Category Archives: General

Bringing SMILE to the Kids..

“You will find, as you look back on your life, that the moments that stand out are the moments when you have done things for others.” - Henry Drummond A group of Students for their management assignment at TIP, did a fundraiser and the money … Continue reading

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TIP’s Innovative Entrepreneurs

Sidrah Nadeem, innovative entrepreneur extraordinaire, has all men in Pakistan by the neck, literally. With her tie boutique All Tied Up, Sidrah’s hand-woven and hand-stitched silk ties have shaken up the Pakistani male fashion sense. The video above shows Sidrah … Continue reading

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Textiles inspired by nature, by science and by colour-changing dyestuff

A designer who engineers fashion from daydreams, has come up with textiles inspired by nature (biomimetic structure), by science (Fibonacci number pattern knitting), and one with a clever application of dyestuff that changes colour dependent on temperature. Have TIP design … Continue reading

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Think Again! Strategic Committee

Well it’s my last year, seeing the committee making the rightfully thought decisions to take TIP to another level of learning for the students. Recently, a decision made by the committee has left me with a question, to the ability … Continue reading

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Better late than never

Back in the day when I used to be an ambitious senior at the Textile Institute of Pakistan a bunch students thought they could go to Sri Lanka for the Textile Institute World Conference in Colombo. Here’s their story!

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Sidrah Nadeem: All Tied Up

TIP alumni and women entrepreneur featured was featured in Express Tribune for her tie boutique “All Tied Up”. “It is extremely hard to create these ties because they are not mass manufactured. Each yard of hand woven cloth takes about … Continue reading

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Artists Vs. Designers

Always thought that we belonged to the same family………but hah, we are not even STEP, forget about being blood relatives!!! WE used to go hand in hand but you broke my heart and now my world is completely reloaded. If you are … Continue reading

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