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Summer Colours
By Saba Hamid |
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Gone are the days when khaddar was a rough, itchy and dull fabric. Now shops specialising in the new breed of khaddar are as plentiful and varied as the colours it comes in. Ghazala Saifi's recent acquision of Khaamta has infused a new oomph to the designs and the shop is ready to set the summer on fire. Saifi, a young woman oozing with life, vibrancy and success, eats, sleeps and talks colours. Her mind is constantly racing with churning up new designs and colour schemes. Revamped and revitalised, Khaamta houses hand-woven fabric, shirts, kurtis, capris, skirts, bags, caps, stoles, shawls, kurtas, rugs and more. And the men need not feel neglected as Saifi takes pride in being the first female to design menswear in Pakistan. The young designer offers a range of menswear from kurtas, shalwars and kurtis to sherwanis and turbans. Saifi is involved with her workers on a daily basis and gives due credit to the weavers as it is their hard work which produce such fine quality hand-woven fabrics. She strongly believes that there should be a copyright law against hand-woven designs being replicated by power-looms. Future plans include another outlet in Karachi, and following that, Saifi wants to take her label to Lahore. So
whether you like it simple or elaborate, Khaamta is the place for
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