Hussain Rehar’s Nargis Bridal Showcase at Islamia College Features Resham’s Horseback Entrance

Resham’s entrance on horseback set the tone immediately for Hussain Rehar’s first solo bridal showcase, Nargis – A Bridal Showcase, which unfolded in the courtyard of Islamia College in Lahore on Saturday evening, February 16, 2026. The moment shifted the audience from anticipation to pageant; the show presented more than 60 looks and moved purposefully away from minimalism toward drama and spectacle.

LAAM Fashion Week Presents opened its inaugural edition with this solo Rehar showcase, a decision that the platform framed as strategic. "LAAM Fashion Week opening its solo showcase with Hussain Rehar was a calculated move that paid off," the evening’s coverage declared, positioning the designer’s debut as the centerpiece of a new platform that wanted scale, clarity and commercial ambition. Industry observers described the launch as a statement about market direction rather than a tentative experiment.

The choice of venue mattered as much as the wardrobe. The red brick façade and Indo-Saracenic architecture of Islamia College anchored the evening in history long before the first model appeared. Heritage was not simply referenced in the collection - it was embedded in the setting. Director Fahad Hussayn translated that architecture into theatre; "Theatre. Directed by Fahad Hussayn, the production leaned confidently into spectacle," creating a runway that felt cinematic rather than catalogued.

Rehar’s collection was billed under the theme Heritage in Bloom and leaned hard into bridal theatre. Promotional copy on social platforms opened, "For the inaugural edition, Hussain Rehar unveiled Nargis – A Bridal Showcase, themed Heritage in Bloom. Deep crimson velvets, luminous"—a fragment that hinted at a richness of texture and tone across the runway. Rehar presented more than 60 looks, a significant number for a solo showcase. "In a fashion climate where tighter edits are often equated with sophistication, this scale felt deliberate. Bridal dominated the narrative, though elements of luxury pret filtered through."

The evening’s most memorable tableaux were as much about staging as couture. Models moved beneath arches of colonial-era masonry while the production prioritized silhouette and statement dressing over restraint; the coverage repeated that "This was not minimalism. This was statement dressing, staged with intention." That theatrical approach served a commercial manifesto as much as an aesthetic one: the launch read as a declaration of where Pakistani fashion stands now—confident, commercially aware and unafraid of grandeur.

Photographs captured the sweep and drama of the night; Photo: Syed Hussain Jamal. The Nargis showcase closed as an unequivocal opening salvo for LFW Presents and for Hussain Rehar himself, setting expectations for a market that now seems to prize scale, spectacle and heritage-led bridalcraft.