{"id":131,"date":"2021-12-11T12:16:09","date_gmt":"2021-12-11T12:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pabconference.com\/nyla-hasan-gives-kurtas-a-modern-twist\/"},"modified":"2021-12-11T12:16:09","modified_gmt":"2021-12-11T12:16:09","slug":"nyla-hasan-gives-kurtas-a-modern-twist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wijhha.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/11\/nyla-hasan-gives-kurtas-a-modern-twist\/","title":{"rendered":"Nyla Hasan Gives Kurtas a Modern Twist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-axufdj evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Noun<\/strong>: Nella Hassan<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-axufdj evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Omar<\/strong>: 35<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-axufdj evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">hometown<\/strong>: Lahore, Pakistan<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-axufdj evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Currently live: <\/strong>In a pre-war four-bedroom apartment in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn with her partner, Kickstarter CEO Aziz Hassan,<em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\"> <\/em>and two children.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-axufdj evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Claim to fame: <\/strong>Ms.<strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\"> <\/strong>Hasan was the design director at Tanya Taylor, before starting her own women&#8217;s clothing line, The Other.  In a reflection of her mixed-ethnic identity (her father is from Pakistan; her mother is of French and European Canadian descent), calligraphy blends traditional South Asian craftsmanship with modern designs and bright colours.  &#8220;It&#8217;s fashion that explores identity through storytelling and craftsmanship,&#8221; she said.  My father was an immigrant.  He came here in the &#8217;70s and greeted me.  What is the story of a person born in this country?  What is the story of belonging now?  &#8220;<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-axufdj evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">A great break: <\/strong>After graduating from the Fashion Institute of Technology in 2007, she worked as a designer for Tory Burch and Elie Tahari.  But it was in Tania Taylor that Ms. Hassan felt her contribution was really appreciated.  &#8220;Tania took a chance for me,&#8221; she said.  Mrs. Hassan hand-embroidered crystal flowers on her velvet jackets and dresses.  Michelle Obama, then first lady, wore one of Tanya Taylor&#8217;s dresses to a White House holiday party in 2016. &#8220;My voice was heard and my thoughts were correct,&#8221; Ms. Hassan said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-axufdj evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Latest project: <\/strong>In September, after two years of design, design and manufacturing, Ms. Hassan released the first collection of \u00d8ther, a series of richly embroidered and colorful plaid pants and shirts.  The pants start at $155.  One of her shirts, the Kurta Not a Tunic, the traditional long-collar shirt worn daily by South Asian men and women, adds subtle hints of Western attire: slits on the sides;  Belt at the back of the belt.  It blurs the line between East and West, traditional and modern, masculine and feminine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-axufdj evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">next thing: <\/strong>Ms. Hassan explores mixed-race identity in an upcoming video series that asks a deceptively simple question: Where are you from?  Ms. Hassan recently gave an interview to a New Yorker of Japanese, Chilean and Jewish descent, she said.  \u201cFor her, where did the idea of \u200b\u200bnostalgia come from: eating octopus balls at summer festivals in Tokyo; her grandmother\u2019s garden in Mirasol. For me, motherland is where I feel whole and full,\u201d she told me.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-axufdj evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">dont waste:<\/strong> In 2019, Ms. Hassan started volunteering for Fabscrap, an organization that seeks to reduce commercial textile waste by recycling unused fabric.  When she first visited his warehouse at Army Station in Brooklyn, she said, &#8220;My jaw snapped.&#8221;  &#8220;There were garbage bags up to the ceiling.&#8221;  I used what I learned: Every piece is custom made;  reuse of discarded materials;  A respectable traditional craft.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Noun: Nella Hassan Omar: 35 hometown: Lahore, Pakistan Currently live: In a pre-war four-bedroom apartment in the Crown Heights section<span class=\"more-dots\">&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":132,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-garden","no-post-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wijhha.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wijhha.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wijhha.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wijhha.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wijhha.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wijhha.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wijhha.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wijhha.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wijhha.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}