Posted on 11/07/2009 8:14:12 PM PST by Saije
Fashionistas defied militant threats to celebrate couture culture in a Taliban-troubled conservative nation plagued with Islamic extremism as the Pakistani fashion fraternity gathered in the country's largest city for Karachi Fashion Week (KFW) that started on Wednesday.
Intricate and colourful fabrics lit up the catwalk as bold models shrugged off all security fears as well as local social norms. The fashion week has attracted 35 top Pakistani designers including Deepak Perwani and Maheen Khan, who recently attended Milan Fashion Week.
But staging the fashion week in Karachi was not trouble-free. It was postponed by almost a month due to the potential for militant attacks on an event which dares to bare.
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I’ve been to Karachi, and I saw things there that I can never forget.
Pakistan is truly the anus of the world.
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