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Handcrafted, 1 of 1 apparel and accessories, altered and embellished to a couture standard. Portfoli

05/07/2026

Come and join us on Sunday 12th July for a pop up market + fundraiser for Sudan and Palestine, in memory of Sara. 🇸🇩 🇵🇸

This will be a big one - it’s at the new
, next to Hackney Central station, where I’ll be showcasing and selling some special pieces alongside other talented independent vendors. 🪡

The market will come straight
after the screening of the Wimbledon final, running from 4-9pm.
There’ll also be food and music, and as always all ticket profits will be donated to grassroots orgs and families in Palestine and Sudan. 🍲

Link in bio, Early Bird tickets are now available, make sure you get a ticket! 🎟️

22/06/2026

The ‘XEN Mini Pouch’ is the next evolution from the lighter holders I’ve shared for years exclusively at exhibitions and pop-up shops. Each pouch is made from two scraps of Horween Chrome XL leather, sour end from a local shoe factory in Northampton, transforming forgotten offcuts into objects of beauty and purpose.

Hand-stitched with precision using waxed thread, the pouch is anchored by a D-ring on the back—ready to clip onto anything, a belt, bag, or even shoelaces. The front fastens with a Sam Browne Stud, making it both functional and elegant. Every piece is cut by hand with a vintage shoe knife once used for toe boxes and tongues, giving it a distinctive, sculpted form that feels both intentional and timeless. Finally the XEN downwards logo is etched into the leather, exposing the beautiful colour underneath.

Available online now! Link in bio (www.xenbyxen.com)

Height: 120mm / 12cm
Width: 100mm / 10cm

16/06/2026

I’ve collaborated on the first drop from the project created by inspired by football and our Pakistani heritage.

These shirts customised by were ladies football jerseys, crest badges and logos pressed on before adding the rhinestones and sleeve borders provided by material sourced from family and shops located in the iconic Southall Broadway.

Make sure you’re following to see the other pieces from this collection, dropping soon, DM to order!

08/06/2026

I’ve collaborated on the first drop from the project created by inspired by football and our Pakistani heritage.

This Prostar long sleeve striped top inspired by the Barcelona colourway has been transformed into a soccer sari using one of my mums old saris and traditional hand sewing techniques.

On the front the middle stripe has been covered in a cut out taken from the end of the sari, the heavier and more detailed section.
The back features two more cut outs covering the blue stripes, and the collars featured the most detailed part of the sari. All customisations have been sewn on by hand.

Make sure you’re following to see the other pieces from this collection, dropping soon, DM to order!heritage.

This Prostar long sleeve striped top inspired by the Barcelona colourway has been transformed into a soccer sari using one of my mums old saris and traditional hand sewing techniques.

On the front the middle stripe has been covered in a cut out taken from the end of the sari, the heavier and more detailed section.
The back features two more cut outs covering the blue stripes, and the collars featured the most detailed part of the sari. All customisations have been sewn on by hand.

Make sure you’re following to see the other pieces from this collection, dropping soon, DM to order!

05/06/2026

I’ve collaborated on the first drop from the project created by inspired by football and our Pakistani heritage.

This piece was originally a brand new Leeds United shirt found in a charity store and has been hand sewn and embellished with parts from a traditional Pakistani sari and matching scarf donated by my mum; to create a completely unique shirt.

Details can be seen all around the shirt, highlights include the large back scarf cut out, which had a perfect fade between the yellow and blue and detailed embellishments around the edges. The end of the sleeves being hand sewn over in different colours from the same sari and the front Leeds crest has a circular cut out of Chrome XL leather with the XEN logo etched in the centre.

Make sure you’re following to see the other pieces from this collection, dropping soon, DM to order!

03/06/2026

Over the past 6 months me and have been working on a collaborative collection the ‘Soccer Sari’, the first drop from the project inspired by football and our British Pakistani heritage.

The first piece created was originally a vintage Nike football shirt based on an iconic 90s Arsenal template first heat pressed custom vinyls including the ‘Spread Salaam’ crest and the ‘Dreamer’ sponsor.

Once I received the shirt the first step was to underline the ‘Dreamer’ sponser with a cut out from the scarf going from yellow to blue which also featured detailed embellishments throughout.

Other highlights include the collar being covered in a blue piece from the matching sari and the back features a large XEN graffiti tag logo cut from the yellow part of the sari. All embellishments and alterations were done delicately by hand.

Make sure you’re following to see the rest of the first drop of the collection, dropping soon, DM to order…

24/04/2026

For the recent collaboration with & we created a football top using the colours of the Birmingham teams Aston Villa & Birmingham City.

All three brands designed a football crest badge using their own design language. Here are a few I created during the design process, the second slide shows the chosen crest badge for this collaboration. This was chosen as the colours and look of the crest badge worked well with the colours of the two football teams. It features sharp edges and the downwards XEN logo in the centre of spider web I designed a while back and a yellow background.

Some of the other crest badges created in the process will be used on future projects, especially the one seen on the third slide, keep an eye out!

Which one is your favourite?⚽️

06/04/2026

A notepad made from Horween Chromexel leather scraps, a single cut of leather holding 3 A6 notepads and a pen holder riveted into place.

The exterior features three circular engravings inspired by plants orbiting each other and cell behaviour, with rivets in the centre of two of them and the main bungee cord for the ThoughtPad in the centre of the large circle.

The notepads are held in place with yellow bungee cord, the same cord is used to close the ThoughtPad. The bungee cord is easy to adjust and replace yourself, this size ThoughtPad is able to hold 3 notepads comfortably with the ability to remove and add more.

The interior features the downwards XEN logo hand drawn on the inside of the front cover and each of the 1.0 ThoughtPads are numbered 1 to 5 on the inside of the back cover.

Available on www.xenbyxen.com

Leather: Chromexcel - Colour: Forrest Green
Size (closed): 11.5cm x 16.8cm

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