JUNE 12, 2016
Hey Weekenders!
CONTENTS 02. Around Town... One party at a time! 42. On The Rise Syeda Amera goes global with her designs. 48. Summer Essentials
Zero Fuss Beauty Picks of the Season.
58. Travel and Cake
Qasim Yar Tiwana takes us on a ride to the mountains!
62. W’s Roving Eye
This week’s hottest looks! Who made the style A- list?
66. The Story of a Storyteller
An engaging tete-a-tete with prolific writer, Ian Stephen.
72. Totes Worth It!
Bags that Beat the Birkin.
78. Love Struck
Weekend’s editors’ picks!
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Ramadan Mubarik! We hope this holy month brings abundant blessings in our lives, may we start this year anew with all sins forgiven and may we all feast at endless iftaar parties with delicious food and the company of our loved ones. This week on the cover we have Syeda’s Amera with her latest collection making waves in international waters with her exquisite designs. In Travel and Cake, QYT takes us on tour of Pakistan’s North, for a much needed respite from the scorching summer heat. Our resident beauty editor, Minahil Sherazi, gives us a list of easy breezy beauty essentials for the summer and we show you all the must-have bags that beat the Birkin. If you want to keep up with the latest happenings of the who’s who around town, we have lots more to offer! So get the pages rolling ya’all! Sincerely, Team Weekend.
weekend | around town
Mehreen & Amin
What’s in Your Bag? Sana Tata launched a line of luxurious handbags under the brand name ‘Nina Neri’ in Lahore. The event was managed by iCresStudio.
Anush & Shazia Ammar
Sana
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Saira & Minahil
Sundus & Aniqa
Family & friends
Saif, Fatima & Muhammad Ali
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Mishal Asad
Noor Monoo
Humaiyon Mazar & Mahreen
Jiya, Huma & Rubab Ali
Mehak Amir
Malika & Mariyam
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Saadieh & Daneese
Shirin Hasan
Natasha Kamal
Sehar
Rabia
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Ayesha Sana
Fashion Forward Najia & Saira Haq Ali
Bushra & Taimur
Aamir Mazhar, Nada Tahir & David Hoffman
Ambreen Ahmed & Anisha
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Hina & Rozina
Pakistan Fashion Week 9 was recently hosted in London. The event was managaed by Riwayat Ltd.
Natasha & Hira
Syed Ibne Abbas with wife
Seema & Madiha Gohar
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Amina Malik
Shamaeel Ansari
Sam Dada
Fehmida Lakhany
Hamna Amir
Najwa Imran
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Sadaf Amir
Aisha Imran
Nida Azwer
Sarah Salman
Nabila
Ana Alli
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Mahgul Kabir & Elaiha Monoo
For Art’s Sake The Paint Bucket gallery hosted thesis show of NCA graduates titled ‘Becoming’. The PR for the event was handled by Verve.
Ridah Misbah & Ahmer Farooq
Jahanzaib Akmal
Misha Rehman
Noormah Jamal
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Zahrah Ehsan
Marjan & Maryam Baniasadi
Sehr Latif & Anum Lasharie
Mahnoor, Mahjabeen & Sundus
Mohd. Ali Talpur & Haider Ali
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Maheen Kardar
Candles and Cake! Amna Kardar celebrated her birthday with friends and family in Lahore.
Shahid & Amna Kardar
Noore Bhatti & Ammara Bhatti
Ahmed Butt & Maida
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Hassan & Amira Shafiq
Uzma Kardar & Tahir Kardar
Faisal & Saira
Cybil
Nimra & Jahanzaib
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Sehyr Anis
Anaum
Imtisal Zafar
Taha & Sabika
Fawad & Uzma Rao
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Asad & Anushe
Ayesha Kardar
Sumayra
Hamza Tarar
Mumtaz
Seyham
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‘Tis the season! Munazzah, Misbah Shafqat, Aleena Masood & Fareena Adeel
Mehreen Tabani
Sophia Dhedhi
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Kiran Farhan Pardesi
Munnazah Sheraz exhibited her Spring/ Summer Collection 2016 in Karachi.
