'(5 Nov 2009) SHOTLIST music on catwalks not cleared for use. replace with your own clearable music AP Television Karachi, Pakistan, 4 November 2009 1. Wide of people in waiting area 2. Mid of fashion designer Deepak Parwani shaking hands with model Faria Altaf 3. Various of models getting ready backstage 4. SOUNDBITE (English) Ayesha Tammy, Karachi Fashion Week organiser: \"Our designers did not want to cancel this event. They did not want to postpone it. They did not want to cancel it. They wanted it to go ahead and in fact they have all pledged money for the bomb victims in Peshawar, and our slogan is \'Fashion Cares\'.\" 5. Various of model Nadia Hussain backstage getting ready for the show 6. Mid shot model backstage 7. Various of model Nadia Hussain backstage 8. SOUNDBITE (English) Nadia Hussain, Pakistani fashion model: \"Well up until now fashion has been in this country for approximately thirty years. There have been models that were not really... I mean the fashion was never this big, but it has always been present in Pakistan and now fashion is becoming bigger. With events like this, it is definitely becoming bigger and I think that the future of any industry in Pakistan, not only fashion, not only us models, but the fashion industry - as in music or arts and crafts or any industry - is going to survive in Pakistan only if the security and the situation in Pakistan is going to remain stable.\" 9. Various of catwalk collection by designer Samar Mehdi 10. Mid of audience clapping 11. Mid of women in audience, wearing veils and with heads covered 12. Mid of audience clapping 13. SOUNDBITE (English) Samar Mehdi, Pakistani fashion designer: \"I see a bright future because I think in the event of all odds and the political situation right now, if we can put up a fashion show of this magnitude then I think they are a very resilient bunch who can do it.\" 14. Mid of people hugging and greeting each other 15. SOUNDBITE (English) Samar Mehdi, Pakistani fashion designer: \"I\'ve done women\'s wear. I showed two collections. One was called \'Midsummer Nights Dreams\' and the other one was called \'Scarlet\' and they were all very glamorous silhouettes and (inaudible) collections.\" 16. Various of catwalk collection by designer Fahad Hussain 17. Mid of model Ayan Ali hugging designer Fahad Hussain 18. SOUNDBITE (English) Fahad Hussain, Pakistani fashion designer: \"I spent six months making this collection, and there was a moment when I thought that maybe I shouldn\'t go because there is so much death around, there is so much happening. It\'s just sad what is happening to my country. But if we are here together trying to promote the positive image to the world that we are doing something different, we are not like those people, we don\'t hurt anybody, then you know, I had to come to support the cause of this event, that we will do and we will get on with our lives no matter what.\" 19. Wide interior of venue STORYLINE FASHION DEFIES THREATS IN KARACHI Pakistani fashionistas gathered in the country\'s largest city this week for Karachi Fashion Week, which opened on Wednesday (04 NOV 2009). Designers, models, photographers and fashion-conscious members of the public have defied militant threats to celebrate couture culture, in a riot of glamour which wouldn\'t look out of place during fashion weeks in London, Milan, Paris or New York. Staging Karachi Fashion Week has not been without its problems. It\'s already been postponed by almost a month due to the potential for militant attacks on an event which dares to bare. Battla told journalists that her designs celebrated strong women. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/a1a2998974879d58ad040902c68cdd30'
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