AIFD PUTS PAKISTAN ON THE MAP, SHOWCASING STUDENTS’ WORK IN PARIS DURING PARIS FASHION WEEK UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF MAHEEN LAKHANI.
Pakistan (Muhammad Yasir) The Asian Institute of Trend Design – Iqra College by its college students is all set to showcase a set of labor on the Hôtel d’Évreux situated in Place Vendôme in Paris, France on March fifth, 2023. Place Vendôme is probably the most prestigious sq. in Paris and is house to designer manufacturers like Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Dior, and Cartier. AIFD College students can be showcasing their work in Paris throughout Paris Trend Week for the very first time, placing Pakistani designers on the forefront of the style panorama.
AIFD’s present in Paris will start with their first ever student-made Trend Movie, ‘Enchanted Odyssey’ which can be adopted by a showcase of the Prime 10 appears to be like from the AIFD Thesis Assortment 2022. The gathering goes to be showcased at Hôtel d’Évreux in Place Vendôme which was constructed within the seventeenth century, the Hôtel d’Évreux is a mannequin of Interval structure. With its 18th Directoire and Napoléon III fashion rooms, it’s a jewel of the Paris historic and belongings heritage.
Trend Weeks present one’s model a platform to be a part of a prestigious and momentous world occasion. Younger designers are given a chance to current their collections throughout off-schedule slots or shows throughout Trend Week. Many Trend Weeks have occasions or areas particularly designated for rising designers to showcase their work throughout this coveted time of the 12 months. Any model that needs to make an impression begins with Paris, throughout Paris Trend Week. Propitiously this pertains to the storyline of our Trend Movie, the place a younger lady’s dream of coming into the style world is akin to how AIFD college students envision themselves.
“Because the CEO of AIFD, I wished to interrupt away from the norm and do the extraordinary and lift the bar for Trend Establishments in Pakistan. At first, my crew and I introduced the thesis assortment as a Trend Movie in December 2022 which was the first-ever Trend Movie by a Trend institute in Pakistan and I actually didn’t need to cease there. I wished their levels to really feel like trophies and what higher method than to complete it off with the illustration of our college students’ work on a runway in Paris throughout Paris Trend Week? These college students usually are not solely presenting their assortment however are proudly representing Pakistan on a worldwide platform,” acknowledged Co-Founder & CEO of AIFD Maheen Lakhani Ahmar.
Momal Sheikh, Hasan Rizvi, and Alizeh Pasha can be becoming a member of the AIFD Workforce as their Model Ambassadors. All three members have at all times been very supportive of the scholars’ work. Momal and Alizeh had not too long ago visited AIFD and sometimes put on outfits from the scholars’ collections to spotlight AIFD expertise.
The work and efforts of the AIFD Thesis college students are commendable and deserve recognition each internationally and domestically. It’s AIFD’s imaginative and prescient to offer rising expertise a platform to jumpstart their profession and garner recognition. AIFD has a number of different initiatives within the pipeline. Extra on that can be disclosed at a later date.