Cadet Slim Trouser · 4/6 checks · Reference only — buy controls inert
Board art present
Primary plate resolves.
Seven views
7/7 view slots resolve · 0 real photograph(s), rest derived from the plate sheet.
Bogolan signature
Placements: waistband tape, pocket edge, side seam stripe.
Colourways
12 colourway(s) registered.
Owner marked art final
Awaiting owner sign-off — reference only.
Released for commerce
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Z-Kids · Boys Parade
Slim trouser with adjustable waist tape and hairline heritage seam stripe.
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Visual experience—color and fit may vary.
Seven views
Z-Motion™ film slot
No film cut for Cadet Slim Trouser yet. The slot is reserved on the plate.
Commission the film →Slim trouser with adjustable waist tape and hairline heritage seam stripe.
Made up in Stretch wool blend with woven galloon, finished with a hairline Bogolan mudcloth trim.
Registered in 3 colourways: Obsidian, Charcoal, Ink.
Filed under Young Boys · Parade Line as Boys trousers, carried on the Z-Kids · Boys Parade line.
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12 colourways
SKU ZV-BOYS-CADET-SLIM-TROUSER
Mudcloth in moss & ochre — light tape on deep cloth.
24mm tape · 56mm motif repeat · house proportion
Hand-rolled edges, motif matched to the collar facing.
Story behind the design
Kere mudcloth in moss & ochre, worked into the waistband tape, pocket edge, side seam stripe.
moss & ochre
ZB-KERE-MOS-158
Bogolanfini begins as hand-woven cotton strip cloth, joined selvedge to selvedge before it ever meets the dye. It is dyed with a double n'gallama bath with a lime-brightened reserve for the pale ground — the pattern is not printed on, it is drawn in mud and then the ground around it is lifted away. On this piece the mudcloth meets stretch wool blend with woven galloon.
The tape carries tight lattice with hand-dotted corners. In the Bamana reading, Kere is the fence weave — protection of what has been built. Z-Vibe keeps the motif at heritage scale rather than shrinking it into a logo pattern, so the hand of the maker stays legible on the finished piece.
Mudcloth is placed on construction points, never scattered as decoration: waistband tape, pocket edge, side seam stripe. These are the lines the eye already follows on this silhouette, so the cloth reads as structure — an edge, a facing, a seam — and holds its meaning at three metres and at arm's length alike.
Each length is bias-cut for the curved runs, hand-basted before the topstitch so the motif never breaks at a seam. Tape width and motif repeat are cut to the size band, so a petite run and an extended run carry the same proportion rather than the same measurement.
African heritage, global luxury, future design: the mudcloth is set against European finishing and the aged-gold Z-Closure™ mark. Nothing is erased on either side — the meeting is the design. Different Roots. One Human Story.
Care · Cold hand-wash or specialist clean only. Mud dye deepens with age; never bleach, and dry flat away from direct sun.
Each step below reflects work that actually exists for this piece. Refinement is a design process — it does not imply the piece is production-released.
Owner-approved design board intakeComplete
The signed design board was registered as the source of truth; silhouette, Bogolan placement and hardware were locked from it.
Z-Sole Architecture™ assignmentComplete
Sole identity resolved for this style — Z-Grip™ Trouser Cut (ZG-2634) on the Z-Grip™ lugged rubber chassis, chevron storm channels cut edge to edge for water clearance, high-walled bootie last with a wrapped ankle cradle, stack 30 mm heel / 20 mm forefoot, 10 mm drop, laced in twin-tone Bogolan flat tape, obsidian on ivory, aged-gold aglets, diamond Z at the lateral wall, Z-VIBE at the medial wall. Tread, last and stack height were made unique to the shoe rather than shared across the register.
Bogolan signature verificationComplete
Mudcloth was confirmed as a construction detail (laces, panel, tongue or heel band) and not surface print, and the aged-gold Z-Closure™ mark was placed.
Z-Studio 4K refinement passNot yet run
No refinement output released yet — this page reads the approved board unretouched.
Seven-view studio captureNot yet run
No angle has been shot yet; all 7 views read the design board.
Cut in Stretch wool blend with woven galloon with finished with a hairline Bogolan mudcloth trim. High-waisted, contoured seat, fluid wide leg with a clean break.
Bogolan is placed with intention \u2014 waistband tape, pocket edge, side seam stripe \u2014 a construction language rather than decoration.
Z waist badge at the Discreet Z at the cuff, waist or closure — never a chest logo, finished under Global Heritage Fusion\u2122: African heritage in dialogue with global tailoring and future design.
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Bogolan SignatureIn development
Reference study · not yet for sale
This piece is documented from an atelier design board. It is shown for reference only while the house completes its photography, sizing and release. Purchase, pricing and availability appear here once the owner approves the finished piece.
Readiness · 1 of 8 complete
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