Maha
Rubab Abbas
Mujtaba & Nabeel
Sadia
Shanzay & Hina
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Aamna Haider Isani
Sneak a Peek! Layla Chatoor held an exclusive press viewing of her new Summer Pret and Summer Resort Collections in Karachi.
Fareeha & Alishay
Zurain
Salima Feerasta
Nada
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Shaila Sayani
Mansoor & Layla Chatoor
Zainab with her mother Aliya
Mahwish & Habiba
Alyzeh & Manahyl
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Assad
Eau de Parfum Ayesha Ziya & Aahyan Mumtaz
Ali Ahsan & Hassan
Amna, Izarah & Sabiha
Mujahid Ahmed & Mahnoor
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Ayesha Shuja & Asad Nazir
Ayesha Ziya launched a perfume called ‘The Oud’ in Lahore.
Nazish
Imrat Bano
Zunaira Butt
Rehan & Shirin
weekend | around town
Hasnain Ali
Back to School Afrah & Shanza
Sarah & Raza Rehman
Fahad & Dr Yasmin
Sania & Vania
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Waleed & Muzaffar
Paper Clip, a leading multi-purpose stationary store recently opened in Lahore. The PR was managed by Latitude CRS.
Raafia & Anam
Atif Shahzad & Kaleem
Saad Hussain & Mahezehra Husain
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Aleena & Bakhtawar
Treasure in the Trunk Shefalii Munshi & Sadiq Saleem
Ensemble Dubai hosted a pre-Ramadan trunk show, displaying leading local designers.
Amena Farhan, Afrhan Sami & Sabah Zaman
Evelyn Suri & Mehak Adil
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Misbah Mehta & Muznah
Alyzeh, Sonia & Annie Mansoor
Faiza Malik & Umair Tabani
Zoya
Hina Anwer, Mehreen Omar, Mahwish Shamoon & Dania Ehtesham
weekend | around town
Mariam Kawaja & Sam Ali Dada
Prêt-a-porter Juggun Kazim, Zahid ur Rehman and Maryam Rasheed launched Juggun’s Prêt, a casual clothing line, in Lahore. The event was managed by Amir Mazhar.
Fatima Kasuri & Rema Farid
Juggun Kazim
Amna Shan & Sadia Khurram
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Shoaib & Annie
Mandana & Dramna
Nimra
Resham, Mehdi & Rachel Gill
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Iffat Omer
Meg
Sofia Ahmed
Asim & Sadia
Mahrukh & Alina
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Monazza & Rizwan
Natty & Babloo
Kanwal Ilyas
Mehak Sayed
Kuki
Salma Turab
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Ayaz Samoo
Lights, Camera, Popcorn A special screening for Aksbandh was held in Nueplex Karachi for the cast and crew of the film. The PR was managed by Walnut Communications.
Saud Imtiaz with his wife
Shehzeen Rahat
Faizan Baloch & Naveed Arshad
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Nauman Khan & Danial Afzal Khan
Rana & Bia
Bilal Yousufzai
Fahad & AB Lakhani
Syeda Wajiha Imran & Ali Hussain Khan
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Faisal Naqvi & Kulsum
New Store in Town Farhan and Ambreen launched their flagship store in Karachi. The event which was managed by Takell PR, Hair and Makeup by Depilex.
Ambreen & Farhan
Imran Aslam
Amna Malik
Iqra Fayyaz
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Sadia
Hafza & Saima Azhar
Uzma Alkarim
Hajra
Samia Jameel
Kiran Khan & Uzma Khan
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Dolly
Shades of Summer Nari and Zubi hosted an exhibition of semiformal and casual chicken suits in Lahore.
Nari & Zubi
Sehar Omer
Saadia Gardezi
Abeer
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Madiha
Mehreen & Seema
Sakina Toosy
Afia Usman
Shazay Salahuddin
Sofia Usman
Onthe Rise
Syeda Amera is one of Pakistan’s finest fashion designers, acclaimed and admired for her exquisite couture creations and elegant gowns. In a short amount of time, she has become a significant figure in the fashion world and proudly represents Pakistan on a global platform.
