Fashion is naturally a major segment at the Lux Style Awards with a total of ten categories and it’s the one that people wait for with bated breath. This year’s nominations list sees a mix of the usual suspects along with some young talent. While we wait and see whether this mix of nominees ensures merit is rewarded, here are our thoughts.
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This year’s nominations list sees a mix of the usual suspects along with some young talent.
Fashion is naturally a major segment at the Lux Style Awards with a total of ten categories and it’s the one that people wait for with bated breath. This year’s nominations list sees a mix of the usual suspects along with some young talent. While we wait and see whether this mix of nominees ensures merit is rewarded, here are our thoughts.
Model of the Year- Female
Amna Babar
Anam Malik
Hira Shah
Sadaf Kanwal
Zara Abid
All the nominated models were nominated last year as well except for Hira Shah who has shown a commitment to working in Pakistan even though she lives abroad. However, we’re rooting for Anam Malik who’s done plenty of memorable campaigns, editorials and ramp shows throughout the year.
Model of the Year-Male
Aimal Khan
Champ Imi
Hasnain Lehri
Omer Shahzad
Shahzad Noor
The male model of the year category has a good mix of men. We think Aimal Khan has a good chance of winning but we’d be just as happy to see Hasnain Lehri take home the coveted LSA.
Achievement in Fashion Design-Luxury Pret
Elan
Mahgul
Misha Lakhani
Sania Maskatiya
Shamaeel Ansari
The highly competitive Luxury Pret category has some of the greatest names in the industry but we think Elan had the strongest year with pret even though they’re nominated in two other categories.
Achievement in Fashion Design-Bridal
Ali Xeeshan
Elan
Faraz Manan
Mahgul
Sana Safinaz
Sana Safinaz had a noteworthy year with two bridal collections at FPW and PFDC back to back. They deserve the award this year even though the rest put out memorable collections as well.
Achievement in Fashion Design-Pret
Chapter 2 by Khaadi
Cross Stitch
Generation
Sana Safinaz
Sapphire
Last year retail brands really stepped up their pret game and sheer numbers proved how well off the rack clothing was doing. This year, brands have evolved their pret to be fashion forward and for us two brands are ruling the roster – Chapter 2 by Khaadi and Generation.
Achievement in Fashion Design-Lawn
Elan
Maghul
Sana Safinaz
Shehla Chatoor
Zara Shahjahan
Elan lawn was a crowd pleaser and drew in people into their stores but Shehla Chatoor and Zara Shahjahan had strong collections also, for the maximalist and minimalist in you respectively.
Best Menswear Designer
Amir Adnan
Deepak and Fahad
Deepak Perwani
HSY
Republic by Omar Farooq
We think it’s between Republic and Amir Adnan for this one.
Best Hair & Make-up Artist
Fatima Nasir
Hannan Siddique
Qasim Liaqat
Saima Rashid Bargfrede
Shoaib Khan
This year, one can sense a definite shift towards recognizing younger talent with all nominations in this category being from the new gen of fashion except for Saima Rashid Bargfrede who’s been around for a while. We think Fatima Nasir or Shoaib Khan have a good chance of winning this year.
Best Fashion Photographer
Abdullah Haris
Alee Hassan
Nadir Firoz khan
Rizwan ul Haq
Shahbaz Shazi
Conspicuously absent from this list is Ashna Khan who was in emerging talent last year and should have been a part of the nominations this year. Of the nominations, Alee Hasan has had a great year and has a good chance of winning the award.
Best Emerging Talent
Fahmeen Ansari - Model
Hussain Rehar - Designer
Javeria Hanif - Model
MHM Photography - Photographer
Saheefa Jabbar Khatak - Model
Emerging Talent is always a difficult category to predict because it recognizes newcomers from different sections of the fashion industry which means a pool of nominees with very different talents that can’t exactly be judged against each other. Hussain Rehar, however, has really come up strong this year so we have a good feeling about him.
