Bangladesh's most glamorous annual fashion event delivered its most ambitious showcase yet. We were there for all of it.
Twenty-two years in, the Lux Super Show has become the closest thing Bangladesh has to a national fashion ceremony. This year's edition was bigger, longer, and — for the first time — internationally televised in real time.
The opening
The show opened with a Mehnaz Karim couture sequence — black, gold, and a slow procession that the room watched in near-silence. From there it moved through twelve designers, three musical interludes, and a closing tribute to the late designer Bibi Russell.
Bangladesh has always had the craft. What we're building now is the confidence to call it world-class.
What it means
The Lux Super Show has always been a marker. This year it stopped being a marker of where Bangladeshi fashion is and started being a marker of where it is going.
