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Saiid Kobeisy glossary: the shades, the silhouettes and the collections explained

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Buying Guide, Fashion

Saiid Kobeisy glossary: the shades, the silhouettes and the collections explained

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Saiid Kobeisy names things. Its shades have names, Italian Plum, Marlin, Reed, Salsa Rosa, its couture collections have names, The Warrior, Passage Privé, and its product pages use a vocabulary of their own, cascading, fully embroidered, overskirt, bow cape, that a shopper meets without a key. This glossary is the key: 34 terms, each defined from the house’s own pages and from the pieces at Coveti, and the three most-asked-about shades linked to a product so the name can be seen.

“Weaving in inspiration from faraway cultures, the house’s works are a striking mélange of opposites, where the modern meets the classic, the sensual softens the bold, and the unexpected twist makes a lasting impression,” the house writes on saiidkobeisy.com.

Key facts

  • The house names every shade; Coveti keeps the name in the product title and maps it to one of fifteen colour facets for filtering
  • Spring Summer 2026 shades: Reed, Salsa Rosa, North Sea, Cactus Flower, Jet Black
  • Fall Winter 2025 shades: Italian Plum, Marlin, Antigua Sand, Light Gold, Ice Blue, Jet Black, Ivory, Bronze
  • Spring Summer 2025 shades: Heavenly Pink, Aqua Sky, Yellow Pear, Space Cherry, Spectrum Blue, Lavender, Bleached Aqua, Off White
  • Spring Summer 2024 shades: Lime Green, Magenta, Vibrant Orange, Jet Black and Off White colour-blocks, and the prints

The terms

Cape

The house signature: a length of the dress fabric cut into the shoulder seam and falling behind, replacing a wrap. On the couture it can reach the floor; on the ready-to-wear it is cut to the hem of the dress.

Bow cape

A taffeta cape shaped as a single large bow at the back of the neck, sold as a separate piece in the Fall Winter 2025 collection in gold, bronze, Italian Plum and Jet Black.

Cascading silhouette

The house’s own phrase for a skirt that falls in layers from a fitted waist, in tulle, organza and taffeta.

Fully embroidered

A piece where the embroidery covers the whole surface rather than being placed along the body; the house uses the phrase on its product pages for its most worked gowns.

Placed embroidery

Embroidery traced along a line, the bodice, a shoulder, a hem, with the ground fabric visible around it. The more common Kobeisy treatment.

Jet Black

The house name for its black, used across every collection. Written “Jetblack” on some product pages.

Italian Plum

The deep aubergine purple of the Fall Winter 2025 collection.

Marlin

A periwinkle blue, Fall Winter 2025.

Antigua Sand

Despite the name, a pale powder blue, Fall Winter 2025.

Light Gold

The champagne-gold embroidered tulle of the Fall Winter 2025 and Spring Summer 2025 collections; recorded as Metallic at Coveti.

Ice Blue

A pale blue on embroidered tulle, Fall Winter 2025.

Reed

The sage green of Spring Summer 2026.

Salsa Rosa

The pale pink of Spring Summer 2026.

North Sea

The teal of Spring Summer 2026, between green and blue; recorded as Green at Coveti.

Cactus Flower

The magenta pink of Spring Summer 2026.

Heavenly Pink

A blush pink, Spring Summer 2025.

Aqua Sky

A pale aqua, Spring Summer 2025.

Yellow Pear

A pale yellow, Spring Summer 2025.

Space Cherry

A deep red, Spring Summer 2025.

Spectrum Blue

A cobalt blue, Spring Summer 2025.

Lavender

A lilac, Spring Summer 2025.

Bleached Aqua

An aqua turquoise, Spring Summer 2025.

Lime Green and Magenta

The chartreuse and fuchsia of the Spring Summer 2024 neoprene and crepe collection.

Skin

The house name for its nude, used under gold embroidery and as a tulle ground.

Off White

The house name for its cream white; written “Offwhite” on some product pages.

Kaftan

A floor-length, sleeved, embroidered crepe dress, cut with a cape from the shoulders on the 2025 versions, made for Ramadan evenings and Gulf summers.