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Summer Beauty Essentials
t’s 45 degrees and there is no denying it any longer, summer is well and truly here. I would like nothing better to leave the house bare-faced, relying on the Pakistani heat to provide that natural flush and glow to my face but I don’t particularly care for scaring children early in the day. That, and a general love for playing around with makeup all day has me reaching for my cosmetic bag even in the depths of hell—aka a Subcontinental summer. Summer complexions call for a “natural”, bare, sun-kissed skin, less-is-more, I-woke-uplike-Gisele approach. I pare down my winter’s makeup bag and take out the heavier, full coverage foundations, dark lips and even heavy scents. I swap the above with lightweight foundations (you won’t find any BB creams here…okay, maybe the odd CC cream), bright blushes, sometimes bronzer, waterproof mascaras and vibrant lip colours. Along with the dizzying lawn prints that make up the bulk of your wardrobe, consider these products to be your summer beauty essentials.
THE SUNPROTECTION
Kiehl’s Super Fluid UV Defense SPF 50+
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I prefer sunscreens with a higher SPF and thinner consistency because if there’s one thing I really hate all year round but especially in the summer, it is sunscreen application. Most formulas are thick, smell funny and take a lot of skin massaging and skin-tugging to blend in. So when I came across Keihl’s formula which is lightweight, silky and non-greasy, I knew it was going home with me. For sunscreens to work effectively, you have to reapply every couple of hours or just stay out of the sun if you can. But underneath makeup, this is a dream.
THE EXFOLIATOR: The Body Shop Piñita Colada Body Scrub
If you like piña coladas, getting caught in the rain… If you do like piña coladas
and getting soaked in torrential downpour, then good for you but we’re not here to discuss that. Summer is the time when skin is on show—elbows, right? You don’t want scaly, ashy looking limbs from last winter, still on display. Get scrubbin’ guys! The Body Shop’s newest Piñita Colada range will have you singing in the shower because it’s incredible. Like all Body Shop products, this one smells amazing and it goes without saying, but no harm in a friendly reminder, don’t eat it. I repeat, don’t eat it. It may smell amazing but I can assure you it tastes like soap.
THE FACE MIST:
Rose water /Glycerine
Can you think of anything more refreshing than a face mist in the heat of summer? I love using a rose water face mist not only to refresh my face but also as a toner before moisturising. I use a variety of face mists but I find that simple rose water or even glycerine in a spray mist bottle makes the best face mist. It’s refreshing, smells like you’re standing in a garden of roses and actually has great skincare benefits. Rosewater helps in banishing redness and discolouration and if you wake up with dark circles or puffy eyes then soak a couple of cotton pads with the good stuff and apply around your eyes. It’ll work a treat.
Bourjois 123 Perfect CC Cream
If you want a light base and a dewy one at that then look no further than the Bourjois CC cream. Forget the BB creams because frankly, they suck (IMO). CC creams are colourcorrecting and this Bourjois one in particular provides decent coverage, a dewy finish and a hydrated look to the skin. It has a SPF 15 which isn’t amazing at all so do wear it over a sunscreen with a higher SPF. It also contains 3 colour correcting pigments; Apricot for antifatigue, Green for anti-redness and White for anti-dark spot results. It’s a winner in my books.
THE LIGHTWEIGHT MOISTURISER:
The Body Shop Vitamin C Glow Boosting Moisturiser
The Body Shop makes an appearance again with the Glow Boosting moisturiser from their Vitamin C range. The consistency of the moisturiser is that of a gel cream which makes it soothing, cooling and hydrating on the skin. It’s a fresh, lightweight formula that infuses the skin with moisture and adds a subtle glow.
Charlotte Tilbury Air Brush Flawless Finish Skin Perfecting MicroPowder
There are very few products, if any from the Charlotte Tilbury range that are not swoon-worthy. And this powder comes in the top five of best products. In Charlotte’s own words it is a ‘super luxe micro-fine powder with soft-focus nano particles that blur away lines and imperfections’. I like to set my makeup with it because not only does it provide a beautiful, seamless, flawless finish to your complexion but it matifies too. It’s one of the new revolutionary face powders on the market currently that provide a bright, illumination finish and no caking or sitting in fine lines. But if you want a powder that packs more punch in the oil-control department then look towards the MAC Blot powder in the pressed form. It also sets foundation, finishes the face and adds minimal colour. It is not translucent so expect a bit of colour and a sheer coverage.
