in the capital Islamabad was overwhelmed by a huge means of transportation bomb. The organisers say they hope to show a different side of Pakistan than the usual images of suicide bombings. The event had been postponed after threats to security which kept foreign models and designers away, but the fashion world in Pakistan was strong-minded to stage its shows. “After many, many years, fashion in Pakistan is being taken seriously,” said leading Pakistani designer, Rizwan Beyg, who has calculated for worldwide jet-setters, including the late Princess Diana.

Midriffs and Cleavage

At the similar time as women in much of Muslim, conformist Pakistan wear headscarves and baggy shalwar-kameez (pyjama and long tunic), in the financial hub of Karachi, jeans and T-shirts are more likely to be seen. On the fashion week catwalks, bare midriffs and cleavage are also on show just two hours’ flight time from the militant hubs in the country’s concerned north-west. “There are a lot of misconceptions about Pakistan,” Mr. Beyg said. “A dark picture of Pakistan is being painted internationally, and we wanted to show that there’s a lot of creativity and artistry that survive in the face of all opposition.” The event comes as the army continues it’s unpleasant against Taliban militant in the tribal county of South Waziristan, and a wave of suicide bombings and attacks that have killed more than 300 people over the last month.

Pakistan is hosting its first ever Fashion Week in the capital of Karachi against a background of serious safe haven. Around 30 Pakistani designer are charming part in the event which ends on Saturday. The shows are taking place in the luxury Marriott hotel. Last year, the hotel’s branch in the capital Islamabad was overwhelmed by a huge means of transportation bomb. The organisers say they hope to show a different side of Pakistan than the usual images of suicide bombings. The event had been postponed after threats to security which kept foreign models and designers away, but the fashion world in Pakistan was strong-minded to stage its shows. “After many, many years, fashion in Pakistan is being taken seriously,” said leading Pakistani designer, Rizwan Beyg, who has calculated for worldwide jet-setters, including the late Princess Diana.

Midriffs and Cleavage

At the similar time as women in much of Muslim, conformist Pakistan wear headscarves and baggy shalwar-kameez (pyjama and long tunic), in the financial hub of Karachi, jeans and T-shirts are more likely to be seen. On the fashion week catwalks, bare midriffs and cleavage are also on show just two hours’ flight time from the militant hubs in the country’s concerned north-west. “There are a lot of misconceptions about Pakistan,” Mr. Beyg said. “A dark picture of Pakistan is being painted internationally, and we wanted to show that there’s a lot of creativity and artistry that survive in the face of all opposition.” The event comes as the army continues it’s unpleasant against Taliban militant in the tribal county of South Waziristan, and a wave of suicide bombings and attacks that have killed more than 300 people over the last month.