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 Vogue Design – Iqra College via 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 essentially the most prestigious sq. in Paris and is residence to designer manufacturers like Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Dior, and Cartier. AIFD College students will likely be showcasing their work in Paris throughout Paris Vogue 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 Vogue Movie, ‘Enchanted Odyssey’ which will likely 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 model rooms, it’s a jewel of the Paris historic and belongings heritage.
Vogue Weeks present one’s model a platform to be a part of a prestigious and momentous international occasion. Younger designers are given a chance to current their collections throughout off-schedule slots or shows throughout Vogue Week. Many Vogue Weeks have occasions or areas particularly designated for rising designers to showcase their work throughout this coveted time of the yr. Any model that needs to make an influence begins with Paris, throughout Paris Vogue Week. Propitiously this pertains to the storyline of our Vogue 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 needed to interrupt away from the norm and do the extraordinary and lift the bar for Vogue Establishments in Pakistan. At first, my workforce and I introduced the thesis assortment as a Vogue Movie in December 2022 which was the first-ever Vogue Movie by a Vogue institute in Pakistan and I actually didn’t wish to cease there. I needed their levels to really feel like trophies and what higher manner than to complete it off with the illustration of our college students’ work on a runway in Paris throughout Paris Vogue Week? These college students are usually not solely presenting their assortment however are proudly representing Pakistan on a worldwide platform,” said Co-Founder & CEO of AIFD Maheen Lakhani Ahmar.
Momal Sheikh, Hasan Rizvi, and Alizeh Pasha will likely be becoming a member of the AIFD Staff as their Model Ambassadors. All three members have all the time been very supportive of the scholars’ work. Momal and Alizeh had not too long ago visited AIFD and infrequently put on outfits from the scholars’ collections to focus on 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 supply rising expertise a platform to jumpstart their profession and garner recognition. AIFD has a number of different tasks within the pipeline. Extra on that will likely be disclosed at a later date.
