Mirror work is difficult to treat as a minor detail, and HARIS N TEHZEEB makes no attempt to do so. At LAAM Fashion Week, the Pakistani label’s festive collection places reflective embellishment alongside intricate embroidery and layered dupattas, giving familiar occasionwear an emphatically decorative character.

The dupatta is important to this visual approach. Worn in layers, it becomes more than a finishing accessory, contributing to the composition of the silhouette itself. Embroidery and mirror work, meanwhile, offer different kinds of surface interest. One brings intricacy and texture; the other introduces moments of reflection. Together, they give ornament a role beyond simply making a garment more elaborate.

Then there is the palette. Mint and grey bring a cool counterpoint to coral and saffron, preventing the collection’s exuberance from resting entirely on embellishment. These shades extend across womenswear and menswear, suggesting a festive wardrobe that need not rely on a single colour formula.

The collection’s contemporary quality lies in this adjustment of emphasis. Rather than abandoning recognisable Pakistani festive silhouettes, HARIS N TEHZEEB works within them, using colour, decorative detail and layered styling to introduce variety. The clothes retain the familiarity that makes traditional occasionwear approachable, while allowing embellishment to remain expressive. Here, the silhouette provides the foundation; the interest is in what is embroidered, reflected and layered over it.