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THE DEWY COMPLEXION: THE FACE POWDER:
THE POP OF COLOUR:
Revlon Photoready Cream Blush
THE WATERPROOF MASCARA:
Even though a firm favourite of mine is the Maybelline Lash Sensational in the waterproof version, for the hotter months, I like to venture out sometimes and try other mascaras because, FOMO. I don’t particularly like to splurge on mascaras and go for high end ones but there has been the odd occasion when I have. The YSL Luxurious Mascara Waterproof delivers impact and dramatic lashes that you can wear swimming or at the beach or just sweating. It comes in a subtle brown and blue too if you really want to play up your eyes.
Revlon is one of those brands that people seem to have forgotten about but really, you just need to know what’s worth the money and what isn’t. The brand’s Photoready Cream Blushes are worth it. The cream blushes come in three different shades and they glide on smoothly and provide a dewy flush of colour which is what you want in summer. A favourite of mine for the summer months is the shade Coral Reef.
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YSL Luxurious Mascara Waterproof
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THE EYE DEFINER:
MAC Teddy Eye Khol
This is certainly not a new product and I’m sure many people already know and love it but I’ve only recently been converted. It is best described as a warm, mid chocolate brown eye pencil that can be used to line the eyes, applied all over the lid and blended out for a smoky look or as an eyeshadow base. It does a lot for an eye pencil. I use it to line my lids and blend the line to provide a subtle smokiness. I only started doing that when I recently ran out of my liquid eyeliner and was too lazy to replace it with another. But what I like best about the Teddy eye pencil is that the formula is creamy and you have to do minimal pulling or tugging at the skin, if any. You might want to warm up the pencil by either using a hairdryer on it for a couple of seconds (be careful not to melt it) or just by rubbing it on your fingertips. It’s a lovely alternative to a black liner to define the eyes.
THE FRESH SCENT:
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Byredo Blanche Eau De Parfum
I’m sure I’m not the only who cannot stand strong, heady scents in the summer. Combined with the strong glare of the sun, the heat and sweating, a strong scent just does not mix well. That is why I opt for Byredo’s Blanche, a summer favourite. Like the name suggests in French, the scent is built around the colour white, it’s pure, simple and fresh. If fresh scents are not your thing, then give this a miss and keep spritzing your usual perfume—you don’t have to switch it up for summer. But notes in Blanche include Pink Pepper, White Rose, Neroli and Peony to mention a few.
THE SUMMER NUDE:
The Estée Edit by Estée Lauder The Barest Lip Colour in Exposed
Estée Lauder just released a new line for the millennials called The Estée Edit which has quite an extensive range of products. But my favourite has to be The Barest Lip Colour in the shade Exposed. It’s a light beige nude and a lipstick/lip balm hybrid. It has a satin finish so you can layer it on a matte nude shade to add a hint of sheen or just wear it on its own. I love wearing nudes in the summer months too. But if summer nudes aren’t your thing and you find a full blown red lipstick too high maintenance because you have ice cream to eat, then dab your regular lipstick on your lips and rock a stain instead. It’s a win-win.
THE PERENNIAL RED: Essie Nail Polish in Really Red
Red nail polish is a beauty classic in every season but in the summer time it really comes into its own. Vibrant and rich colours on the hands and feet really bring out a tan and scream fun even when I’m only hanging out with my two friends Ben and Jerry and we’re just watching Netflix. I want my hands and feet to tell the world ‘hey I am fun.’ But back to the polish; Essie’s Really Red is one of the brand’s best-loved shades amongst the millions that the brand has to offer and it’s one I always insist on whenever I’m getting a mani/pedi.
