Winter is over, spring is right here and with it has come that point of 12 months when garments are on everybody’s thoughts. This time, it’s not garden that has everybody speaking — it’s actor Mahira Khan’s style label M By Mahira and its costs.
On Monday, Khan dropped the much-awaited however actually sparser than anticipated assortment — three white tunics, a pair of scalloped pants and one dupatta. Khan wrote on Instagram, “I want to say so much.. take you all through the long journey of this very small collection.. but for now what seems befitting is that I dedicate this to someone whom this belongs to.”
She thanked Mashion’s Maha Rizvi and recalled the time when three of them, together with her brother Hassaan Khan, had been sitting in a room discussing Mashion, the concepts and what they’d do and never do after they launched M By Mahira. The Hum Kahan Ke Sachay Thay star needed her first assortment to be both “just white kurtas or just saris”.
Effectively, her model is simply as she envisioned — all white. Nonetheless, the value of these all-white clothes is one thing individuals have lots to say about. On its web site, the model launched three kurtas — an embroidered piece for Rs12,800, a silk tunic set for Rs24,950 and an Irish linen mardana fashion kurta for Rs13,600. It had one scalloped pants for Rs6,200 that is available in two choices, white or off-white embroidery on the scallops, and a tassel dupatta for Rs3,500.
Due to the value level, this Twitter consumer says M by Mahira higher “wash, fold and iron itself”.
The M in M by Mahira stands for “mahenga [expensive]”, wrote another person.
One individual’s mom stated she may make the identical shalwar kameez in Rs500.
“Mahira I love you, but please don’t sell these plain white kurtas in 13k and 24k,” wrote one other Twitter consumer.
The M in M by Mahira stands for “million per dress,” in line with one individual.
Some customers discovered it “expensive” and “overpriced”.
Some in contrast it to the Tim Hortons queue in Lahore.
Twitter customers aren’t the one ones with a problem — individuals had been commenting underneath the M by Mahira Instagram put up with comparable complaints. Most complained that it’s “too expensive” for a plain cotton kurta. One individual commented that the model’s “not for them”.
The five-item assortment was made obtainable for buy on Monday, out of which solely silk tunic set remains to be obtainable. The whole lot else is now offered out. The model says they consider in a “minimalist approach” as they concentrate on creating silhouettes that maintain “the wearer at ease with everyday movement while simultaneously uplifting their personality”.
Khan owns Mashion, a social media platform, in addition to her personal manufacturing firm known as SoulFry Movies with Nina Kashif.
