$680

Ivory Placket Kaftan Set

Ivory linen × charcoal Bogolan mudcloth placket

The placket is the whole story: a spear of charcoal mudcloth dropped into ivory linen, locked either side by couched gold cord and echoed once at each cuff.

Trouser: Straight wide-leg linen trouser, unbroken hem
Top: Collarless kaftan-shirt with a deep V placket
Model: Kwabena — Kumasi

$680

Embroidery notes

Twin gold cords couched down both edges of the mudcloth placket.
Diamond Z monogram raised over felt at the top-left chest.
Cuff bands repeat the placket motif at a quarter scale.

Fabric care

Cold hand wash; wash alone for the first three washes.
Dry flat in shade, never tumble dry.
Press inside out, steering around the placket cord.

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Ivory linen × charcoal Bogolan mudcloth placket

Collarless kaftan-shirt with a deep V placket. Straight wide-leg linen trouser, unbroken hem.

Heavyweight linen · Couched gold embroidery · Kwabena — Kumasi

$680

One of a kind

Numbered edition ZV-LA-08 / 36

LA-26-08IV

Piece 8 of a 36-piece run

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Genuine Malian Bogolan mudcloth, fermented-mud dyed by hand, cut into heavyweight flax linen and framed with hand-couched metallic embroidery. Because no two mud batches and no two embroidery passes are identical, this garment is a numbered, one-of-a-kind piece and will differ slightly from every photograph and every other set in its run.

Care guide (PDF)Certificate of authenticity (PDF)Materials glossary

Crafted batch details

Edition: ZV-LA-08 / 36
Batch code: LA-26-08IV
Dye lot: MUD-156
Mudcloth atelier: Atelier Kolonkalan — Ségou, Mali
Embroidery atelier: Fil d'Or Atelier — Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
Linen mill: Libeco flax mill — Meulebeke, Belgium
Mud-dyed: 21 April 2026
Finished: 11 June 2026
Inspected by: N. Traoré

Care wizard.

The care guide, step by step — four moments in the life of this set. Use the arrow keys to move between steps.

Step 1 of 4 — Wash

Cold water, alone, gentle motion.

Cold hand wash, or a 30°C gentle cycle inside a garment bag.
Wash the piece on its own for the first three washes — Bogolan mudcloth mud dye still settles.
pH-neutral liquid detergent only. Never bleach, never optical brighteners.

Full care guide (PDF)

Women's size & fit

Measure once, wear it for years.

Body measurements for Ivory Placket Kaftan Set. Measure over light clothing, keep the tape level, and pick the size that matches your largest measurement.

Women's size chart: bust, waist, hip and inseam by size
Size	UK	US	EU	Bust (cm)	Waist (cm)	Hip (cm)	Inseam (cm)
XS	6	2	34	80–84	62–66	88–92	76
S	8–10	4–6	36–38	85–90	67–72	93–98	77
M	12	8	40	91–96	73–78	99–104	78
L	14	10	42	97–102	79–85	105–110	79
XL	16	12	44	103–109	86–92	111–117	80
2XL	18	14	46	110–116	93–99	118–124	81
3XL	20	16	48	117–124	100–107	125–132	82

The tunic is cut with 12 cm of ease at the bust — it should skim, never pull across the placket.
Trousers sit at the natural waist with a wide leg; between two sizes, take the smaller for the waist and have the hem shortened.
Inseam is finished at 76–82 cm by size. Free hemming to your exact length is included with every set.
Heavyweight linen relaxes roughly half a size after the third wash; the Bogolan mudcloth bands do not shrink.
Petite under 160 cm: ask for the short-rise trouser block at checkout. Tall over 180 cm: the long block adds 6 cm.