Sabina Fashion
Pakistan’s CG urges women from community to make use of opportunities in country
By Jamil Khan @ Gulf Today-Sharjah, January 23, 2012
SHARJAH: Pakistan Consul General in Dubai Tariq Iqbal Soomro has asked women from the community to come forward and benefit from the opportunities available in the country.
He was speaking at the opening of a Pakistani boutique, Sabina Fashion, in Sharjah on Friday. The event was attended by a number of families from different communities.
The outlet has an exclusive collection of women’s clothes designed by a group of UAE-based Pakistani fashion designers, known worldwide for their unique clothes.
Soomro, accompanied by designers, toured the outlet. Addressing the gathering he said: “The UAE is a unique place where opportunities for business are vast and we are delighted to have an increasing number of Pakistani brands in the local market. It is good for other communities to experience Pakistani-style women’s clothes at affordable prices near their homes in Sharjah.”
He asked Pakistani women to come forward and play their role in every field. He appreciated the designers’ efforts to bring a wonderful collection under one roof.
Sabina, who started the project, has been into fashion designing for the last four years. She told The Gulf Today that the idea to bring Pakistani and Indian women’s clothes came to her recently when she was participating in exhibitions in Dubai and other emirates.
“The massive response from different communities encouraged me to open the outlet. We have exclusive collections from 13 famous fashion designers based in the UAE and Pakistan, including Zara, Zarmina, Hejab Zafar, Aroosi, Zainab, Sheheryar and others,” she said.
She said that “the outlet is the first of its kind in Sharjah as women from Pakistan, India and other communities, including locals, will have the latest clothes, jewellery and handbags in their reach.
“I have noticed that even local women take great interest in Pakistani and Indian style clothes,” she said, adding that soon they will have clothes and footwear for children and men as well.
“The price range for the dresses is between Dhs180 to Dhs700,” she said.
Some of the visitors said that it was good to have such an outlet of traditional clothes in Sharjah as earlier they used to go to Dubai, which was inconvenient for many, especially housewives.
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