Welcome back! After reading our two earlier posts on “Fashion ideas for Eid dress – Frocks, Trousers, Laces, Embroideries” and “Recharge your look with latest design ideas for your Eid dress” , here you will see some more great ideas to design your Eid dress. Whether it is a frock, long shirt, trouser, embroidery, bell sleeves make sure you are ready to carry it and you look good in it. See below some more ideas for casual and formal dresses on Eid.

1- Kroachia laces and sleeves

Kroachia is one thing that never gets old and looks really nice with summer casual dresses. with heat still lingering till end October i would suggest to go for a material which is easy to wear and you feel comfortable in it.

2- Exclusive Embroideries

You can also buy full embroidered shirts (unstitched) or stuffs with embroidered fronts and galas and get it stitched form anywhere. You don’t need to look for more designs as they are already exquisite to wear. Have taken few designs from Gul Ahmed lawn, check them out.

Continuing the fashion ideas for your eid dress from my last post “Recharge your look with latest design ideas for your Eid dress”, here i bring some more interesting ideas to pep your look this Eid such as ribbons & laces on frocks, traditional galas on frocks, embroidered shirts and new designs for galas.  .

What’s Hot on Fashion this Eid for Women

1- Ribbons & Laces on Frocks

Frocks with big flares, kaliyan also adding lots of laces and ribbons on the border is a great idea too.

A special dress for Eid is one thing that we all spend money, effort and ideas into. After all who doesn’t want to look the best and wear the most trendiest outfit on this Eid. I will be covering some interesting tips/ideas to add that special touch to your Eid dress so that people not only envy you but actually appreciate your designing sense this Eid. If you have time to get it stitched, you can use these useful tips to create that magical feel of luxe. Otherwise go for a ready made dress from top designers’ Eid collection such as Maria B, Generation, Cynosure and decide what suits your style and budget.  Whatever your decision is am sure my post will benefit you in looking your best.

Let’s discover what’s in and going on this Eid!

1- Long shirts with trousers

If you are looking for a simple and casual , the best and safest idea is to go for long shirts with trousers. You can use various ribbons and laces on the borders. See below some pictures.

With 2010 being the most hot year for fashion in Pakistan, Eid is the best time to express your style. Choose your the perfect dress for Eid from the designers collection this time and avoid the hassle of buying laces & bindings, visiting tailor, looking for the right stuff and then in the end most important of all design. Whether it is a long frock, A-line shirt, big flair frock, bell sleeves, cuff sleeves, trousers, long shirt, they offer all the latest designs. I recently discovered some young designers on Facebook offering their collection to Pakistani women and all the internationally residing Pakistanis. Also discover some recent collection by top designers such as Maria B etc.

For example check out few of them and their beautiful collections:

Wajiha Sindhu’s Collection of Clothes

You can access the details about this designer from here

My recent visit to Karachi was surely an eye opener for me where I discovered that either I am too outdated in fashion trends or girls (to whom fashion matters the most) have gone way to ahead. On a wedding occasion of my cousin i was shocked to see the latest trends in fashion arena such as frocks, trousers, bell shaped sleeves, big flares, big cuffs, straight hair and what not.

Anyhow with Eid approaching fast it’s never too late for us to check out what’s hot and what’s not so that you can come up with something exciting on this big day. To avoid the crowded bazaars this is the best time to shop and choose your dress and accessories well in time so that you absolutely rock this time.

Let’s check out what’s HOT out there.

-Long Frocks with lots of Kaliyan and a wide stretching daman

- Frocks with short bodice’

Scientists magnify all sort of stuff under a microscope and usually reveal bizarre microbes and viruses, but this scientist Michael Davidson from Florida state university chemistry lab went on to have a closer look at your booze, yep alcohol.. and all sort of alcohol which you like.

Interestingly, this exercise or research if you may call it reveals very colorful artistic patterns in form of micro minuature art, fascinating isn’t it. These Micrographs reveal kaleidoscopic patterns in popular cocktails like Margarita, Tequila,Rose, Vodka, Sake, Whiskey,Daiquiri, Chablis, Champagne,White Russian, Pina colada, Cosmopolitan, Bloody Mary and a wide range of lagers and other beers. Checkout the images below.

