The Union International de la Marionette (worldwide puppetry organisation) observes the day on March 21 every year. This year, puppeteers from Norway, Denmark, France, Iran and India-and 12 Pakistani puppeteer groups are participating the festival.

Leisure Club has launched “The Working Woman” the first brand in Pakistan to focus on women’s work wear, says a press release. This should come as a long overdue breath of fresh air for the millions of Pakistani women out there. When asked about the inspiration for “The Working Woman”, the brand’s General Manager Omer Chaudhry said………, “so far no one has been catering specifically to the needs of working women despite the growing influx of women in the work field. Currently, women have to make do with sub optimal clothing options for work and this is where we come in. The working woman is offering simple, elegant, and sensible clothing which would make multi-tasking for women much easier”.
‘The Working Woman’ offers both eastern and western ready to wear with complimentary accessories including scarves, shoes, and bags and with a lot more yet to come. The western wear includes a line of business suits and jackets for women -a pioneering innovation. The stated ethos behind this new range of clothes is that they are designed and made to work with the women who wear them, without compromising on aesthetics, fashion, comfort or practicality.
When asked how this was done, Omer Chaudhry explained how the designs, cuts, colours, and sizing have all been refined through extensive research on the needs of Pakistani women. When asked what the nature of this research was, he revealed that” women across multiple work sectors were surveyed to ensure that the product met their functional, cultural, and work-specific requirements. ‘The Working Woman’ has combined these needs with the latest global forecasts and trends”.

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