Coordination: Umer Mushtaq Grooming: N-gents 'Nabila' Designer: MEHDI Photography n Styling: Umair Bin Nisar Model: Omer Shahzad
weekend | travel
A Land of Fai I
with Qasim Yar Tiwana
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t all started when I was watching a Hollywood movie at night featuring the most beautiful places in Geneva. I thought to myself, the whole world promotes places like Switzerland but why are we left behind? We have the most scenic locations in Pakistan that are barely given the hype they deserve. So this week I wanted to witness and then reveal this real beauty of Pakistan, the most exotic places , lush green velvety mountains, beautiful bridges and pure blue rivers. So began my amazing trip to Pakistan’s magnificent North. The journey began by heading to Naraan and Kaghan from Islamabad through Muzaffarabad at 7:00 am in the morning, with my twenty or so first cousins and my siblings. Pakistan is blessed with exotic destinations that are mostly unseen, untold and unheard of. While taking a break and sitting on the bank of the mighty river Jhelum, I was totally mesmerized by the splendor of Azad Kashmir. We stayed in the Pearl Continental for one night and decided to leave next day for Shugran. Shugran is a beautiful place at the peak of the mountain and there is a very luxurious club where we stayed for another one night. This place is no less than any beautiful European tourist destination and the beauty of this area is so captivating and spell bounding. However, all we need to do is to just make it more approachable and provide some basic facilities to make it a world recognized tourist attraction.
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irytales
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Next morning our journey took us to Naran. We checked in the PTDC rest houses which was not an up to the mark facility. Thanks to various items I brought with me, including blankets, snacks, mosquito repellants, I was able to save my night. Next stop was Lake Saif ul Maluk. It was a very difficult jeep ride of forty five minutes but the place was so magical such a travel was worth it. Turquoise blue water melting down directly from the glaciers enhances the enigma of this fairytale lake. A strange sadness prevails there that makes the whole atmosphere mysterious and supernatural. It put me in an oddly pensive mood and I was further saddened to see litter spread everywhere around the place, despite the fact that there were trashcans everywhere but visitors were hardly bothered to use them. I wish we could protect the natural environment of this “lonely beauty” whose silent deep waters quite literally speak to us. Later on our way to Lalazar we had an unforgettable drive parallel to River Kunhar. It compelled me to believe that “a thing of beauty is joy forever”. Although we couldn’t reach Lalazar due to landsliding, yet the ever changing scenery kept us captivated. It was no less than what a vintage Yash Raj film has to offer. I wonder why we have not yet been able to use these magnificent places in our movies and documentaries. Then we decided to do something adventurous and went river rafting. That was something so fun and dangerous too but I had a great time, in fact I would say it was the best thing of the entire trip.
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W’s ROVING
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Sasha Salahuddin This girl can do no wrong in our eyes. The laid back Misha lakhani top, the frayed edged white pants. This is how you do summer in white. Ladies take notes!
shazia Deen You can’t go wrong with the perennial black and white outfit and those culottes should be a summer staple in every fashionista’s wardrobe.
Mishal Asad A weekend favourite, Mishal gives floral prints a romantic revival with this summery and vibrant outfit.
Sana Hasan In the summer heat, there is nothing more refreshing than an all white ensemble. Sana keeps it classic with a simple button down shirt but simultaneously nails the trend of bootleg trousers. Pair with minimal accessories to keep the focus on the all-white outfit.
Gulrukh Shafiq A nude ensemble of matching separates is ticking all the right boxes for summer.
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Rubab Ali There is nothing we love more than to add a bit of drama to our outfit and those flared sleeves are all kinds of dramatic.
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G eye
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ell, what’s the use of a pair of good eyes that never rove? Weekend’s been going through our fashion files for the week and these are the people who caught our fancy for either their style, their courage or their star power. Well played!
