Fashion Pakistan Week Autumn Winter 2014 - The Best Men of Fashion

MEN Fashion Designers all over the world know how to dress up a woman, at times even better than Women Designers (no offense ladies). Pakistan has its share of outstanding Men Fashion Designers who excel in not just menswear but womenswear equally. Fashion Pakistan weeks give us an opportunity to get a run though of their future collections. I opted to write about the favorite few who deserved every bit of acknowledgement.

ADNAN PARDESY - LABYRINTH:

Adnan Pardesy is always full of surprises. You will expect the unexpected and still keep rediscovering. Just when you think the designer can't do better than last time he does it again. Adnan's current FPWAW'14 collection is completely different, yet equally complex are his previous masterpiece. With a Monochromatic palette (black, white and ivory) Labyrinth was nothing less than spectacular.

There was a LOT going on in every outfit so the few seconds that model took to pass by were not enough to understand the beauty of every single piece. The designer is expert at juxtaposing weave techniques, embroidery and fabrics to create alluring illusions. His use of textile weave is impeccable and what an ordinary eye may interpret as print (like many did) was intricate embroidery with 'Oriental meets psychedelic' inspired patterns. You actually have to run your fingers across the fabric to really feel and see the workmanship which fools the eyes.

Labyrinth is a perfect amalgamation of straight lines, well structured tailored apparels enhanced with graphic detailing through embroidery, fabric manipulation, drapery with use of lux fabric like silk, crepe, chiffon and net.

The absolute LUST-HAVES from this collection are the saree worn by Hira Tareen and the Peplum jacket worn by Sabeeka Imam <3

DEEPAK and FAHAD (DNF) - SIYAH SUFAID:

DNF, my favorite boys. I can never write shit about them but thankfully they never gave me a chance either ;) The current Siyah-Sufaid collection was every bit different from all their previous colorful collections. They wanted to focus on form with only stark blacks and whites (quite a favorite of many designers this fall/winter).




Showcasing a minimalist, monochromatic collection can be tricky as it can end up with yawns. Fortunately, Siyah Sufaid was simple yet fashionable, without being extreme.

The theme of this collection revolved around simple lines and basic monochromatic pieces that can be worn as comfortable evening wear, tilting towards western appeal. The collection had a lot of above the knee dresses cut fittingly to the body, suits ad jackets in black, white or a mixture of the two tones. Overall silhouette was also quite clean and structured. Fine tailoring techniques was more apparent this time with some print on print.

DEEPAK PERWANI - EVERYTHING BUY THE GIRL:

I have already discussed Deepak Perwani's FPWAW'14 collection's concept in detail in the SNEAK PEAK and will discuss the expectations and disappointments (if any) here.

The collection "Everything but the Girl" is actually what it says, quite literally. The menswear collection is, as Deepak claims, edgy and designed for the dynamic, bold men of today who want to make a statement.

Here is an interesting analysis. When you look at it from a "Woman's" perspective you might not find the element of edginess missing. I confess that I had to dive deeper and oogle some more before the light bulb switched on brightly in my head :)
The collection was definitely daring. Maybe the right word here is SWAGalicious. Not every guy can get away with wearing most pieces from this series so yes it was innovative and a re-invention for DP's statement-making menswear. The collection presented was full of rich, dark, jewel toned palette with embroidered detailing ( the ones with lesser embroidery stood out better) with interesting fabric choices (blue velvet was swoon-worthy) and elements (the harnesses and belts were a nice touch to bring out the 'edge'). The silhouettes were fit with a few fun forms (harem pants) thrown in between. The use of digital printed silk 'cocky' rooster shirts and floral harem pants definitely took the alluring formals to the next level.

The collection was 'Classy Swag' and that pretty much sums it up. Justin Bieber should get in touch with DP.

These were a few of my favorite men (just had to say that) from FPWAW'14. What is your feed back on this collection? Do share in the comments bellow :) Feed backs are always welcome!

xx,
Red Alice

Photo Credit: Tapu Javeri
Special salutes to Fashion Council and Latitude CRS