31 Oct - 23 Nov 2025
Nisbet Road Tailor Shop
Zain Ali
Step inside an immersive recreation of a South Asian tailors.
British Asian style past and present takes the spotlight in the debut installation from fashion designer Zain Ali.
Step inside Nisbet Road Tailor Shop, a beautiful new installation created for Bradford 2025 by Zain Ali – designer, artist and founder of the ZN ALI fashion label.
Nisbet Road Tailor Shop is an immersive recreation of South Asian tailors from a time when thousands of people moved to Bradford from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Out of these tailor’s shops and textiles stores emerged a new type of style rooted in British Asian culture – sourced from famous outlets such as Bombay Stores, archival pieces from Bradford’s Museums and Galleries, as well as original textile installations by the designer. The show is a tribute to Bradford’s diverse story as we know it today, told through the story of textiles and a curation of family photographs taken at Manningham’s Belle Vue Studio.
Created by one of the most exciting new voices in British fashion, Nisbet Road Tailor Shop pays homage to these treasured icons – with archival images, memorabilia, textiles, garments and much more.
About Zain Ali
Zain Ali presents an expansive world of design, clothing and textiles, anchored by research that absorbs a multitude of perspectives, informed by Zain’s upbringing in Lahore, Pakistan to Forest Gate, East London and subsequently Northwest England.
The designer launched his label in 2021, years after his career within the NGO and developmental sector, after completing his BA in Religion, Philosophy & Ethics.
ZN ALI now makes bespoke clothing and hand-woven textiles between his studios in London and Lahore, having previously designed costumes for Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, and more recently being selected as curator for ‘Moving the Needle,’ the inaugural Sustainable Fashion and Textile Symposium, led by the British Council in Lahore, Pakistan. Zain has also worked for the British Fashion Council, managing the Circular Fashion Innovation Network, which aims to convene industry, academia and innovators to accelerate work and expertise needed to create a circular fashion ecosystem in the UK.
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