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Story of a
Storyteller
By Faizan Hussain
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and calm, seeing donkey-carts and Mercs side by side, watching the endless swirl of black kites. The overriding impression is one of being met with kindness and great affinity — the human need to share experiencesvia language. What is storytelling and who is a storyteller ? For me the real storytellers are my mother and her brothers with their wit and their memories of my late grandfather’s gift for casting spells with words. Storytellers pass on tales through their travels that serve as a bridge between the world’s cultures. Often these narratives which cross boundaries would have been lost without someone spreading word through their travels. Stories should be told and heard, as evidently everyone is driven by a need to tell their story. How and when did you decide to become a writer? After completing university, I balanced writing short-stories and poems, storytelling and working shifts as a part-time coastguard. Then I worked full-time as a coastguard officer
“I think I’m a pretty practical person and so get a bit impatient when there is a lot of discussion on theory without putting it into practice”
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Ian Stephen is a writer, artist and storyteller. Since the late ‘70s his poetry and short fiction have been published in numerous American and European journals. He served fifteen years in the coastguard and became a full-time writer of poetry, prose and drama in 1995 after winning the inaugural Christian Salvesen/Robert Louis Stevenson award. In 2004, he was the first artist in residence at Stanza, Scotland’s annual poetry festival and he received the Creative Scotland Award (2002-3). Ian’s debut novel ‘A Book of Death and Fish’ was named book of the year by The Guardian, The Herald and The Glasgow Review. He recently visited Pakistan to attend LLF-2016 and was one of the panelists heading the session‘Storytelling: Oral Traditions in Scotland and Pakistan’. We got a chance to sit down with Ian for a tete a tete on his achievements and the art of storytelling. First of all, how has your trip to Pakistan been? It has been a stimulating experience of great contrasts — bustle
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(organising marine rescue) for a further ten years. I still published poems and stories and sketched out ideas for development into a novel but simply could not find enough hours to be in the coastguard, a husband, father and writer. I took more photographs then, as an immediate response and I tended to write poems in my spare time. When I won the first Robert Louis Stevenson prize I plucked up the courage to lead the insecure life of a writer and artist. Did your love for boats and sea develop during the job? My younger brother tells me that I was always a creature of the sea, not of the land. My
Lewis grandfather was a herring fisherman for a time and uncles on both side of the family were in the Royal Navy. I was introduced to lining up marks (transits) from an early age, to find fishing grounds and have been obsessed with boats as long as I can remember. It was a privilege to work in marine rescue but I
found I could not do justice to being both an artist and coastguard. What is a useful comparison between navigation and storytelling? You have to know what the starting point is. You have a very good idea where you hope to reach. But along the way, you
“The real storytellers are my mother and her brothers with their wit and their memories of my late grandfather’s gift for casting spells with words”
must be sensitive to changing conditions or the reaction from your listener. Similarly, storytelling is improvisation. This is the subject of my first work of nonfiction, due from Adlard Coles Nautical (Bloomsbury) in spring 2017.
same story, written or spoken, again and again. You could never leave a bit out. The words might be a bit different but they loved the familiarity of aspects of the language as well as the narrative.
“No matter how eloquent you are, I think you lose the listener if you are not lost in the telling”
You always prefer to combine storytelling and poetry workshops with performance and readings. How important is that to you? I think I’m a pretty practical person and so get a bit impatient when there is a lot of discussion on theory without putting it into practice. You can talk till
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Is your story telling ability God gifted or it is indebted to your connections with the maritime world? I think some people simply have a gift of narrative and the ability to engage. You can learn techniques and improve but all the storytellers I admire have a gift. I see it in classrooms all the time. Often there is a natural teller, perhaps not the strongest ‘academic’ in the class. The maritime world has also always inspired storytelling; ‘swing the lamp and tell another,’ my colleagues used to say, on watch. I remember the natural eloquence of my mentors andnow I’ve also passed these on to others. How does story telling develop a love of language and vocabulary? I loved it when my uncle Kenny told us island traditions of a bogey-man character — the scarier the better. My own two sons would often ask for the
the cows come home about your plan for a novel but, for me, it takes shape by the doing. For me there is an element of play as well as hard work in making art with language. Play is experimentation which can lead to innovation. What is the cardinal sin of storytelling? No matter how eloquent you are, I think you lose the listener if you are not lost in the telling yourself. For me there is an irony —you must make it your own, not imitate the way another tells it and yet you must respect what you have heard and be true to the tale. As a writer what do you enjoy the most about the writing process? Getting lost in it. The language takes a hold of you and you are a vessel, pushed out. It’s always an adventure. What is your favourite childhood book or story? I think that would have to be Robert Louis Stevenson’s ‘Kidnapped’ with ‘Treasure Island’ close behind. You are only aware of the great subtlety of the narrative techniques, much later, as an adult. I also loved my mother’s trickster stories of Donald Campbell, her father’s cousin who could always get out of trouble with a twist of wit. What advice would you give writers that are starting out? Enjoy it. Tell your favourite stories first in an intimate setting, with friends you trust. Tell the stories that take a hold of you rather than the ones you think you really should tell.
weekend | fashion
Sophie Hulme Leather Box Tote Bag $419
Tory Burch Frayed Tweed Dome Clutch $450
Bags that beat the Birkin!
