Founded in February 2020, ZN ALI is a menswear brand that expresses a sentimentality for handwoven textiles, told gently through a storytelling approach celebrating vintage silhouettes inspired by Zain Ali’s personal family photographs. The brand creates adaptable, comfortable and long-lasting pieces with rich imagery of diverse stories and communities from the South Asian diaspora.
Zain Ali holds a BA degree in Religion, Philosophy and Ethics from Kings College, London with a postgraduate degree in Law. Ali possesses over 10 years experience working for global charities across the UK, India and Japan, and now leads on sustainability programmes at the British Fashion Council. The brand was founded by Ali with Ibtisam Ul Haq, a textiles artist who majored in Textiles with a focus on Weaving from University of Wisconsin-Madison. Ali and Haq are both native to Lahore, Pakistan. Ali was most recently featured in Dazed 100 ME, with the brand garnering an esteemed clientele and press coverage, getting acclaim from platforms such as Vogue US, British Vogue, AD Middle East, Vogue India, GQ, New York Times and many more. They have also held numerous successful pop ups and shows across New York, London and Paris.
