The disjointed hemline; ending about or slightly below the waist on one side and dangling down to the knees on the other; spotted in showcases by Inaaya, Sanam Chaudhri, Sania Maskatiya for AlKaram and Sania Maskatiya

Fringes; hanging down Jafferjee’s earrings and bags, in multi-tiered dresses by Sadaf Malaterre, dangling down from the waist in Zara Shahjahan’s show, standing out in Body Focus Museum’s capes and bordering Inaaya’s slanted hemsFormal boleros, embroidered, cut-worked or both; spotted in line-ups by Zaheer Abbas, Nida Azwer, Wardha Saleem, Shamaeel Ansari, Madiha Raza, Zara Shahjahan, Inaaya, Sania Maskatiya for AlKaram, Jafferjee’s and Somal Halepoto

 Lace; mixed and matched in Sanam Chaudhri’s Zingara, Syed Rizwanullah’s showcase for Fifth Element, FnkAsia and Daaman White — quite the catwalk colour du jour — in showcases by Body Focus Museum, Gul Ahmed, Zaheer Abbass, Inaaya, FnkAsia Scarves and statement dupattas showcased by Shamaeel Ansari, Inaaya and Body Focus Museum Cutwork, on pants, jackets and shirt hems, spotted in collections by Nida Azwer, Wardha Saleem, Sanam Chaudhri and Daaman Easy breezy shalwars in showcases by Gul Ahmed, Daaman, Shamaeel Ansari, Sonya Battla and Somal Halepoto.

The side-knotted tunic by Deepak Perwani, Shamaeel Ansari and Body Focus Museum  Chunky, ethnic jewelry spotted in showcases by Body Focus Museum, YBQ, Inaaya and Zaheer Abbas and Sonya Battla’s sea-shell neck-pieces Mirror-work; in collections by Inaaya and Zara Shahjahan

And the one all-too-prevalent trend that needs to get off the runway, pronto: digital prints have been done to death and no longer make an impression. They may still catch the eye but they need to stop being the focal point of designer lines.

Published in Dawn, Sunday Magazine, April 12th, 2015

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