Fashion 2011: Here to stay or totally passé?
2011 was a year of ups and downs. The year saw everything from international change (the youthful, high-tech Arab Spring modernised the word ‘revolution’) to tacky commercial publicity stunts (we’re used to seeing near-naked Bollywood starlets grace our screens, but Veena in her birthday suit was a novelty across the border).
We were jolted by the demise of larger-than-life personalities like Elizabeth Taylor, Steve Jobs and the infamous bin Laden . And from the glitzy pinnacle of the Royal wedding down to the fall of the Murdochian empire and unprecedented urban riots, the city of London experienced a roller coaster ride of its own.
The world of fashion saw John Galliano’s disgrace from Dior and Sarah Burton’s meteoric rise at Alexander McQueen. Here in Pakistan, everybody and their neighbours seemed to jump onto the lawn bandwagon, resulting in a frenzied exhibition pandemic. In the meantime, couturiers have doubled and even tripled their prices from preceding years, while ready-to-wear labels struggle to remain competitively priced.
Braids were all over the fall runways and are one of the hottest holiday 
to look like braided hair. The biggest draw here are the robes and obi belts, which all feature original prints — there's one of a couple in compromising positions in the style of shunga (erotic traditional woodblock print), a ukiyo-e-like Playboy
The twisted braid "gives the hair a nice and raw editorial feel that's soft and playful at the same time", said Chappell. Loosely braid ponytail right to end and wrap around root of ponytail and secure with hairpins. This style gives hair extra texture
