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Fashion nominations announced in nine categories
By: Saadia Qamar
KARACHI - The
fashion nominations for the 8th LUX Style Awards were announced in
Karachi by the LUX Style Awards office this week.
The fashion jury comprising of editors and fashion writers of
leading newspapers and fashion magazines, decided
on five nominations each for the 9 fashion categories. The criteria
for the selections was the output and quality of work during the
calendar year 2008.
The jury was asked to view portfolios sent by various nomination
hopefuls and draw their result on its basis.The LUX Style Awards
office had informed all potential nominees that they would be
selected on their collections/output during the calendar year.
The 2009 fashion nominations are comprised of exciting raw talent
like Arif Mehmood for Best Fashion Photographer
and Tariq Amin for Best Hair and Make-up, whose outstanding work
throughout 2008 won them nominations
after a long gap. Others like Abdullah, Ameer Zeb Khan, Neha Ahmed,
Fayeza Ansari, Khawar Riaz, Deepak Perwani, Sara Shahid at Sublime,
Sonya Battla, Rizwan Baig, Sana Safinaz and Umar Sayeed almost
show themselves into the nominations each year on account of their
excellence of work, their high output, visibility
in print and on the ramp.
The LUX Style Awards for excellence in cinema, music, television and
fashion are an annual awards event that aims
to elevate and recognise Pakistan’s budding and established creative
arts talent across the country.
The Nation: June 06, 2009 |