Overskirt

A detachable full skirt worn over a fitted dress and a jumpsuit, giving one piece two silhouettes.

High-low

A hem cut short in front and long behind, on the 2024 crepe and neoprene dresses.

SK belt

The house’s own belt, in leather with an SK buckle, shown with many of the crepe and neoprene pieces and sold separately.

Style number

The two-digit number in the house’s SKU that identifies a style within a season; Coveti uses it to tell apart styles that share a name.

The Warrior

The Fall Winter 2025 couture collection, shown in Paris in July 2025, the first to include menswear.

Passage Prive

The Fall Winter 2026 couture collection, drawn from the early twentieth century.

Little K

A couture collection the house shows by year alongside its main couture line, 2024 to 2026, presented as lookbook looks on its own site.

Vision of Love

The house’s bridal couture collections, named by year.

Three shades to see

1. Lace Bra in Italian Plum, $520

An Italian Plum bra in lace, cut clean through the body. Fall Winter 2025, EU 34 to 48 at source, shown on the UK ladder at Coveti.

2. Short Dress with Crystal Embellishment in Reed, $3,190

A Reed short dress, with crystal, cut clean through the body. Spring Summer 2026, EU 34 to 48 at source, shown on the UK ladder at Coveti.

3. Short Dress with Crystal Embellishment in North Sea, $3,190

A North Sea short dress, with crystal, cut clean through the body. Spring Summer 2026, EU 34 to 48 at source, shown on the UK ladder at Coveti.

Frequently asked questions

What colour is Saiid Kobeisy Italian Plum?

A deep aubergine purple, the signature shade of the Fall Winter 2025 collection, recorded as Purple at Coveti.

What colour is Saiid Kobeisy Antigua Sand?

A pale powder blue, not a sand. Coveti checked the shade against the house’s own photographs and records it as Blue.

What colour is Saiid Kobeisy North Sea?

A teal, between green and blue, from Spring Summer 2026; Coveti records it as Green.

What does “fully embroidered” mean on a Saiid Kobeisy page?

That the embroidery covers the whole surface of the piece rather than being placed along a line. The fully embroidered gowns are the most worked and the most expensive in the range.

What is a Saiid Kobeisy bow cape?

A separate taffeta cape shaped as one large bow at the back of the neck, from Fall Winter 2025, worn over a gown of the same colour.

What is a Saiid Kobeisy overskirt?

A detachable full skirt worn over a fitted dress and a jumpsuit, so one piece gives two silhouettes for the same evening.

Read next

Fabrics and care The cape dresses The purple dresses The edit

More Saiid Kobeisy guides

Every Saiid Kobeisy page by Coveti’s fashion editor Gemma Deeks: Is it a luxury brand?, How to style, Brands like Saiid Kobeisy, The edit, Who is Saiid Kobeisy?, History timeline, Price guide, Where to buy, Sale, Review, Real vs fake, Fabrics and care, Who wears it, vs Elie Saab, vs Zuhair Murad, Size and fit guide, Couture vs ready-to-wear, New arrivals 2026, Paris couture week, Wedding-guest dresses, Mother of the bride, Engagement dresses, Eid and Ramadan, Black-tie gowns, Cocktail dresses, Cape dresses, Embroidered dresses, Tulle dresses, Lace dresses, Crepe dresses, Brocade dresses, Velvet and taffeta, Sequin dresses, Jumpsuits, Kaftans, One-shoulder and strapless, Long sleeves and modest, Midi and short dresses, Jackets and trousers, Black, Blue, Pink, Green, Gold and metallic, Red and burgundy, Purple, White and ivory.

Sources and method

Checked on 20 September 2026 by Gemma Deeks, fashion editor at Coveti. Product facts, the fabrics, the embroidery, the colourways and the size run, are the brand’s own product-page text; counts, prices and price ranges are Coveti’s live catalogue on that date and move with stock; the history of the house, the showrooms and the wearers come from the brand’s own pages and the press articles listed below, each read on the date above. Where a claim could not be checked against one of these it was left out, and where the fitting room is giving its own advice the page says so.

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