atters went far beyond mere fashion at the Laam Fashion Week presents Kaleidoscopic Karachi fashion event, evoking a strong sense of nostalgia the moment you entered the Indus Valley School of Art & Architecture grounds situated in Clifton.
The exhibition displaying over four decades of fashion photography by celebrated photographer Tapu Javeri evoked a strong sense of déjà vu for Gen-X-ers, many of whom could vividly recall the striking high-fashion imagery by top fashion models and celebrities on the covers of fashion glossies and centrespreads within the numerous fashion and lifestyle magazines throughout the ‘80s, ‘90s and 2000s, and beyond.
Many of these names and faces that had started out then went on to become legends on the fashion landscape, and continue to trailblaze paths in fashion even today.
Kaleidoscopic Karachi not only brought together the fashion fraternity after what seemed like eons, but also supporters, patrons as well as philanthropists who proudly occupied the front rows flanking either side of the ramp