Trend file with Secret Closet: Street style meets celebrity style
By now you’ve probably noticed that you no longer need five yards of fabric for a kameez. Hemlines have hiked up to knee-length, while panel-stitching and flares have gone out the window. At first,...
View ArticleToo much too soon?: From cradle to spa is the new formula
ISLAMABAD: When expensive toys and latest gadgets are not good enough to spoil their children, some mothers start sending their young ones to be pampered at extravagant spas and salons. It is natural...
View ArticleLawn 2013: Round up
Lawn fever is turning up the heat this summer. Here’s what you should look for this week: Farah Leghari Lawn Designs: Six Colour ways: Two Price: Rs4,000 to Rs5,000 Launch date: March 16 — nationwide...
View ArticleI am open to doing TV: Arshad Warsi
NEW DELHI: Bollywood actor Arshad Warsi is quite active on the big screen playing a variety of roles, but says he is is also keen to be seen on the small screen. After playing a communist in Zila...
View ArticleLet's make-up with Bina Khan: Arch rivals
You can have the most brilliant eye make-up and the most beautiful eyes but an incorrect brow can ruin everything. Very few of us are born with naturally beautiful brows so you need to sculpt the best...
View ArticleLamha: the moment of self-discovery
Lamha (Seedlings) was screened in London after its first Pakistani screening in Lahore. Just like it did at the New York International Film Festival, Seedlings left the audience enthralled with...
View ArticleSiyaah: Far from perfect but a win for Pakistani cinema
KARACHI: Exorcism is perhaps the most cliché theme in the genre of horror film-making. The stories usually start with a few unfortunate events leading to confusion between scientific and religious...
View ArticleTattoos: Skin deep
For tattoo artists in Pakistan, the process of making tattoos does not begin with a needle, it begins with an argument. The often heated discussion usually involves the tattoo artist offering multiple...
View ArticleGet the look: Summer waves
Model Alizeh Waqar was spotted at the launch of Luscious Cosmetics—Luscious Loves Fashion post event, in this chic outfit. We absolutely love the hair and the way she’s working that bright pink jacket...
View ArticleDid you know?: Lady Gaga goes golden… with a wheelchair
Lady Gaga is not letting her hip injury cramp her style! A photo surfaced online of the pop-star sitting in a custom made 24-carat gold wheelchair with a canopy. The New York native is recovering...
View ArticleBollywood misuses character actors: Irrfan Khan
NEW DEHLI: He believes his unique choice of work made it tough for film-makers to “fit” him in a “box”. But acclaimed actor Irrfan Khan genuinely feels Hindi cinema needs to pay attention and give...
View ArticleMadhubala, Waheeda reference points for Sonakshi in Lootera
MUMBAI: Her period drama Lootera is set in the ‘50s and to play her role perfectly, actor Sonakshi Sinha has taken yesteryear’s actors Madhubala and Waheeda Rehman as her reference points. While many...
View ArticleAnimals, buildings and lawn at The Palm
KARACHI: With images of animals, female figures and European buildings across the fabric, risk-taker Nida Azwer decided to take lawn prints to a whole new level. Even in her shoot, she preferred to...
View ArticleThe reason fruits and vegetables make you beautiful
LAHORE: Most of us at one time or the other have either heard or ourselves remarked that fruits and vegetables, with their vibrant colours, ‘look healthy.’ In fact, for some of us, on occasion that...
View ArticleWith Chambaili, a colony of workers gets a facelift
LAHORE: Who would have thought that the simple lives of workers in a colony owned by Pakistan Railways would change with the shooting of one film? When Chambaili was filmed in October last year,...
View ArticleRound-up: Red carpet bloopers
On Sunday, some of New York’s finest attended the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) Awards. The stars went all out with their wardrobes; some entered the event in glamourous...
View ArticleDid you know?: Timberlake to release first album since 2006
After making the transition from child star and boy band heartthrob to movie star, Justin Timberlake is returning to music with his first album since 2006, cementing his grown-up status with a record...
View ArticleAjay turns multilingual for Himmatwala
NEW DEHLI: Actor Ajay Devgn will be seen speaking in five languages in his forthcoming movie Himmatwala. The actor will speak the various languages during an action scene in the remake film of 1983...
View ArticleRaveena disapproves of skinny girls
Bollywood actor Raveena Tandon is not happy with stick-thin girls in the glamour industry. She feels that skinny girls have made life tough for women like her. However, she is happy with her curvy...
View ArticleLawn prints from across the border
KARACHI: The hall was designed with a classic black and white theme to portray nothing but elegance, sophistication and regality. Black couches, white stage, chandeliers, white daisies and candles —...
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