The cloth
Bogolanfini begins as hand-woven cotton strip cloth, joined selvedge to selvedge before it ever meets the dye. It is dyed with a n'tjankara leaf mordant followed by a slow black-mud pass — the pattern is not printed on, it is drawn in mud and then the ground around it is lifted away. On this piece the mudcloth meets dry-hand pinstripe cotton-linen suiting, woven black / ivory bogolan mudcloth cuffs, neckline micro-trim, wrap edge and trouser stripe, gold-tone z button.
