Name: Bilal Ashraf Butt
Nationality: Pakistani
Star Sign: Capricorn
Born in Dubai
Birth Date Dec 29, 1975
Residing and working at Cairo, Egypt
Educational Background: Bachelor’s in Fashion Design from the Pakistan School of Fashion Design affiliated with Ecole De La Chambre Syndicale De La Couture Parisienne, France.
Current Status: Fashion Illustrator and Instructor at "Career Gates, the British Training Institute" Cairo.
Fashion Consultant at MSA, Modern University of Science and Arts, Cairo
Free Lance Artist based in Egypt.
EXPERIENCE:
2003 – 2015: Professor/Lecturer Fashion Design, Textile Design and Accessory Design, at ITM (Institute Technique De La Mode) Cairo, Egypt.
Affiliated with: La Chambre Syndicale De La Couture Parisienne, France.
2005-2008: Director “BSAR’AI” High Fashion design and Illustration Consultants.
2000-2003: “Brand Manager” Marketing Crescent Bahuman Limited, (Largest Vertical integrated Denim Unit in Asia) Lahore, Pakistan
Areas of Responsibility: (LSA) Levi’s Australia and (LSPL) Levi’s Asia Pacific Division
1999-2000: Assistant Fashion designer for the fashion house of “MEERAS”
Premium Haute Couture Atelier: Designing and Production of Bridals, Evening Wear, Day Wear, Cocktails and Ensembles.
1999-2000: Lecturer, Faculty computer’s at Pakistan school of fashion design,
Affiliated with: La chambre Syndicale De La Couture Parisienne, France.
1998-99: Consultant Designer for “Miss Soni”. Formal & Casual Wear.
1997-98: Fashion Illustrator, Export Buying House “Cuty Enterprises”. Assistant Designer for “Bizarre”.
AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS:
Have Conducted several intensive Design and Illustration work Shops over the years in various Universities including The Cairo University Design Dept, AUC (American University Cairo), The Applied Arts University 6th of Oct Cairo, Iqra University Lahore, and also Organized the Design presentation in Honor of Mr. Didier Grumbach, President of the French Couture, Ready to Wear, and Fashion Designers Federation.
2007: Cairo’s first Solo Fashion Illustration Exhibition at Zamalek. (Coverage by OTV)
2005-2008: Launched a Fashion Consultancy Firm “BSAR’AI”
1999: was Awarded in FOCREA, at Liege, Belgium. International stylists Fashion Design Contest
Media Articles: Coverage in FAQ (Fashion Avenue Quarterly), CONVO, Dawn, Herald, OTV satellite broadcast etc. Further Information will be available on request.