Tena Durrani and Sana Safinaz set a high bar for bridals on the runway on FPW Day 3
Fashion Pakistan Week had made a brilliant start with Shamaeel Ansari’s designs and on the third day, it ended on a glorious note thanks to another solo show, by Sana Safinaz.
However, a great beginning and ending still doesn’t excuse the mediocrity that was consistently seen in between. The third and final day did feature some good fashion but why does the best always have to be saved for the last? Why can’t fashion week overall feature good design rather than be dominated by indistinguishable, uninspiring clothes?
Keeping this in mind, one wonders if the way forward for FPW would be to break further away from the multi-designer format and string together a number of solo shows. This may mean fewer designers on the catwalk but it could mean better design. Solo shows helmed by bona fide designers – even a handful of them – may manage to drag the fashion week out from the generic waters that it seems to be sinking into.
Zoning in on the third day, some great design broke through onto the catwalk, hinting at the silver lining glinting resiliently within the dark, dreary, unimpressive cloud looming upon local fashion…