Nilofer Shaid Collection

ziggy · Oct 27th, 2009, 03:26 PM

Since a few of these are bridals, I thought I would post them in the wedding froum.

These pics were taken from her Nur Jehan / Josephine collection. Although some of you may have seen these pics before, these ones offer more detail if you click on the pic twice:

dooriyan · Oct 27th, 2009, 06:45 PM

very nice and different.

marvi87 · Oct 27th, 2009, 07:03 PM

Luv the colours.. so femine

BlushingRose · Oct 27th, 2009, 08:28 PM

interesting fusion of East and West!

nayab87 · Oct 28th, 2009, 08:23 AM

nice colexn.......

chanda_kh · Oct 28th, 2009, 12:03 PM

i cant pick out which one i like the most! they are all unique and gorgeous! i love the way she has used fabric...
fabric itself can make a wonderful statement...usually the prettiest of ones i have seen dont have much kaam on it...the fabric/cut/fall makes or breaks the outfit...

maroush · Oct 28th, 2009, 12:06 PM

Interesting but disappointing at the same time

sabeen86 · Oct 28th, 2009, 02:30 PM

^ so true, i went to nilofer recently, shes very sweet n all... but to be honest the clothes don't live up to the hype of her name.... and certainly not the PRICES!

like the first image was around 1-25... the bridal, the one with the close up .. pearls n all was 6-25 ... now even if u bargain how much will she come down 6? ... Also it's not about 'people with money pay.. if you can afford then its ok' ... i can afford but NOT justify paying so much for something that doesnt look so much! unless you get a big nilofer shahid meeras tag stitched to ur bust!

take for example umar sayeed, sure he charges 7 lakhs but his jodas (not that i love his style !) scream work! embellishment! karigari! and all.. they look overdone and therefore NOT overpriced..

RANT OVER.

chanda_kh · Oct 28th, 2009, 02:38 PM

agreeeeed..the price bit is a turnoff..but i love the way she uses fabric..

sabeen86 · Oct 28th, 2009, 02:40 PM

^ well ill let u in a little secret... there is a fabric - jamavar tissue type... the SAME design/fabric has been used by memoona manan (rouge) i bought the same from lahore, and nilofer claimed shoe bought it from Paris. I mean honey ur BIG! HUGE! why lie?

chanda_kh · Oct 28th, 2009, 02:44 PM

haha..omg
where in lhr did you buy the fabric? details please

oh and we should tell her that paris is not the only place to buy it..haha..dallas, LA..and NY has tons of couture fabric shops..sure they are super expensive but not $3000...hmmmm

~MuNiYa~ · Oct 28th, 2009, 02:47 PM

I sad about the gorai models; they just can't pull the clothes off right.
I say we have her do the same show with pakis

sabeen86 · Oct 28th, 2009, 02:57 PM

@chanda.. u know these two shops in lahore, when u get off the cavalry bridge.. shahid and fajr.. one of the two and they sold it SAYING nilofer bought this... big LOL at her! she was so insistant that everyone is doing crap and my clothes are expensive cause i sell a story!

and bragging about going to paris n all... i guess RANT NOT OVER yet lol

chanda_kh · Oct 28th, 2009, 03:21 PM

hey thanks sabeen..i ll check them out too..why do these designers put others down just for the sake of business?..not classy!

heanw · Oct 28th, 2009, 03:23 PM

I actually dont like any of the outfits posted above! but I liked the lehnga which resham wore that was nice but not this whole collection!

chanda_kh · Oct 28th, 2009, 03:25 PM

i love this shawl!!
http://www.paklinks.com/gsmedia/file...on-2009-39.jpg

sabeen86 · Oct 28th, 2009, 03:32 PM

^ yup its preety... but in real nothing special.. notice how the borders are dif? thats the case with all her shawls.. i think its a good idea.

afashionistalives · Oct 28th, 2009, 07:09 PM

i guess i'm biased because my wedding dress is coming from Nilofer Shahid! i've just been thoroughly happy with the time she's given me over the phone considering i'm in the US and she's a million miles away and not many designers have been as responsive considering how "big" she is. HSY barely batted his eyelashes at the idea of working with me, and my aunt is very good friends with him! our conversations included the amount of research her staff and herself do on learning about the various moghul periods, her influences and inspiration including Islamic Art, and it's really a matter of personal taste. one of my jhoras is some chantilly lace that's a piece she bought in paris, but even if its from Lahore (which i highly doubt), i'm sure she'll do something to it that i wouldn't have thought.

this collection is overall a bit toooo traditional for me. i'm ready to see more of her modern flair now!

heanw · Oct 28th, 2009, 07:13 PM

I like your lehnga is very beautiful, its gonna be very similiar or almost like the one resham wore in a event!

chanda_kh · Oct 28th, 2009, 07:26 PM

that sounds lovely afashion!
i have a chantilly lace sari....and you can find that particular lace from bridal fabric stores ..just need to look at the right ones..
there is the metallic chantilly lace and the plain one..but you can certainly get them from couture fabric stores...
La Perla (lingerie company) uses it for its undergarments