Who doesn’t want a perfect Starbucks coffee sips with fast internet access? Well here is the great news that Starbucks Coffee company is offering Free wifi access – up to 2 hours everyday and you are required to get an account of Starbucks too. Starbucks’ Howard Schultz announced the new plan at Wired’s Business Conference in New York. Currently, you can connect to AT&T WiFi in Starbucks stores, free for two hours if you have a $5 Starbucks card. And if you are an AT&T customer, you get free connectivity anytime. The offer is starting from 1st of July and i bet this news will create a great competition for other chains, forcing them to offer free wifi access too. As you drink your hot coffee to wake up your senses, surf on your favourite sites and enjoy free wifi access!

Sometime back I wrote about TravelSIM, a GSM SIM that works in over 170 countries. This was for frequent travelers who trot the global on a monthly basis or even more frequently. It seems that the trend is catching on. Now truphone has launched a new SIM that lets subscribers to be local literally anywhere in the world. Moreover, they won’t even have to buy a new SIM card every time they travel out of country. This also means cheap calling anywhere to the tune of 90% as compared to standard calling rates!

Initially it has been launched for the UK, US and more countries will be added in 2010. The list includes South Africa, Hong Kong, Australia and some European countries as well. There are three different kinds of plans being offered the Starter, UK Holiday Pack and the US/UK Pro Pack. The Starter Pack offers local number and local rates for home country including low cost international calling and global roaming. The Starter pack can be upgraded to the Holiday and Pro bundle for more savings and advantages.

Users can also add a local country rate to their SIMs and pay as the locals. Besides all this the company also has a set of customized apps for the iPhone, Nokia and Android phones (including the Google Nexus One) using which users can make free VOIP calls to truphone, Skype and Google Talk users. Check out the truphone website for more information.

The easypaisa service is now getting more popular. Call n’ Speak a company that provides Phone to PC service for Pakistanis living abroad has announced that it will accept payments through easypaisa. The company offers calling services in USA, Islamabad and Lahore. Calls can be received on PC as well as mobile phone.

As of now only Telenor customers will be able to avail this facility. Other options for making payments include Western Union transfers, Google Checkout and Moneybookers. To avail the service users need to register an account first, upon which they buy a number. This is followed by a trial call and after necessary verification money transfers can be completed.

This is a really good facility for users. Actually all these services are pre-paid and this is the best part, because it can be used by virtually anywhere like a Debit Card. What I am particularly interested in is places like convenience stores, gas stations and restaurants. Let’s hope this thing catches on.

More info is available at the Call n’ speak website. Be sure to read the How it Works, FAQs and pricing details before signing up.

The much awaited and first of its kind service easypaisa has been launched in Pakistan. Again it is a joint venture of Telenor and Tameer Micro Finance Bank. Through this service subscribers of Telenor will be able to transfer money anywhere in Pakistan. Off course between easypaisa account holders. Since its launch the service has been used extensively by the people and more will follow the trend as they come to know about its usefulness.

This is how it works:

• A Telenor subscriber goes to easypaisa Franchise office and opens an account.
• He/she gets a call from Telenor for verifying his/her credentials.  
• After the verfication the person visits nearest easypaisa outlet and pays the required amount to be credited to his account. Upon successful transanction he/she receives a confirmation SMS.
• The user can now pay his/her utility bills, transfer money between easypaisa account holders, deposit cash, withdraw cash, get Mini account statement, schedule payments and transfer money between their Tameer Bank and Mobile account.

This is a great service which is ideally suited for the working class who live the 9 to 5 life, and is a big convenience for everyone in general. If I were to suggest these guys I would say include a service where people can even shop with their mobile phones using easy paisa and how about dinning out? If it can happen in other countries why not here? Off course this is not an impossibility, or is it?

The finer details can be read at the easypaisa website. There are other payment solutions coming soon according to the easypaisa website, which ones are these is not clear. I really hope other operators follow suit and give services to the people that are convenient and secure as well.