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  photophotophoto 1998
December 1998, Sila is born and makes it debut on the world wide web at www.sila.com with an exclusive array of custom designed formal and casual wear.

1999
Sila grows and in its first year gets media attention, a growing number of diverse clientele and a larger variety of designs and sizes are offered. Sila establishes its own manufacturing setup in South Asia. Sila sponsors South Asian cultural student bodies in Universities and institutions across New England with dramatic fashion shows.

2000
With a rapidly growing design line and extremely popular bridal trousseau collection, Sila teams up with the finest silk weavers for exclusive silk fabrics to be created for the Enchante', transitions and Bridal Couture designs. Sila's clientele now include Europeans and Australians along with the main market of North America. Sila is the premier bridal designer featured at the Launch Party of Bibi Magazine. Studio Sila is launched to provide exclusive wedding services including award winning wedding photography and expert bridal makeup .

2001
Sila  creates the first exclusive South Asian  bridal couture print catalog, shot in the historic city of Lahore Pakistan with the industry's top models. Sila has fashion shows across North America and wins media acclaim. Aesthetic Director Saman Tauseef Khan is interviewed on Television in the USA and Pakistan and Sila makes headlines in a multitude of Magazines and Publications across the US. The Design Studio of Sila moves to Austin TX USA with an exquisite design studio for the personal appointments of brides-to-be.

2002
The Sila couture collection once again graces the pages of media, and is carried by exclusive bridal salons across the USA. Brides travel from all over to meet with the Sila design team and designer in person to custom create their wedding trousseau. Interviews and editorials create a wave of excitement in the USA, Canada, the UK, India and Pakistan.

2003

The Sila adaptations collection is featured at exclusive bridal salons and couture retailers making headline in local and international media as the intricate and regal Mughal inspired detailing couples with western bridal gown sensibilities in unique and much desired bridal gowns. Sila continues to penetrate newer grounds with  its every popular transitions line offering a wardrobe of relief to the overly trendy  bollywood invaded fashion scene for South Asians as well as the rest of the world looking for classic, elegant and graceful designer wear with a South Asian flavor.

2004

On her yearly design trip to  Pakistan ;Aesthetic Director and Co-founder Saman Ansari is Interviewed on March 8th 2004 on 'The International Women's Day' as a woman of excellent achievement in an 8 hour long live, interactive interview on Pakistan TV channel 3 as viewers from over 60 countries call in with their questions and admirations. At the end of the show Saman is offered to host live TV shows for 8 hour segments as a moderator and anchor person from March through June 2004, her performance in the programs via live satellite gets accolades with tons of phone calls, letters and fan-email from all over the world.

Saman is  interviewed on Radio, at Channel Power 99 in Islamabad and with an overwhelming response from listeners and die hard fans, she conducts shows 4 times a week, twice in Urdu and twice in English as a DJ and host from April through June 2004- returning to her award winning passion of a communicator and offering expert advice on clothing, fashion, and makeup. Once again she is the most demanded female voice on the air waves with the highest request rate ever for voice-overs, jingles and commercials. She bids farewell amidst teary eye fans and admirers to return to her design house in the USA with a promise to return once a year as a guest host in her hometown of Islamabad.

The team of Sila works with Super Model Iman Ali and makeup and photography gurus Ather and Shahzad in Lahore, Pakistan creating a lasting business friendship and promising relationship for years to come.

The House of Sila and Saman are approached by Theatrical Production Companies to create the wardrobes and costumes of the Plays- The Phantom of the Opera, Moulin Rouge and Oscar based on the excellence of western formal wear production. Sila is working on upcoming Plays for 2005.

December 2004- Studio Sila is re-launched with a new look and feel http://www.studiosila.com . Now with two separate sections for award winning wedding photography and exclusive makeup artistry it becomes the most wanted makeup and wedding photography traveling studio site servicing South Asian and main stream couples in North America, Canada, India and Pakistan

 

 

 



 
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