The Birkin had its day, but alongside the animal cruelty controversy, a general staleness has set in around it. It is now less a symbol of social status and beauty, than it is a symbol of the unimaginative and dull. The truth is, there are a lot of expensive bags out there you could splurge on that engage a lot more creativity, personality and imagination than the Hermes tote. Here’s Weekend’s roundup of the bags that beat the Birkin way out of the ball park! Get your wallets ready, set, go!
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BBANA DOLCE & GAndDolce ha ox bag painted b $8,370
Anya hindmarch frosties TORYmaxi BURCH featherweight Embellished Eburg £1395 Feather Dome Clutch $695
ALEXANDER MCQUEEN Cage croceffect leather tote $ 2700
Jerome Dreyfuss Suede Popeye Festival Satchel $ 1,390
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Mansur Gavriel Circle Leather Tote in ‘Blush Pink’ $1,095
TRUSS Simple Woven Raffia-Effect Tote USD 223
ALAIA Eyelet Embellished Leather Tote USD 3270
Sophie Hulme Albion mini leather tote $510 Fendi Studded Mini Peekaboo Bag $8,450 Les Petits Joueurs Micro Alex Snakeskin Bunny Bag, Black $1,115.00
Les Petits Joueurs Alex Mini Fringe Beaded Crossbody Bag, Black $1,385.00
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Sophie Hulme Leather Box Tote Bag $419
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SNM LAWN Creative, fresh, contemporary and philosophical! Summer, Eid, Ramazan , the trio brings the perfect opportunity to exhibit wearing your favorite lawn. The SNM Lawn come up with its latest shoot for its summer collection Volume 2 for fashion literati with much abuzz of festive hues and marvelous designs in the town! SNM lawn following its own footsteps introduces summer collection of lawn having vibrant colours and glorious styles. Its rich heritage stretches back to 1954, a small venture in the leather industry and today Din Group has grown to become a prominent stakeholder in the economy, a proud exporter of Pakistan with exports worth over $100 million per annum and annual sales turnover in excess of $130 million. The latest summer collection volume 2 comes up with satisfying the plethora of customers all around the globe particularly customers of Pakistani origin. According to the Din Textile Industries, of which a women brand name SNM is running, “It has been our aim and strong indication of our ability to meet international standards. Din Industries has combined its expertise to bring you a premiumclothing brand.� SNM brand ultimate aim is to provide the finest quality fabrics, innovative use of colors and an ultimate sense of luxury in their latest summer shoot. In four words you can sum up the summer collection volume 2 of SNM by Din enterprises: Creative, fresh, contemporary and philosophical!
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HTC LAUNCHES POWERFUL PORTFOLIO OF SMARTPHONES IN PAKISTAN HTC appoints Muller & Phipps as National Distributor for Pakistan
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Karachi, Pakistan- May 25, 2016: HTC, a global leader in mobile innovation and design, today announced the launch of new range of smartphones for Pakistan market, namely, HTC One A9, Desire 728 Dual SIM (LTE), Desire 626 Dual SIM (LTE), Desire 626G and Desire 526G+. HTC also announced the appointment of Muller & Phipps as the national distributor for Pakistan. The Media and Press Launch event was held on 25th May 2016 , where M&P officially unveiled HTC Product Range and pricing the major emphasis was on affordability , technological advancements and durability of HTC products The entire range will be available in Market and Online from 1st week of June 2016
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Super Squad’s event at the Centaurus Mall made quite a splash with kids and parents alike. Catering to every age bracket of kids there was a fun coloring competition for 6 to 8 years of kids whereas 9 to 11 years of teenyboppers were given the task of designing Super Squad’s very own and the very first Eid Card. Our young adults from 12 to 16 years of age were busy designing their dream T-shirt which will become a reality really soon. Not to forget the Fashion Parade which was the highlight of the event- the little superheroes marched up a storm across the Centaurus!