Does this story sound familiar? A supermodel in her early thirties has the whole country watching her all the time. Her image peeks back at you from every magazine you open up. She is the face of everything from soap to high-end couture. She has the effortless international cool chic that every other woman in the country wants to emulate, and that every man wants a piece of. Young disciples around the country wait with baited breath to see her upcoming collections, which will take her signature cool and make it available to the masses.
No, she is not Kate Moss. Nor is she Milla Jovovich. Welcome to wonderful world of Vaneeza Ahmad, aka Vinnie, Pakistan's most famous supermodel and one of its leading actresses. Vaneeza and her boyfriend Shehryar also happen to be good friends of mine in Karachi. I was very excited to hear that Vaneeza has recently launched a collection of "lawn prints", banking on her celebrity reputation, business acumen and creative skills to take her career to new heights.
The collection bucks the Pakistani tendency to focus on the elite couture market that is out of reach for most average consumers. By working on a collection of printed fabrics that are beautiful, well-made and accessibly priced, Vaneeza is able to reach a wide audience, staking her position as one of the proponents of the democratisation of fashion in Pakistan, a trend we have seen take hold in much of the West over the last 10 years. But, don't expect Vaneeza to stop there. She will continue modeling, acting and expanding her V9 collection to include a full collection of RTW and homewares, building one of Pakistan's first true lifestyle brands.
Here are some publicity images from the V9 collection which was unveiled in a series of exhibitions across Pakistan this month:
All photos are copyright Vaneeza Ahmad and were taken by Zoobs.
Copyright Imran Amed 2007. All rights reserved.
Invitation for Women Enterpreneur to Participate in Internationl Projects!!!
Greetings!
WELDO is a not for profit organization working on trade promotion between
Pakistan and Europe and within Asia and Pakistan.
From time to time WELDO carries out trade promotion projects in which it
holds capacity building training and business matchmaking meetings for
selected SME delegates in Europe and Asia.
Currently WELDO is working on two international projects i.e. ETHICMATCH,
one on one business meetings will take place at Delhi, India
(Participation open to all SMEs related to eligible sectors) and WIPE NET
(Participation open only for women entrepreneurs), one on one business
meetings will take place in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
WELDO will provide airfare and/or accommodation to one representative from
each selected SME from Pakistan related to the eligible sectors.
For more information visit our website at www.weldo.org and click the
Projects 2007 link or scroll for SMEs.
Best regards,
WELDO Project Team
H#18, St#21, Chaklala Scheme III
Rawalpindi 46000
Pakistan
Tel.: +9251 5590475
Fax.: +9251 5590475
E-Mail: [email protected]
Homepage: http://www.weldo.org
Posted by: WELDO | Monday, 09 April 2007 at 11:19 AM
Aarti is another delhi girl (Faridabad raised) whom we hope to see a lot more in the comming fashion weeks.
She seems to have her eyes set on becomming a international supermodel , bollywood has to wait.
Read nore: http://www.diggindianews.com/Entertainment/Gladrags_Megamodel_2006_Aarti_Sharma
Posted by: kunal | Thursday, 09 August 2007 at 07:41 AM
this is a very beautiful and nice collection of my favourite model vaneeza infact i do not any girl inthis world except she is very cute pretty and innocent i love her so much that i want to marry with her vaneeza can u marry with me please please reply i feel uneasy and restless unless i see her photo everyday
Posted by: bravo | Saturday, 25 August 2007 at 06:55 PM