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One strip wide
The column's proportion is set by a single aso-oke loom width, floor to collarbone. Nothing about the width is a pattern-block decision.
Atlas Weave · Dress
Kaduna Column Dress
Split boat neckline
The loom width sets the column's proportion: one strip wide, floor to collarbone.
Opens at one shoulder only.
World cloth
- Japan — Washed silk
- Italy — Compact poplin panel
- Nigeria — Aso-oke rib repeated down the front seam
Made in Como, front rib hand-loomed in Kaduna.
Tailoring notes
How it is built.
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Magnetic shoulder
The split boat opens at one shoulder on concealed rare-earth magnets set in leather tabs — no zip, no hook, no visible closure.
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Seamless sides
Cut without side seams so the silk falls in one uninterrupted plane; only the aso-oke front seam interrupts it.
Construction: Split boat with magnetic shoulder · No side seam · Bias hem
Care
Keep it alive.
- Dry clean only. Advise the cleaner of the magnets before service.
- Steam vertically on the hanger; never iron the bias hem.
- Spot clean with cold water and a white cloth — never a coloured cloth on resist-dyed panels.
- Store on a broad wooden hanger; folded storage flattens loom-strip structure.
The pair
Worn together.
The pair to the Kaduna Stand Shirt.
Dress to express.
Read the fabric provenance